[Ely Events] Your Week's Religious Viewing and Listening

[Steven Levitt]

Your Week's Religious Viewing and Listening


Religious Broadcasting Bulletin, 24th - 30 November 2007
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Saturday 24th November 

The Nun Who Nurtured Reggae. Reggae music might never have flourished without the influence of a
Catholic nun in Jamaica. Jonathan Charles tells the story of Sister Mary Ignatius Davies, who ran
the music programme at the Alpha Cottage School for wayward boys in Kingston, Jamaica. 10.30am R4

Codex (3/6). One of the pieces of art discovered this week is Rembrandt's Crucifixion with Tony
Robinson. 5.35pm Ch4

This is Civilisation (1/4). Matthew Collings embarks on an examination of how some of history's
greatest artistic moments and monuments have helped to shape the world. He begins with a study of
Christian, Islamic and pagan cultures, finding out how they influenced each other. 8pm Ch4

The Moral Maze (rpt) (9/9). Michael Buerk chairs a debate in which Melanie Phillips, Clifford
Longley, Alex Callinicos and Claire Fox cross-examine expert witnesses on the moral issues behind
the week's news. 10.15pm R4

The Tudors (rpt). 11.15pm BBC2

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Sunday 25th November 

Bells on Sunday. From St John the Baptist, Loughton. 5.43am R4

Something Understood. Mark Tully explores the notion of a cantus firmus, a structural device for
musical composition, used by the former Dean of Westminster, Michael Mayne, as an analogy for the
"enduring melody" of a life. "that definable spiritual hinterland that does not change with passing
fashon".6.05am R4

Aled Jones says Good Morning Sunday. Folk rocker Linda Thompson discusses her new album. Ahead of
Islam Awareness Week, she reflects on her three-year-long conversion to Islam. 7am R2

Sunday. This week's religious and ethical headlines presented by Roger Bolton. 7.10am R4

Sunday Worship. The Very Revd Nicholas Bury explores the kingship of Jesus in a service live from
Gloucester Cathedral. 8.10am R4

The Big Questions. Moral and religious discussion from Wychwood School, Oxford. Guests include Ann
Widdecombe, Libby Purves and John Barrowman. 10am BBC1

Choral Vespers. For the Feast of Christ the King, live from Westminster Cathedral. 4pm R3

Songs of Praise. As St Andrew's Day approaches, Sally Magnusson visits Glasgow and Edinburgh. 5.15pm
BBC1

Sunday Half Hour. On the anniversary of the death of hymn writer Isaac Watts, Brian D'Arcy tells the
story of his life and introduces Watt's best-known hymns. 8.30pm R2

Something Understood (rpt). 11.30pm R4

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Monday 26th November 

Daily Service. Led by Revd Dr Bert Tosh. 9.45am R4 (LW, DAB each day)

>From Calvary to Lambeth. Archbishop Desmond Tutu is ashamed of his Church because, he says, it's
obsessed with sexuality, and has become exclusive, even homophobic. Michael Buerk interviews him in
Cape Town. 8pm R4

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Tuesday 27th November 

Daily Service. Led by Andrew Graystone. 9.45am R4 (LW, DAB each day)

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Wednesday 28th November 

Daily Service. Led by Canon Chris Chivers. 9.45am R4 (LW, DAB each day)

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Thursday 29th November 

Bob Harris Country. Featuring tracks from Oregon-born singer/songwriter Rachel Harrington, who
combines folk, country, blues and old-time gospel. 7am R2

Daily Service. Led by Revd Dr Mark Wakelin. 9.45am R4 (LW, DAB each day)

The Best Tunes (1/2). In the first programme looking at how writers, comics and satirists have
depicted God and the Devil to serve the purposes of humour, the Revd Richard Coles, chaplain to the
Royal Academy of Music, finds God in cartoons, movies, plays and on Radio 4. 11.30am R4

The Queen's Wedding. The first of the series is a revealing film looking at what went on behind the
scenes when the Young Princess Elizabeth's romantic life became a topic of national concern. 9pm Ch4

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Friday 30th November 

Daily Service. From Edinburgh. 9.45am R4 (LW, DAB each day)

The Tudors (9/10). Henry's impatience for a divorce leads him to threaten Cardinal Campeggio, who
continues to defer a decision. The King then turns against Wolsey. 9pm BBC2) 

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Thought for the Day 7.48am R4	
Speakers for the week.	
Saturday. 	Catherine Pepinster	
Monday. 	Rabbi Lionel Blue	
Tuesday. 	Vishvapani	
Wednesday. 	Rt Revd James Jones	
Thursday. 	Anne Atkins	
Friday. 	John Bell	
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Pause for Thought R2	
Published Speakers for the Week include: N/A = Not announced 	
  	
6.20am 
9.15am
1.30am (except *) 
Saturday. 	
N/A (6.15am) 
N/A *(2.30am)
Sunday.	  	 
Kavyasiddhi(& 3.30am)
Monday.	 Roshan Doug	 
N/A
Kavyasiddhi (& 3.30am)
Tuesday.	 Roshan Doug	 
Rabbi Julia Neuberger
N/A (& 3.30am)
Wednesday.	 N/A 	
N/A 
N/A (& 3.30am)
Thursday. 	N/A	 
N/A
N/A (& 3.30am)
Friday.	 N/A 	
N/A
N/A *(3.30am ) 
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Prayer for the Day 5.43am R4 
Speaker for the week. With With Kevin Franz. (Mon - Sat) 
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