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Coming up in the week ahead on TV and on Radio

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02 August 2024

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HIGHLIGHT: Trump vs Harris: The battle for America Matt Frei looks at both candidates, and the issues dominating the presidential election.

Wednesday 9pm, Channel 4


TELEVISION:
Sunday 1.40pm (BBC2) Songs of Praise Pam Rhodes discovers how the Salvation Army started its work in Wales, 150 years ago, and explores how it still serves communities today.

9pm (C4) Britain Behind Bars: A secret history Rob Rinder visits HM Prison Shepton Mallet, and examines the impact of short sentences over the centuries (3/3).

10.40pm (BBC4) Imagine. . . A look at the video artist Bill Viola, who created the Mary and Martyrs installations for St Paul’s Cathedral (repeat).

Wednesday 12.05am (C4) Women on Death Row In 2009, Emilia Carr and her boyfriend were convicted for first-degree murder; Emilia alone was sentenced to death, and continues to maintain her innocence (3/6).


RADIO:
Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship From Keswick Convention, where 12,000 Christians join together each year for Bible teaching and sung worship. The theme this year is resurrection.

7.15pm (R4) Becoming German A reflection on the stories of British Jews who are taking back the German citizenship stripped from their forebears by the Nazis.

Tuesday 3.30pm (R4) Beyond Belief Canon Giles Fraser finds out how Jürgen Moltmann transformed Christian ideas of God (6/8).

Wednesday 3pm (R3) Choral Evensong From Winchester Cathedral, during the Southern Cathedrals Festival. Recorded on 12 July.

Thursday 3pm (R4) Open Country Using the poetry of John Clare, Martha Kearney looks at how the landscape at Fen Edge has changed since his day (1/3).

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