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

[Steven Levitt]

Your Week's Religious Viewing and Listening


Religious Broadcasting Bulletin, 15th – 21st March 2008
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Saturday 15th March 

The Moral Maze (rpt) (9/11). 10.15pm R4

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Sunday 16th March 

Bells on Sunday. From St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. 5.43am R4

Something Understood. Michael Wooldridge explores the modern aversion to taking risks and questions
why people don’t encourage risky but exciting and creative ventures. 6.05am R4

Aled Jones Says Good Morning Sunday. Aled looks ahead to tonight’s start of The Passion on BBC1, he
discusses this with singer/songwriter Brian Kennedy. 7am R2

Sunday. Religious and ethical headlines, presented by Edward Stourton. 7.10am R4

Sunday Worship. Bishop Basil Richards leads the Psalm Sunday service from the Church of God of
Prophecy in Birmingham. Preacher Bishop Joe Aldred. 10am R4

The Big Questions. Discussion from King Edward VI School, Southampton, with guests Christina Odone,
Anne Atkins, Tim Cross and Jonathan Bartley. 10am BBC1

Choral Evensong. From St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. 4pm R3

Songs of Praise. In a gala concert from the newly refurbished Manchester Monastery, Aled Jones
introduces the six finalists vying for the title of School Choir of the year. 5.30pm BBC1

The Passion (1/4). A powerful retelling of the story of Jesus’ final days on Earth. 8pm BBC1

Sunday Half Hour. Brian D’Arcy introduces music for Palm Sunday and Holy Week. 8.30pm R2

Something Understood (rpt). 11.30pm R4

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Monday 17th March 

Daily Service. Led by From St Martin’s Church, Belfast, led by the Revd Dr Bert Tosh. 9.45am R4 (LW,
DAB each day)

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

The Passion (2/4). Caiaphas is anxious that Jesus’ s preaching will lead to unrest. When Jesus
threatens the temple, Judas is put in an impossible situation. 8.30pm BBC1 

Artist Focus. Tenor Mark Padmore in this week’s featured artist ahead of his performance as the
Evangelist in Bach’s St John Passion on Good Friday. 10.30pm R3

Belief (1/4). Joan Bakewell talks to Major-General Tim Cross about his beliefs. 11pm R3

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Tuesday 18th March 

Daily Service. Led by Clair Jaquiss. 9.45am R4 (LW, DAB each day)

This Morning. Alison Hammond meets Sister Francis Dominica, who’s the founder of children’s hospice
Helen House. 10.30am ITV1

An Island Parish (11/12). Bishop Bill arrives on the Isles of Scilly to throw his weight behind a
campaign to improve the lives and prospects of local children. 8pm BBC2

Belief (2/4). Joan Bakewell discusses belief with novelist A L Kennedy, winner of the 2007 Costa
Book of the Year Awards. 11pm R3

The Arts and How They Was Done (2/6). The story of Michelangelo, Pope Julius and the ceiling of the
Sistine Chapel. 11pm R4

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Wednesday 19th March 

Daily Service. Led by Bishop George Stack. 9.45am R4 (LW, DAB each day)

The Moral Maze (10/11). Michael Buerk chairs a debate in which Melanie Phillips, Ian Hargreaves,
Michael Portillo and Claire Fox cross-examine expert witness on the moral issues behind the week’s
news. 8pm R4

Lent Talks (6/6). The Bishop of Durham, Tom Wright, reflects on the interval between Jesus’ death
and resurrection. 8.45pm R4

An Island Parish. Part of Sign Zone (2/12). Toby faces a crisis. 4.20am BBC1

Belief (3/4). Chief Rabbi, Dr Jonathan Sacks, joins presenter Joan Bakewell to discuss his beliefs.
11pm R3

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Thursday 20th March 

Daily Service. Led by Revd Peter Whittaker. 9.45am R4 (LW, DAB each day) 

Composer of the Week: Schoenberg – Five Portraits. Donald Macleod looks at the work the composter
wrote drawing on his religious heritage. 12pm R3

Analysis (5/6). The search for religious faith is as fervent today as it has ever been. Andrew Brown
discovers how believers and sceptics view the role of religion in people’s daily thoughts and deeds.
8.30pm R4 

Belief (4/4). Joan Bakewell discusses belief with Sister Frances Dominica, founder of Helen House,
the world’s first children’s hospice. 11pm R3

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Friday 21st March 

Miracle on the Estate. How the residents of a north Manchester estate produced their own mystery
play for Good Friday. 9am BBC1

Act of Worship. Led by Canon Noel Vincent. 9.45am R4 (LW, DAB each day) 

Good Friday Liturgy. Carol Ann Duffy’s words tell the story of the Crucifixion from the perspective
of the women who witnessed Christ’s passion. 3pm R4 

Performance on 3. This performance of Bach’s St John Passion has been developing ever since 2005.
6.30pm R3

At the Foot of the Cross. Aled Jones presents a meditation to mark Good Friday, featuring Fauré’s
Requiem. 7.30pm R2

The Passion (3/4). Jesus shares his last meal with the disciples in preparation for what is to come,
before Judas goes to fetch the temple guards. 9pm BBC1

Film: Jesus Christ Superstar. Rock-opera style film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s
stage musical. 2am ITV1

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Thought for the Day 7.48am R4	
Speakers for the week.	
Saturday	 Canon David Winter 	
Monday	 Revd Dr Alan Billings	
Tuesday	 Rt Revd Tom Butler	
Wednesday	 Dom Antony Sutch 	
Thursday	 Revd Angela Tilby 	
Friday	 Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor 	
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Pause for Thought R2	

Published Speakers for the Week include: 
No speakers were announced in Radio Times, usually broadcast at these times: 
6.20am & 9.15am, 1.30am & 3.30am

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Prayer for the Day 5.43am R4 
Speaker for the week. With Father Eugene O’Neill. (Mon - Sat) 
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Christian broadcasting organisations 

Premier Radio
(1305, 1332, 1413 MW, Freeview 725, Sky Digital 0123, Virgin Media 968, and DAB) 
http://www.premier.org.uk/engine.cfm?i=662
Premier.tv
On-demand online Christian TV. 
www.premier.tv

United Christian Broadcasters (UCB)
UCB UK (Digital Satellite Ch0125, and DAB in certain areas), UCB Inspirational (Digital Satellite
Ch0136, and DAB in certain areas), UCB Talk (Digital Satellite Ch0135, UCB Bible (Digital Satellite
Ch0135), The Word (online). 

All channels online at www.ucb.co.uk
UCB TV

Digital Satellite Ch766
http://www.ucb.co.uk/index.cfm?sectionid=6

God TV and God Europe
SKY Digital channels 760 and 761 
http://uk.god.tv/

For a full list of Christian Digital Satellite Channels click here
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_channels_on_Sky_Digital_in_the_UK_and_Ireland> 

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