Your week's religious broadcasting

[Owen Spencer-Thomas]

Your week's religious broadcasting
Broadcasting Bulletin for 3-9 December 2005


Saturday 3 December

Preacher to Be  The second and final programme showing people training to be
preachers in Hinduism, Islam and Christianity.  7pm Ch4

Film: El Crimen del Padre Amaro   Politics and passion threaten the vocation
of a priest sent to a small town.  Spanish with English subtitles.
9.30pm BBC4


Sunday 4 December

Stranger in the Manger  2/5  Sandy Millar in a live Advent service from St
Mark’s in North London   10am BBC1
Songs of Praise   enters the world of Narnia as Diane Louise Jordan meets
stars of the film The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe.  5.10pm BBC1

Christmas Appeal    The story of the Chistmas appeal for St Martin in the
Field church in London     5.40pm R4
The Story of God   1/3  Professor Robert Winston explores the history of
mankind’s search for the divine.   7pm BBC1

Agony and the Ecstasy   A cultural exploration of the twin extremes of
emotion: pain and pleasure.  Today the focus is on how the Christian view of
suffering in this life as a way to redemption turned the hedonism of the
Classical period on its head.    9.30pm R3

Film: The Passion of the Christ   Mel Gibson’s graphic portrayal of the last
12 hours of Jesus’s life   10pm Sky Movies 1


Monday 5 December

Dickens in America    Miriam Margolyes retraces Dickens footsteps through
the US and meets a pistol-toting Christian minister.  7pm BBC2


Tuesday 6 December

Brian Sewell’s Grand Tour    4/5  This art critic heads towards Rome, via
the cathedrals of Siena and Orvieto.    7.15pm Ch5


Wednesday 7 December

Choral Evensong   today, from Portsmouth Cathedral   4pm R3


Thursday 8 December

Koran and Country    A repeat of this programme about local religious radio
stations that are given a temporary licence to broadcast 24 hours a day
during Ramadan.   8pm R4






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Thought for the Day
Speakers for the week:
Saturday         Rev Dr Johnston McMaster
Monday          Rev Dr Colin Morris
Tuesday         Rt Revd Tom Butler
Wed                Indarjit Singh
Thursday        Anne Atkins
Friday             Dr Jonathan Sacks, the Chief Rabbi

Pause for Thought
Speakers for the week:

Saturday         6.15am           Rev Chris Webb
Monday          6.15am           Michaela Youngson  (Mon/Wed/Th/Fri)
Tuesday         6.15am           Chris Eyden


Overnights throughout the week: Tim Turvey

Monday          9.15am           Rabbi Pete Tobias
Tuesday         9.15am           Rev Roy Williamson
Wednesday   9.15am           Major Charles King
Thursday       9.15am           Rev Ruth Scott
Friday            9.15am           Roger Royle

Prayer for the Day
Speaker all week:     Most Revd Peter Smith, Bp of Cardiff

Plus:
Moral Maze  Wednesday R4 repeated Saturday


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