HIGHLIGHT: Carols Across the Country: A seasonal special Tom McKinney begins Radio 3’s celebration of Christmas music and Advent traditions. Starting pre-dawn in Lancashire, the sound of choirs across the country will be transmitted for 13 hours.
Sunday 6.30am, Radio 3
TELEVISION: Sunday 10.30am (BBC1) My Life at Christmas with Anita Rani Dame Sheila Hancock talks about her links to Quakerism (1/3).
12pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise The final of Young Chorister of the Year, from Hallé St Peter’s, Manchester.
Wednesday 9pm (BBC2) Rage Against the Regime: Iran A look at the part played by women in the 2009 uprising (2/2).
Thursday 9pm (C5) Dalgliesh The fictional detective investigates the murder of an archdeacon at a seminary in West Sussex (1/6).
RADIO: Friday 1.30pm (World Service) Heart and Soul James Naughtie meets people helping recently arrived migrants survive at the US’s border wall with Mexico.
Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service on the first Sunday of Advent from St Giles’s Cathedral, Edinburgh.
7.30pm (R3) Words and Music Poetry, prose, and music for Advent and Christmas, celebrating traditions around the UK.
Tuesday 1.30pm (World Service) In the Studio Agnes Poirier goes behind the scenes of the Notre-Dame reconstruction and restoration.
3.30pm (R4) Beyond Belief Canon Giles Fraser meets Stephen Schneck, who chairs the US commission on international religious freedom (1/7).
Wednesday 3pm (R3) Choral Evensong From St Mary-le-Bow, London, sung by St Martin’s Voices. Recorded on 26 November.