Holy Week and Easter on the BBC

07/04/06

Monday 10 April

BBC Radio 3
9.45-10.15pm
Belief: features a range of guests discussing their individual ideas on life's big questions. In five separate programmes, presenter Joan Bakewell talks to psychologist and scientist Sue Blackmore; Navnit Dholakia, Liberal Democrat MP; philosopher Mary Warnock; Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal; and Cormac Murphy O'Connor, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster.

BBC One
11.15pm-12.05am
Every Parent’s Nightmare: in a very personal testimony Rev Julie Nicholson, Anglican priest and mother of one of the victims of the July London bombings, describes how her inability to forgive her daughter's killers led to her resigning her living. Julie reflects on whether the Passion of Christ holds any comfort or inspiration for parents in difficult times.

Tuesday 11 April

8.30-9.30pm
BBC Radio 2
Modern Miracles: Roger Bolton talks to those who believe they have experienced a miracle and asks whether they are a sign of God's presence or a clever fraud.

9.45-10.15pm
BBC Radio 3
Belief (as Monday 10th)

Wednesday 12 April

9.45-10.15pm
BBC Radio 3
Belief (as Monday 10th)

Thursday 13 April

7-8pm
BBC Two
The Private Life of an Easter Masterpiece: The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci

9.45-10.15pm
BBC Radio 3
Belief (as Monday 10th)

Friday 14 April

Good Friday

10am-11am
BBC One
Greater Love Hath No Man: explores the impact of the Great Plague on one small village in Derbyshire in which the villagers isolated themselves to protect the surrounding village communities.
Their self-sacrifice saved thousands of lives.

3-3.30pm
BBC Radio 4
The Cross and the Bomb: the Bishop of London reflects on religious conflict in the context of Jesus' Passion on the Cross. The programme comes from St Ethelburga's – the medieval city church nearly destroyed by the Bishopsgate bomb in 1993 and rebuilt as an innovative Centre for Reconciliation and Peace.

3.30-4pm
BBC Radio 4
Redeeming the Past: peace campaigner the Revd Donald Reeves revisits the fractured communities of Northern Bosnia in search of threads of hope from the darkest moments of war. Drawing on first hand accounts from the conflict's survivors, the programme highlights the power of forgiveness to transform lives in the wake of tragedy.

7-8pm
BBC Two
The Private Life of an Easter Masterpiece: Salvador Dali's The Christ of St John of the Cross.

9-10pm
BBC Three

Manchester Passion: live from Manchester city centre Keith Allen presents a contemporary re-telling of the last few hours of Jesus' life. Manchester Passion builds on the rich tradition of the Passion Plays by telling the Easter story through the music of Manchester, including classic sounds such as New Order's Blue Monday and Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now by The Smiths.

9.30-10.30pm
BBC Radio 2
At The Foot of the Cross: Aled Jones leads the congregation of St Paul's Cathedral in a meditation on the journey to the Cross which includes a performance of John Rutter's contemporary Requiem.

9.30-10.00pm
BBC Radio 3
Belief: (as Monday 10th)

Sunday 16 April

Easter Sunday

6.35am – 6.57am
BBC Radio 4
Easter Sunrise Service: with the York Chapter House Choir.

8.10-9am
BBC Radio 4
Sunday Worship for Easter: from York Minster, the Most Rev Dr John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, joins the congregation of St-Michael-le-Belfry for an Easter communion service.

10-11am
BBC One
Easter Sunday Service: live from Spring Harvest in Minehead.

8.03-9pm
BBC Radio 2
Sunday Half Hour: with Roger Royle.

Time tbc
BBC One
Songs of Praise: From Lincoln Cathedral

Monday 17 April

7-8pm
BBC Two
The Private Life of An Easter Masterpiece: The Resurrection by Piero Della Francesca.