TVand Radio

St J N DAY
International Year of the Child All Faiths Service (ITV, 10 am) Christian, Sikh, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim children take part in a special service to mark the International Year of the Child, which comes from the Anglican Church of St Thomas the Martyr in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Each child will be introduced by an adult of their faith from the local council for Community Relations. The welcoming address will be given by the Rev Ian Harker, the Anglican chaplain to Newcastle University, who used to do social work in Notting Hill, London.
The service will include songs, dancing, readings and drama on the concept of the Year of the Child. The All Faiths Choir and the Newcastle University Music Group will also take part.
The Danedyke Mystery (ITV, 5.30 pm). The Rev Septimus Treloar, the nearest Anglican equivalent to Fr Brown, gets his teeth into a chilling tnystery surrounding a copy of a priceless relic. As the plot thickens the vicar-detective is caught in the mesh of medieval manuscripts, long-dead monks and 20th century skulduggery.
The Dream of Gernntius (ITV, 6.10 pm). Janet Baker and the Halle Orchestra perform Elgar's inspired oratorio from Huddersfield Town Hall.
Radio Four
FRIDAY
Wee Georgie Wood (4.05 pm). Peter Cotes presents a tribute to the diminutive Catholic music hall entertainer who died recently at the age of 83.
During his 78 years in the public eye, Wee Georgie Wood was more than a comic turn with a squeaky voice. He was a child comedian, variety star, film actor, radio and television performer, journalist. writer, theatre producer and voluntary worker.
He was self-educated — he had no schooling since earning his keep in pantomime at the age of five — but he came to be regarded as a learned and thoughtful man. His involvement in charity work began in the thirties and led eventually to the award of the OBE.