Pam Rhodes visits Launde Abbey in the beautiful Leicestershire countryside, taking a break from the festivities to look back and give thanks for 2024. Pam and her fellow Songs of Praise presenters Aled Jones, Sean Fletcher, Laura Wright and Claire McCollum choose the hymns and worship songs that have lifted and sustained us through the year, and they reflect on inspiring people and places they have visited. The Rev Kate Bottley offers a prayer for the New Year ahead, and there’s a very special festive performance from Katherine Jenkins, adding to uplifting music from across the UK.\n\n1. Joy to the World – Reading Town Hall\n2. Eternal Father Strong to Save – St Martin-in-the-Fields\n3. Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation – Crathie Kirk\n4. Greater than It All – Way Church, Wigan\n5. 10,000 Reasons – Charlotte Chapel, Edinburgh\n6. Sleep Quietly My Jesus – Katherine Jenkins\n7. Lord for the Years – Sheffield City Hall
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A Year In Hymns
Pam Rhodes visits Launde Abbey in the beautiful Leicestershire countryside, taking a break from the festivities to look back and give thanks for 2024. Pam and her fellow Songs o ...
29-12-2024
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Candlelit Christmas
Aled Jones hosts an intimate candlelit celebration of favourite carols from the village church of Croston in Lancashire. He is joined by special guests Katherine Jenkins, who pe ...
22-12-2024
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A Christmas Celebration From Huddersfield Town Hall
Aled Jones is joined by special guests for a specular celebration of carols from the historic Huddersfield Town Hall.\n\nWest End and Broadway star Marisha Wallace performs a un ...
15-12-2024
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Angels
To mark the second Sunday of Advent, the Rev Kate Bottley visits Fairford in the Cotswolds to discover more about some of the central figures of the Christmas story – the ...
08-12-2024
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Young Chorister Of The Year - Final
It’s Advent Sunday and the final of BBC Young Chorister of the Year from Hallé St Peter’s in Manchester, presented by Aled Jones and the Rev Kate Bottley. Six ...
01-12-2024
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Young Chorister Of The Year - Seniors
Aled Jones presents the senior heat of BBC Young Chorister of the Year from Hallé St Peter’s in Manchester, with judges Katherine Jenkins, Bob Chilcott and YolanDa ...
24-11-2024
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Young Chorister Of The Year - Juniors
Aled Jones presents the junior heat of BBC Young Chorister of the Year from Hallé St Peter’s in Manchester, with judges Bob Chilcott, YolanDa Brown and Katherine Je ...
17-11-2024
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Remembrance Sunday
Sean Fletcher visits Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, Devon, to meet service personnel past and present, and to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice.\n\nSea ...
10-11-2024
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How I Came To Faith
Sean Fletcher is in London to find out about three remarkable journeys to faith, including how acclaimed 1980s BBC series Sea of Faith inspired broadcaster and vicar Giles Frase ...
03-11-2024
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Yolanda Brown’s Faith And Music
Aled Jones meets award-winning saxophonist and broadcaster YolanDa Brown, who shares the story of her faith through the cherished hymns and worship songs that have guided her th ...
27-10-2024
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Young Chorister Of The Year – Final
It’s the final of BBC Young Chorister of the Year from The Monastery in Manchester, presented by Aled Jones and Rev Kate Bottley.\n\nAs it’s the third Sunday of Adve ...
11-12-2022
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Katherine Jenkins' Faith Journey
Katherine Jenkins journeys back to her childhood church in Neath, south Wales, for Advent. She meets family and friends to reflect on her Christian faith and explores how it has ...
09-12-2018
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Katherine Jenkins's Favourite Moments
Katherine Jenkins visits Syon House in west London to discover its rich Christian history and to look back on some of her favourite moments on Songs of Praise.\n\nIn the grounds ...
11-06-2023
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15/02/2015
Following St Valentine's Day, Josie d'Arby goes speed dating with Christians in search of love, Connie Fisher brings us up to date with the history of British black gospel, and ...
15-02-2015
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05/04/2015
It's Easter Sunday. David Grant is visiting a farm where religion and farming come together for the traditional 'blessing of the lambs' ceremony. Pam Rhodes joins an open-air ba ...
05-04-2015
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St Valentine's Day
As St Valentine's Day approaches, Katherine Jenkins visits the Tower of London where it is thought the earliest recorded valentine was written in the 15th century. She explores ...
10-02-2019
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The Big Sing: New Year's Eve
Claire McCollum travels by boat from the London Eye to the Greenwich prime meridian to find out what New Year means to Christians. 5,000 Songs of Praise viewers raise the roof o ...
31-12-2017
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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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New Beginnings
The Rev Kate Bottley celebrates spring on a farm run by Christians in Derbyshire. Owners Roger and Beryl have offered a fresh start to local young people for 40 years by giving ...
18-03-2018
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Tribute To A Queen - The Big Sing
A musical tribute from the Royal Albert Hall to Her Majesty the Queen as she becomes Britain's longest-reigning monarch, with special guests Lesley Garrett, Alexander Armstrong ...
20-09-2015
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