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

[Steven Levitt]

Your Week's Religious Viewing and Listening


Religious Broadcasting Bulletin for 19th - 25th January 2008
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Saturday 19th January 

Film: Voyage of the Damned. Drama based on a true story. On 13th May 1939, the liner SS St Louis
leaves Hamburg for Cuba carrying 937 Jewish refugees in search of a new life 2.05pm BBC2

The Moral Maze (rpt)(1/11). 10.15pm R4 

Film: The Messenger: the Story of Joan of Arc. Historical drama. When a Young girl prone to
religious visions galvanises the French army to resisting the English invaders, a legend is born.
11pm BBC2

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Sunday 20th January 

Bells on Sunday. From St Mary's in Ilmington, Warwickshire. 5.43am R4

Something Understood. Mark Tully meditates on the realities, ironies and contradictions of our
relationship with dirt. He asks what is gained and what is lost when the battle against dirt is won.
6.05am R4

Aled Jones Says Good Morning Sunday. In a special edition devoted to inspired American Civil Rights
leader Martin Luther King Jr (1929-68) whose birthday is celebrated tomorrow in the United States.
7am R2

Sunday. Religious and ethical headlines, presented by Roger Bolton. 7.10am R4

Radio 4 Appeal. Archbishop Desmond Tutu appeals on behalf of Tools for Self Reliance. 7.55am R4

Sunday Worship. Monsignor Donald Bolan, the Vatican's officer for relations with Anglicans and
Methodists, preaches at this service from the Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge.
8.10am R4

The Big Questions. Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol present discussions from Leeds. With guest
panellists including MP Ann Cryer, Father Anthony Sutch and the Revd Joel Edwards. 10am BBC1

Choral Evensong. Live from Wells Cathedral. 4pm R3

Johnnie Walker. Spiritually inclined chat show. 4.30pm R2

Songs of Praise. A special celebration of the organ led by Huw Edwards. 4.20pm BBC1

The Choir. Aled Jones visits Salzburg, where Mozart wrote much of his most significant choral music.
6.30pm R3

Sunday Half Hour. With the week of prayer for Christian unity celebrating its centenary this year,
Brian D'Arcy tells the story behind it and through hymns, reflects on the way churches of many
denominations relate to each other. 8.30pm R2

Something Understood (rpt). 11.30pm R4

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Monday 21st January 

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

The Divine Detective. Tom Mangold shadows private investigator and un-ordained Presbyterian minister
Jim McCloskey, who believes he has been called by God to free innocent people from American prisons.
11am R4

Beyond Belief. Ernie Rea and guests explore the place of faith in today's world. 4.30pm R4

City of Vice (2/5). The story of the UK's first police force established in vice-ridden Georgian
London. When the Revd Erasmus Cavendish is found murdered in his Soho church, the Fielding brothers
trace their prime suspect to a well-known homosexual haunt. 9pm Ch4

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Tuesday 22nd January 

Daily Service. Led by John Forrest. 9.45am R4 (LW, DAB each day)

Afternoon Play: The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican. Nazi war criminal Herbert Kappler had only one
visitor in his cell - a Vatican priest, Mgr Hugh O'Flaherty - the man Kappler had so often tied to
assassinate during the war. Robin Glendinnings' play explores their remarkable post-war
relationship. 2.15pm R4

The Royal Today. A priest is admitted to A & E and forced to confront his demons. 4pm ITV1

An Island Parish (3/8). As Easter arrives, the new holiday season on the remote Isles of Scilly gets
under way. 8pm BBC2

BBC Learning Zone: Religious Education: Taking Issue. Includes the RE Collection: Forgiveness. 4am
BBC2

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Wednesday 23rd January 

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

The Moral Maze (2/11). Michael Buerk chairs a debate in which Michael Portillo, Ian Hargreaves,
Claire Fox and Clifford Longley cross-examine expert witness on the moral issues behind the week's
news. 8pm R4

BBC Learning Zone: Religious Education: Taking Issue. Including Belief File: Sikhism/Buddhism. 2am
BBC2

BBC Learning Zone: Religious Education: Belief File - Hinduism and Judaism. 4am BBC2

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Thursday 24th January 

Daily Service. Led by Revd Sharon Grenham-Toze. 9.45am R4 (LW, DAB each day)

Never Better. Comedy. Keith clashes with Marianne over her belief in God at his Alcoholics Anonymous
group and then faces a crisis of conscience. 10pm BBC2

BBC Learning Zone: Religious Education:Belief File -Issues. 2am BBC2

BBC Learning Zone: Religious Education: The Test of Time. 4am BBC2

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Friday 25th January 

Act of Worship. Led by Revd Roger Hutchings. 9.45am R4 (LW, DAB each day) 

The Funny Thing About Muslims. The riots followed the publication two years ago of a cartoon
depicting the prophet Muhammad seemed to confirm the suspicion of some that Muslims don't have a
sense of humour. But is this really true? Writer and broadcaster Sarfraz Manzoor talks to comics,
comedy writers and scholars about what makes Muslims laugh. 11am R4

An Island Parish (rpt) (3/8). 7.30pm BBC2 

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Thought for the Day 7.48am R4	
Speakers for the week.	
Saturday. 	Revd Rob Marshall 	
Monday. 	Clifford Longley	
Tuesday. 	Rt Revd Tom Butler	
Wednesday. 	Indarjit Singh	
Thursday. 	
Rt Revd Richard Harries

Friday. 	Chief Rabbi, Dr Jonathan Sacks	
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Pause for Thought R2	

Published Speakers for the Week include: 
Only one is speaker announced in Radio Times, usually broadcast at these times: 
6.20am & 9.15am, 1.30am & 3.30am

Sunday: Deborah Hollamby (1.30am & 3.30am)

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Prayer for the Day 5.43am R4 
Speaker for the week. With Revd Johnston McKay. (Mon - Sat) 

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