LONDON, England – BBC don announce plenty programs wey go showcase Easter and other important faith festivals dis spring for TV, iPlayer, radio and BBC Sounds. Dis year programs go include Easter Live Worship from St Mary Redcliffe Church for Bristol and live Easter Sunday Worship from Canterbury Cathedral for BBC Radio 4.
Right Reverend Rose Hudson Wilkin, wey be Bishop of Dover, go preach about hope and resurrection during di Easter service. For sake of fresh content, dis year we go see new series ‘Gareth Malone’s Messiah’ as di choirmaster dey prepare to stage him own performance of dis popular choral piece inside di beautiful Llandaff Cathedral for Cardiff.
Also, BBC One dey plan to air di ‘Urbi et Orbi’ service from Rome for Easter Sunday Morning. Songs of Praise go get three special episodes wey show di contributions of women for di Easter Story and special gospel music introduced by Mark De-Lisser. Aled Jones go present a rich range of Easter hymns from St George’s Roman Catholic Cathedral for di same episode.
Daisy Scalchi, BBC Television’s Head of Commissioning, Religion and Ethics talk say: ‘Dis na di fifth annual Faith and Hope season and I dey really excited about di variety of programs wey we don prepare dis spring. Whether people dey religious or not, we get content for everybody wey go inspire and bring joy.’
Tim Pemberton, di Head of Religion and Ethics for BBC Radio, add say: ‘For dis special time of di year, BBC Radio dey try to gather people to reflect on dia faith, hear amazing stories, and experience di uplifting power of extraordinary music.’
For Holy Week starting April 13, Rev. Kate Bottley go explore di vital role wey women play for di events surrounding Jesus’ death and resurrection using giant tapestries wey depict biblical scenes. For di Easter Sunday program, Aled Jones go lead a special Songs of Praise from St George’s Catholic Cathedral in Southwark
Also, special programs go feature di Celebration Kitchen to highlight di significance of Passover and Wesak Day. Amol Rajan go also travel to di Ganges to explore di Maha Kumbh Mela Festival wey dey happen once every 12 years.
‘Eid Live’ and ‘Celebrity Eid’ go mark di end of Ramadan from Bradford UK City of Culture 2025. Dis year BBC Asian Network go celebrate Ramadan with di Not Even Water podcast hosted by Fatiha El-Ghorri and create special playlists for Eid and Vaisakhi on BBC Sounds.
BBC Radio 2 go host a reflective show for Good Friday by di Rev. Kate Bottley, who go provide hope for people wey dey grieve during di Easter season. Di program go feature music wey inspire and uplift. A full list of all di events wey dey happen dis Easter season go be available for those wey wan join and experience di season of Faith and Hope.
