Your week's religious broadcasting

[Owen Spencer-Thomas]

Your week's religious broadcasting

Broadcasting Bulletin for Saturday 14 – Friday 20 January 2006


Saturday 14 January

Film: The Omen   Borrowing a prophecy from the Book of Revelation about
Armageddon, scriptwriter David Seltzer has fashioned a supernatural terror
tale of religious-epic proportions.  11.50pm BBC1


Sunday 15 January

The Choir  In today’s programme, conductor and composer Ken Burton joins
Aled Jones for an exploration of African-American spirituals.  6.30pm R3


Monday 16 January

Beyond Belief  Ernie Rea continues to explore the place of faith in today’s
modern world.  3/13    4.30pm R4
The Root of All Evil?  Biologist Richard Dawkins continues his dissection of
religious belief with a focus on what he sees as the harmful indoctrination
of the young.  He inveighs against the rise of faith schools in Britain and
argues that religious education saddles our children with falsehoods and an
inflexible moral outlook.  8pm Ch4
Dark Enlightenment    In this CTVC production, historian Michael Burleigh
argues that by rejecting faith and relying instead on reason humankind has
severely damaged the fabric of society   9pm More4


Tuesday 17 January

Who Killed Christianity  2/5  Another CTVC offering, this one  asking if the
history of Christianity has been one of betraying the original teachings of
Christ.  David Starkey believes many of its greatest teachers have been
victims of their own zeal and have misunderstood what Jesus was actually
telling us.  Today, supporters of the Emperor Constantine argue back.
9.30am R4


Wednesday 18 January

Choral Evensong    Today, from Bath Abbey  4pm R3
A Seaside Parish 3/10  Revd Christine Musser goes to Thailand, and after
being shown some of the terrible damage wrought by the tsunami, sets about
trying to find a community that could be ‘linked’ to her own parishes back
in North Cornwall. Bishop Bill is at the Royal Cornwall Show – he’s thinking
about Matt and Alison, who are due to be ordained and are being rehearsed
for the big day by the Bishop’s chaplain Derek (a keen supporter of gig
racing). Later Bishop Bill ordains eleven Deacons at Truro Cathedral.  7pm
BBC2
A Passion for Churches   3/12  When Bob Davey found that Satanists had
desecrated a derelict church in Norfolk he resolved to fight them off and
renovate the building.   7.30pm BBC2
Great Debates  3/3  To mark the birth of Dr Martin Luther King, Alan Little
chairs a historical debate about the fight for equality.  8pm R4


 Friday 20 January
Changing Room    In the last of this week’s Woman’s Hour drama slots, the
story of the vicar, Linda, who gets a hospital appointment to discuss her
test results.  She immediately fears the worse.  Knowing that she, of all
people, should not be afraid of death, Linda tries to rationalize her fears
about dying.  10.45am  and 7.45pm R4

Plus:
Thought for the Day
Speaker for the week:
Saturday -  Rev Rob Marshall
Monday -    Clifford Longley
Tuesday -    Dr Mona Siddiqui
Wednesday  Rev Roy Jenkins
Thursday     Dom Antony Sutch
Friday -        Rt Rev Richard Harries


Pause for Thought

Speakers for the week:
Saturday:    6.15am  Lyn Gallagher
Monday      6.15  Mary Steel  9.15am  Rabbi Pete Tobias
Tuesday      6.15  Mary Steel      9.15am Rev Roy Wiliamson
Wednesday 6.15  Mary Steel      9.15 Major Charles King
Thurs          6.15  Mary Steel      9.15 Rev Ruth Scott
Fri               6.15  Mary Steel      9.15   Rev Chris Morley


Prayer for the Day

Speaker for the week:
Rev Ruth Patterson


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