Broadcasting Bulletin
Religious Broadcasting Bulletin for 11-17 August 2007
Saturday 11th August
Gardens of Faith
(4/5) Repeat. For Jews, the first garden was the garden of Eden, where God told Adam to work and preserve the land. Two rabbis explain to Peter France how a gardener is an excellent metaphor to how all humans should live their lives.
5.45am R4
Sunday 12th August
Bells on Sunday
From Howden Minster.
5.43am R4
Something Understood
The Carer and the Cared for. Mark Tully considers the relationship between people who are gravely ill and the people who care for them.
6.05am R4
Eamonn Holmes
Sitting in for Aled Jones. His guest is cricket commentator Henry Blofield.
7.00am R2
Sunday
This week’s religious and ethical headlines, with Jane Little.
7.10am R4
Sunday Worship
Rev Dr Stephen Williamson leads a service from Ballywillan Presbyterian Church, Portrush, in Antrim.
8.10am R4
Heaven and Earth with Gloria Hunniford
Eastender Nina Wadia talks to Gloria about her beliefs in Zoroastrian. Plus there’s coverage of the KlezFest, a celebration of Eastern European Jewish Music.
10.00am BBC1
Choral Evening Prayer
From the Three Choirs Festival at Gloucester Cathedral.
3.00pm R3
Songs of Praise
Aled Jones celebrates the role children have taken on the show during the past year with a trip to Cornwall’s Eden Project.
5.30pm BBC1
Ganges
(2/3) Witnessing the rise of great civilisations and the mergence of the Hindu religion. This film explores the impact of the tide of humanity on the wildlife of the plains.
6.10pm BBC2
Sunday Half Hour
Brian D’Arcy marks the anniversary of the death of Cardinal Newman in 1890.
8.30pm R2
Something Understood
Repeat
11.30pm R4
Vicar’s Wives
(1/6) The daily lives of three clergy wives from the South coast.
11.45pm ITV1
Essentials of Faith
(1/7) Repeat. The series examining the world’s religions begins with Hinduism.
12.15am ITV1
Monday 13th August
Daily Service
Led by Mgr Tony Rogers.
9.45am R4 (LW, DAB each day)
Beyond Belief
(8/13) Ernie Rea and guests explore the place of faith in today’s world.
4.30pm R4 (FM not LW)
Tuesday 14th August
Daily Service
Led by Canon Chris Chivers.
9.45am R4 (LW, DAB each day)
The Magnificat
High Dennis examines the history of one of the most well-known liturgical texts of all time, and discovers how the canticle holds a rather radical message beneath its revered poetry and music.
1.30pm R4
Beverley’s Gospel Nights
(4/6) Guests include Sounds of Blackness musical director Gary Hines and singer Pricilla Jones, who performs a version of her song Sweet Jesus.
11.30pm R2
Wednesday 15th August
Daily Service
Led by Michael Wakelin.
9.45am R4 (LW, DAB each day)
Film: Heaven Can Wait
The devil reflects on the life of recently deceased playboy Henry Van Cleve to decide whether he should reside in hell or be sent to heaven.
1.25pm Channel 4
Ann Widdecombe Versus Prostitution
(1/3) The forthright Tory MP and crusader for family values sallies forth against society’s evils.
10.00pm ITV1
Thursday 16th August
Daily Service
Led by Rev Peter Whittaker.
9.45am R4 (LW, DAB each day)
The Vicar of Dibley
Repeat. Animals. Geraldine’s radical idea for a Sunday service cuts little ice with parish-council chairman.
9.30pm BBC1
Friday 17th August
Daily Service
Led by Leslie Griffiths.
9.45am R4 (LW, DAB each day)
Kicking the Habit
(3/6) Barrow Rage. Comedy. Brother Luke’s past continues to catch up with him, and Father Athanasius’s carbon footprint has an impact on the friary’s wedding and atering policies. Comedy of the cloisters by Christopher Lee.
11.30am R4
Prayer for the Day
With Musharraf Hussain (not Sunday)
5.43am R4
Pause for Thought R2
Saturday: 6.20am & 2.30am
Sunday: 1.30am & 3.30am
Monday: 6.20am, 9.15am 1.30am & 3.30am
Tuesday: 6.20am, Nagaraja 9.15am, 1.30am & 3.30am
Wednesday: 6.20am, Rabbi Pete Tobias 9.15am, Tim Turvey 1.30am & 3.30am
Thursday: Michaela Yongson 6.20am, 9.15am, 1.30am & 3.30am
Friday: Michaela Youngson 6.20am, 9.15am & 3.30am
Thought for the Day
Speakers for the week:
Saturday, Catherine Pepinster
Monday, Rabbi Lionel Blue
Tuesday, Rev Roy Jenkins
Wednesday, Jonathan Bartley
Thursday, Rev Dr Alan Billings
Friday, Anne Atkins
7.48am R4
