HIGHLIGHT: Frontline/World: Children of the Taliban A film that follows four children living in Kabul, whose lives have changed since US troops withdrew and the Taliban came to power.
Wednesday 11.05pm, Channel 4
TELEVISION: Friday 8pm (BBC2) Gardeners’ World Winter Specials Rachel de Thame visits Anglesey Abbey, in Cambridgeshire, where the garden looks best in winter (2/4).
Sunday 10.30am (BBC1) My Life at Christmas with Sally Phillips The poet Lemn Sissay explores his view of Christmas (2/3).
1.15pm (BBC2) Songs of Praise The final of Young Chorister of the Year, from Gorton Monastery, Manchester.
Tuesday 9pm (BBC4) Lucy Worsley’s Christmas Carol Odyssey A look at the carol, from strict Protestant Britain to the story of “Silent Night” (repeat).
RADIO: Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship The RC Archbishop of Cardiff and Bishop of Menevia, the Most Revd Mark O’Toole, leads a service from St David’s Metropolitan Cathedral, Cardiff, for Gaudete Sunday.
10.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul An exploration of life as a third-generation Jew in present-day Poland.
3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of this week’s service from Salisbury Cathedral to mark the bicentenary of the birth of César Franck.
Wednesday 4pm (R3) Choral Evensong From Tewkesbury Abbey, recorded on 1 December.
Thursday 11pm (R3) Compline From Dunstable Priory, with St Martin’s Voices.
11.30pm (R3) Unclassified Elizabeth Alker presents ambient sounds performed inside sacred spaces, including a synagogue near Krakow and a church in Suffolk.
