The programmes are part of the BBC’s Year of Beliefs project for 2019, in which they are aiming to bring content about religion and ethics to a wider audience to look at how deeper values shape society.
On Good Friday there will be the first of a two-part programme called Britain’s Easter Story where choir masters Gareth Malone and Karen Gibson will tour the UK to discover the narratives behind different Easter traditions and show how music is an important part of the celebration. The second part will air on Easter Sunday.
Songs of Praise In the Holy Land will also feature a young choir of Christians who travel to the Garden of Gethsemane and other Biblical sites for the first time and there’ll be Easter Carols from King’s.
From Sunday 17th March, a new 8-part series will air with former JLS band member, JB Gill and journalist and presenter Mehreen Baig, who will host Walks of Life, where they go on wanders to find out about modern attitudes towards religion.
A radio drama called Luke, Acts will be broadcast from this Saturday on Radio 4, telling the story of the founding of the church from the Gospel of Luke and Luke’s second book, the Acts of the Apostles.
Dan Walker will host At The Foot Of The Cross on Good Friday at 8pm on Radio 2, featuring songs based on the day Jesus died.
On Radio 5 Live, radio and TV presenter Laura Whitmore will be talking about what faith means to millennials in Laura…
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