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Coming up in the week ahead on TV and on radio

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27 September 2024

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HIGHLIGHT: Anna Richardson: Love, loss and dementia The TV presenter, whose father, the Revd James Richardson, is suffering from the disease, meets other families who are living with dementia.

Wednesday 10pm, Channel 4


TELEVISION:
Sunday 1.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Before National Poetry Day, on the first Thursday of October, Aled Jones explores the art of putting faith into words through the poetry of the Bible.

Tuesday 9pm (BBC2) Living Every Second: The Kris Hallenga story A profile of the cancer campaigner, who held a living funeral with a eulogy from Dawn French as the Vicar of Dibley (News, 30 June 2023).


RADIO: Friday 1.30pm
(World Service) Heart and Soul Emily Withers visits Istanbul, where people of many faiths visit a Greek Orthodox church on the first day of the month to make a wish.

Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service from Middlefields House residential care home, Chippenham, to celebrate the International Day of Older People, on Tuesday. Read an interview with Stephen Hammersley, the CEO of Pilgrims’ Friend Society, which runs the care home, here

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of this week’s service live from Pershore Abbey, sung by the choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

7.15pm (R4) Lasting Lessons A documentary following five A-level students who volunteer at a hospice for six months, as part of their future plans to work in health care.

Wednesday 3pm (R3) Choral Evensong The BBC Singers are accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra in a service from St Jude’s, Hampstead, in north-west London, to mark their centenary. Recorded on 18 September.

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13 - 15 September 2026

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Public Faith Common Good  a day symposium at St John’s College Cambridge, Tuesday 21 July 2026

Speakers to include the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Williams; the Bishop of Chelmsford, Dr Guli Francis-Deqhani, Nick Spencer, and Anna Rowlands.

This event is free, but booking is required. Find out more at elydatabase.org/events

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Saturday 10th October 2026

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Saturday 21st November 2026

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