
Sean Fletcher travels to Scotland to meet journalist, writer and former Songs of Praise presenter Sally Magnusson. Sally and Sean take a walk in rural Dunbartonshire as she reflects on her remarkable career, family life with five children and how people, places and pieces of music have shaped her faith.\n\nSally takes Sean to Baldernock Parish Church, a place very close to her heart, where she recalls memories of happy family celebrations and times of loss and deep sadness.\n\nBack in the countryside, Sally reflects on her mother’s final years living with dementia and the charity work she has done to improve the lives of those currently living with the condition.\n\nWith favourite hymns chosen by Sally from across Scotland and beyond:\n\n1. Be Thou My Vision – Charlotte Chapel, Edinburgh \n2. Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer – Westminster Abbey, London \n3. I to the Hills Will Lift Mine Eyes – Glasgow Cathedral \n4. Lead Kindly Light – Aled Jones \n5. We Cannot Measure How You Heal – Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh \n6. The Lord’s My Shepherd – Crathie Kirk, Ballater
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Land Of Song
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Sean Fletcher travels to east London to meet Mobo Award-winning rapper, broadcaster and author Guvna B.\n\nSean and Guvna, real name Isaac Borquaye, take a walk through the stre ...
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The Last Supper
The Rev Kate Bottley is in north Wales to mark the start of Holy Week by exploring the Last Supper – the final meal Jesus shared with his disciples that encapsulates so mu ...
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BBC 1
Easter Sunday
To celebrate Easter Sunday, Pam Rhodes joins Christians in Cornwall marking 50 years of the Carn Brea Easter Cross. This giant 30-foot structure has towered over the landscape o ...
05-04-2026
BBC 1
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Pam Rhodes explores how faith is lived out through hospitality, meeting people whose homes, churches and communities are shaped by welcome and generosity.\n\nAt Newport Cathedra ...
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Mothering Sunday
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The Big School Assembly Singalong
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