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Coming up in the week ahead on TV and on radio

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30 August 2024

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HIGHLIGHT: The Zelensky Story The story of Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian who played the role of president of Ukraine on TV before taking up that post (1/3).

Wednesday 9.00pm, BBC2


TELEVISION: Sunday
1.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Pam Rhodes celebrates 100 years of religious broadcasting at St Martin-in-the-Fields, the venue of the first broadcast.

Monday 8pm (BBC1) Panorama: Can We Live Without our Phones? An experiment in which two families experience life without phones for a week.


RADIO: Friday 1.30pm
(World Service) Heart and Soul As one of the secular Western aid workers who came to Afghanistan 20 years ago, Julia Paul discusses with the women she met whether or not the West should have intervened in the first place.

Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service from Northern Ireland which reflects on how God equips his people, with the New Irish Youth Choir. The preacher is the artistic director of New Irish Arts, Jonathan Rea.

Monday-Friday 4pm (R3) Composer of the Week: Anton Bruckner Donald Macleod marks Wednesday’s 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth by looking at both his struggle to become a composer and his strict religious upbringing (1-5/5).

Tuesday 9.30am (R4) All in the Mind What is the effect of smartphones on teenagers? And can smartphone use ever be beneficial? (1/6).

Wednesday 3pm (R3) Choral Evensong Live from Edington Priory Church during the Edington Festival of Music within the Liturgy.

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