The Church Times has published a summary of the BBC’s religious broadcasts over the Advent and Christmas season.
Most notable is the absence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. In previous years a centre piece of programming has been his Christmas Day sermon from Canterbury Cathedral, and a pre-recorded message on New Year’s Day. But after his resignation, following publication of the Makin report, there is no wish – probably from either side – for the BBC to include him.
Church services make up a large proportion of the BBC’s plans, including the ever-popular Carols from the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge. But in true BBC style there is an attempt to show a range of denominations, and cover local parish churches as much as college chapels or cathedrals. Radio 4, for example, will broadcast midnight mass from Leeds Roman Catholic Cathedral, and Christmas Day worship from the Salvation Army in the Royal Albert Hall.
Read the Church Times article here.
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