Sacred Music

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Ahead of a new run on BBC Four, here's a chance to watch the entirety of Simon Russell Beale's first series on the history of Western religious music.

• Watch online
• OU: About the series
• OU: Listen to the music

Songs of Praise

Today 4.55pm BBC One

Conservative leader David Cameron talks to Pam Rhodes in his capacity as MP for the Windrush Valley, from where this week's show comes. Hymns include Ye Servants of God.

• Watch the most recent episode
• Also: Religious news and discussion in Sunday
• Devotional Sounds
• Heart and Soul

The Crescent and the Cross

This new four-part series from the BBC World Service examines several turning points in the relationship between Christianity and Islam, covering Muslim Spain, the Crusades, the Ottoman Empire and the struggle for Africa.

• The Crescent and the Cross
• Christianity in depth
• Islam: History, beliefs and more
• Also: Twin Sisters, Two Faiths

A History of Christianity

Watch online now

Catch up with the first two episodes of Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch's in-depth series, and find out what he had to say when he answered viewers' questions on the messageboard.

• Read Prof MacCulloch's Q&A
• Watch episode one:
  The First Christianity
• Watch episode two:
  Roman Catholicism
• The Roman Catholic Church
• The Open University's site