Aled Jones presents the girls' semi-final of the BBC Young Chorister of the Year competition from Salisbury Cathedral with judges Lesley Garrett, Howard Goodall and David Grant. Music includes How Beautiful Are the Feet, from Handel’s Messiah, and O, For the Wings of a Dove, by Felix Mendelssohn. Three of the pieces are by modern composers: John Rutter’s Pie Jesu; Prayer to a Guardian Angel, by Patrick Hawes; and the worship song He Will Hold Me Fast, by Matt Merker. Three of the five choristers will be selected to sing in the final on 5 December.
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Holy Week
On Palm Sunday, Sean Fletcher explores different ways Christians continue to retell and interpret the life of Jesus, through powerful performances and expressive works of art.\n ...
24-03-2024
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St Patrick’s Day
To celebrate St Patrick’s Day, Claire McCollum is in Northern Ireland meeting Christians inspired by the saint’s extraordinary story and following in his footsteps. ...
17-03-2024
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Mothering Sunday
On Mothering Sunday, Rev Kate Bottley is in Stockport, Greater Manchester, to meet mums and staff at Christian-inspired Charnwood Nursery where children with and without additio ...
10-03-2024
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200 Years Of The Rnli
To mark the 200th anniversary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, the Rev Canon Kate Bottley joins the lifeboat crew in Scarborough to reflect on the Christian values at ...
03-03-2024
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Aled’s Faith And Music
Aled Jones shares his most cherished hymns and sacred music as he and Pam Rhodes embark on a journey across London to visit the iconic places that have been so important for his ...
25-02-2024
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Caring For Creation
Claire McCollum meets Christians putting faith into action to care for the environment in different ways. In Northamptonshire, she discovers the remarkable technology at the hea ...
18-02-2024
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In God’s Care
As we mark World Day of the Sick, Pam Rhodes hears stories of faith and hope from Christians who are unwell and those who care for them.\n\nAt St Christopher’s Hospice in ...
11-02-2024
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Faith And Rehabilitation
The Rev Kate Bottley hears why faith and compassion are key to supporting prisoners and ex-offenders in on their journey through rehabilitation. \n\nIn Newcastle upon Tyne, Kate ...
04-02-2024
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Hope And Refuge
Pam Rhodes marks International Holocaust Memorial Day and explores stories of when hope and refuge were offered by Christians to Jews fleeing the Nazis in one of the darkest cha ...
28-01-2024
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Gospel Choir Of The Year 2024 Final
Music to lift the spirit and stir the soul… it’s the final of the Songs of Praise Gospel Choir of the Year 2024, hosted by Mark De-Lisser.\n\nIn the previous progra ...
21-01-2024
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Mothering Sunday
On Mothering Sunday, Rev Kate Bottley is in Stockport, Greater Manchester, to meet mums and staff at Christian-inspired Charnwood Nursery where children with and without additio ...
10-03-2024
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Milton Keynes
Sean Fletcher visits Milton Keynes as it celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. He has a kick-about with freestyle footballer Daniel Cutting, whose faith has inspired him to break ...
05-11-2017
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900 Years Of Haddon Hall
The Rev Kate Bottley is at Haddon Hall in Derbyshire, described as 'the most perfect English house to survive from the Middle Ages’, to explore its hidden treasures, inclu ...
26-03-2023
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Edinburgh
Sally Magnusson is in Edinburgh to celebrate 70 years of its world-famous International Festival, and JB Gill meets gospel music legends The Blind Boys Of Alabama. Plus hymns fr ...
20-08-2017
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Mothering Sunday
To celebrate Mothering Sunday, Katherine Jenkins meets parents and their newborn babies at Basildon's Maternity Unit. It's particularly poignant for Katherine, as she's expectin ...
11-03-2018
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Palm Sunday In Winchester
Katherine Jenkins visits Winchester to see how they are marking Palm Sunday. She discovers what happened when Jesus entered Jerusalem and learns about the annual Palm Sunday par ...
10-04-2022
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31/01/2016
Libby Lane, the first female bishop in the Church of England, reflects on the challenges and excitement of the past 12 months and comes face to face with her portrait.
31-01-2016
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17/01/2016
In the aftermath of the recent devastating floods, John Craven uncovers acts of kindness and community spirit in Cumbria as the clean up continues there, and visits a water-dama ...
17-01-2016
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Harvest
John Craven joins a farming family in Dorset to discover why bringing in the harvest this year has a special meaning, and Lindsey Chapman reveals how a Suffolk church helped vis ...
27-09-2015
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