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Religious Broadcasting for Holy Week

17/03/08

A selection of television and radio broadcasts for Holy Week and Easter.

Monday 17 March

1.00pm	LIC	The Bishop of London’s Holy Week Address (1/3): Tracing the Drama of Holy Week
4.30pm	BBC R4	Beyond Belief: Ernie Rea and guests explore the place of faith in today’s world
8.30pm	BBC1	The Passion: Caiaphas is anxious that Jesus’s preaching will lead to unrest. When Jesus threatens the temple, Judas is put in an impossible situation
10.30pm	BBC R3	Artistic 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
11.00pm	BBC R3	Belief: Joan Bakewell talks to Major-General Tim Cross about his beliefs

Tuesday 18 March

10.30am	ITV1	This Morning: Alison Hammond meets Sister Francis Dominica, who’s the founder of children’s hospice Helen House
1.00pm	LIC	The Bishop of London’s Holy Week Address (2/3): Tracing the Drama of Holy Week
11.00pm	BBC R3	Belief: Joan Bakewell discusses belief with novelist A L Kennedy, winner of the 2007 Costa Book of the Year Awards
11.00pm	BBC R4	The Arts and How They Was Done: The story of Michelangelo, Pope Julius and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Wednesday 19 March

1.00pm	LIC	The Bishop of London’s Holy Week Address (3/3): Tracing the Drama of Holy Week
8.45pm	BBC R4	Lent Talks: The Bishop of Durham, Tom Wright, reflects on the interval between Jesus’s death and resurrection
11.00pm	BBC R3	Belief: Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks joins presenter Joan Bakewell to discuss his beliefs

Thursday 20 March – Maundy Thursday

12.00pm	BBC R3	Composer of the Week: Schoenberg – Five Portraits: Donald Macleod looks at the work the composer wrote drawing on his religious heritage
8.30pm	BBC R4	Analysis: 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
11.00pm	BBC R3	Belief: Joan Bakewell discusses belief with Sister Frances Dominica, founder of Helen House, the world’s first children’s hospice

Friday 21 March – Good Friday

9.00am	BBC1	Miracle on the Estate: How the residents of a north Manchester estate produced their own mystery play for Good Friday
3.00pm	BBC R4	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
6.30pm	BBC R3	Performance on 3: This performance of Bach’s St John Passion has been developing ever since 2005
7.30pm	BBC R2	At the Foot of the Cross: Aled Jones presents a meditation to mark Good Friday, featuring Fauré’s Requiem
9.00pm	BBC1	The Passion: Jesus shares his last meal with the disciples in preparation for what is to come, before Judas goes to fetch the temple guards

Saturday 22 March – Holy Saturday

9.35pm	BBC1	The Vicar of Dibley: Geraldine has a radical idea for a new style of Sunday service
10.00pm	BBC2	Richard the Lionheart: Drama regarding the time of the Crusades

Sunday 23 March – Easter Day

5.43am	BBC R4	Bells on Sunday: From Tewkesbury Abbey in Gloucestershire
6.05am	BBC R4	Something Understood: Desmond Tutu talks to Mark Tully about the experiences, practices and convictions that have underpinned his vision and given him the strength to bring that vision into being
6.35am	BBC R4	Easter Sunrise Service: As Easter Day dawns, Anthony Hawley, Canon Treasurer of Liverpool Anglican Central, leads a meditation on the mystery of the Resurrection. With Pastor Dr Tani Omideyi and the Love and Joy Gospel Choir
6.59am	BBC R4	Easter Sunday Hymn: Jesus Christ is Risen Today
7.00am	BBC R2	Aled Jones Says Good Morning Sunday: Guests include singer/songwriter Julie Fowelis, Jeremy Paxman and, performing live, gospel choir Ave
6.59am	BBC R4	Easter Sunday Hymn: Jesus Christ is Risen Today
7.10am	BBC R4	Sunday: Religious and ethical headlines, presented by Roger Bolton
8.10am	BBC R4	Sunday Worship: The Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Rev James Jones, celebrates the joy of Easter with a special Eucharist from Liverpool Anglican Cathedral
11.45am	ITV1	The Way We Worshipped: Series examining changes in religious life in the UK
10.00am	BBC1	Risen Today: Mass from the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King in Liverpool, with the Archbishop of Liverpool, the Most Rev Patrick Kelly
2.15pm	BBC1	The Passion: Another chance to see the first three episodes of Frank Deasy’s dramatisation of Christ’s last days on Earth
4.00pm	BBC R3	Choral Evensong: Easter Day service live from Winchester Cathedral
4.50pm	BBC1	Songs of Praise: Diane Louise Jordan presents from Hereford Cathedral. Simon MacCorkindale and Susan George narrate the Easter story
5.45pm	C4	The Secrets of the 12 Disciples: Should the Vatican be the centre of the Catholic Church if Peter never made it to Rome? Did Thomas found Christianity in India? Was Judas really a betrayer? Were there more than 12 disciples, including women? Theologian Dr Robert Beckford asks all these questions as he travels across the globe
7.30pm	BBC1	The Passion: Jesus is taken from the Cross, Joseph has the body carried to a cave, but the following morning it is empty
8.00pm	BBC R2	Easter Glory: Brian D’Arcy celebrates Easter with hymns and music
8.00pm	BBC R2	Easter Glory: Brian D’Arcy celebrates Easter with hymns and music

Pause for Thought

BBC R2
Saturday: 6.15am and 1.30am
Sunday: 1.30am & 1.30am
Monday: 6.20am, 9.20am, 1.30am & 3.30am
Tuesday: 6.20am, 9.20am, 1.30am & 3.30am
Wednesday: 6.20am, 9.15am, 1.30am & 3.30am
Thursday: 6.20am, 9.15am, 1.30am & 3.30am
Friday: 6.20am, 9.15am & 3.30am

Thought for the Day

7.48am, BBC R4
Monday: Revd Dr Alan Billings
Tuesday: Rt Revd Tom Butler
Wednesday: Dom Anthony Sutch
Thursday: Angela Tilby
Friday: Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor

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