Your week's religious viewing and listening

[Owen Spencer-Thomas]

Your week's religious viewing and listening
BROADCASTING BULLETIN
Saturday 21 – Friday 27 May 2005


Saturday 21 May

See Hear  This magazine programme for the deaf features the deafblind priest
Fr Cyril Axelrod discussing his autobiography.  12.00 noon, BBC2

The Michelangelo Code:  Secrets of the Sistine Chapel    Art critic Waldemar
Januszczak presents the findings of his 20 year study of the ceiling of the
Sistine Chapel and in a journey that takes him from Texas to Jerusalem he
reveals the significance of one of the world’s most famous works of art.
7.10pm  Ch4


Sunday 22 May

Sunday Best: Inside the Harem  The second of these programmes concerning the
question of polygamy being, as the Koran says, a divinely ordained right of
men.     1.30pm R4


Tuesday 24 May

The Monastery  Last year monks in Sussex agreed to a unique experiment,
inviting 5 men to live with them for 40 days and 40 nights.  Would their
traditions prove to have anything to offer modern life?  Tonight that
experiment comes to a conclusion.  9pm BBC2


Wednesday 25 May

As part of R4’s “A Day in Africa”, which explores politics and culture from
across that continent:
Prayer for the Day  is given by Archbishop Desmond Tutu  5.43 R4

Thought for the Day is similarly broadcast by Archbishop John Onaiyekan of
Abuja      7.48 R4

Bricks and Mortar  Historian John Davies travels to the Vale of Ewyas in the
Black Mountains of Wales to introduce some of the characters who might have
lived or worked at Llanthony Priory, now the Abbey Hotel.  11am R4

Choral Evensong  today comes from Westminster Abbey in London.  4pm R3



Thursday 26 May

It’s My Story: Boothie Goes Buddhist  How Susan Marling’s university friend,
Steve Booth, made the journey from being a psychology student in the 1970s
to his new identity as a revered Buddhist monk and teacher.  Produced by
Susan Marling.   8pm R4


Friday 27 May

Monkey Trousers  In this round up of sketches from British comedians, we are
treated to Vic Reeves’ derisive vicar.  10pm ITV1


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