This week's religious vewing and listening

[Owen Spencer-Thomas]

Broadcasting Bulletin  5 - 11 February 2005

Saturday 5 February
Film  Heavens Above!  Peter Sellars and the Boulting brothers join up for
this tale of the prison chaplain ministering to the well heeled.    Only
rates two stars in the RT guide.    C4     2.30am
Film Ordet   Acclaimed as director Carol Th Dreyer’s masterpiece, this is
the story of a religious patriarch and his three sons living in a
God-fearing Danish village.
FilmFour     3.25am

Sunday 6 February
Film Keeping the Faith.  Romantic comedy wherein Fr Brian Finn and Rabbi
Jacob Schram both fall for their childhood friend Anna.   BBC1 11.25pm

Monday 7 February
Britain’s Best Buildings       This week Don Cruickshank marvels at the
astonishing engineering and daring structure of Durham cathedral.       BBC2
7.30pm
A Seaside Parish      Last in the series shows Boscastle looking to the
future.     BBC2 8pm

Tuesday 8 February
Radio Rage:  Holy Cow     Throughout the week, this slot is looking at 5
controversial radio stations around the world.    Today’s programme focuses
on Radio Maryja in Poland.   To its supporters the radio station upholds
patriotic values and Catholic virtue, to its critics it is an unholy mix of
xenophobia, anti Semitism and dangerous populism led by its “Father
 Director”.    R4 3.45pm

Wednesday 9 February
Choral Vespers for Ash Wednesday.    Live from Westminster Cathedral.
R3  4pm

Thursday
Sounding the Divine.    In the last programme of this series James O’Donnell
talks to the composer John Tavener about what lies in store for religious
music in the 21st century.      R4  9.30am

Friday
The Friday Play:  Church      Linked with last week’s Friday Play, this week
an Anglican bishop struggles to come to terms with the outing of one of his
clergy.      R4  9pm

Also regular series:
Monday:  Beyond Belief    6/13      R4    4.30pm
Tuesday:  Taking a Stand  7/8       R4    9am
Wednesday:  Moral Maze             R4   Wednesdays 8pm,
                                                          repeated Saturdays
10.15pm



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