Sacred Gardens
Bill Turnbull and Claire McCollum are in London in search of sacred gardens, visiting Kew and Westminster Abbey. With hymns inspired by the wonder of God's creation.
Bill Turnbull and Claire McCollum are in London in search of sacred gardens. Bill visits Kew to explore the new faith trail and Claire is at Westminster Abbey to find its hidden gardens.
There are hymns inspired by the wonder of God's creation and the Songs of Praise family faces a green-fingered challenge.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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W.H. Monk (1823- 1889)
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Choir: Congregation of The Guildhall, Londonderry. Lyricist: C.F. Alexander (1815-1895). Music Arranger: Paul Leddington Wright. -
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Cyril V Taylor (1907-91)
Father, Lord Of All Creation
Choir: Congregation of The Parish Church of St Mary The Virgin, Lindisfarne. Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright. Lyricist: Stewart Cross (1928-89). Music Arranger: Robert Ramskill.Tune: Abbot鈥檚 Leigh
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Bob Chilcott
Can you Hear Me
Choir: St Patrick鈥檚 Primary School Choir. Music Arranger: Ursula Cullen.Tune: English Traditional
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Only Boys Aloud
The Lord鈥檚 Prayer
Conductor: Tim Rhys-Evans. Music Arranger: Tim Rhys-Evans. -
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Congregation of Blackburn Cathedral
O Lord Of Every Shining Constellation
Supporting Artist: Shaun Turnbull. Lyricist: Albert F. Bayley. Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright.Tune: Lucy
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Lenny Leblanc
Above All
Performer: Ramin Karimloo. Supporting Artist: Steve Young. Supporting Artist: Simon Lole. Composer: Paul Baloche. -
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Conrad Kocher
For the Beauty of the Earth
Choir: Congregation of St Killian鈥檚 College Chapel. Music Arranger: Jonathan Rea. Lyricist: Folliott Sandford Pierpoint.Tune: Dix
Factsheet for Sunday 10th August 2014
Interviewees & Contributors
Shahina Ghazanfar
Shahina is the Head of the Temperate Regional Team at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew and joined the botanist team there in 2001. Along with Father Nigel, she shows Bill some of the plants that are going to be on the faith trail and explains the religious significance of these plants.
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Reverend Nigel Worn
Father Nigel is the parish vicar at St Anne's Church, Kew - the parish church for the Royal Botanical Gardens, which is celebrating its 300th anniversary this year.听The gardens and the church work closely together and many of the past directors and gardeners of Kew are buried here.听Father Nigel explains more about the faith trail, created to mark St Anne's tercentenary.
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Tony Kirkham
Tony is the Head of the Arboretum at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew and has been working there since 1978.听He is responsible for more than 14,000 trees and he shows Bill how to prune the vicious looking Christ's Thorn.听
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The Corr Family
The Corr family is a Catholic family from Essex who answered our request for a Christian family to follow for 6 weeks this summer. Mum Sam, Dad Martin, twin daughters Sophie & Charlotte and their sister Aimee meet us at their parish church 鈥� St Teresa鈥檚, Rochford 鈥� where their Priest sets them a gardening challenge which aims to give us an insight into what it is like being a Christian in 21st century Britain.
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Canon Andrew Tremlett & Jan Pancheri
Canon Andrew is Canon in Residence at Westminster Abbey and Jan is Head Gardener. They chat with Claire about the three gardens at the Abbey 鈥� their historical significance and relevance today. The Abbey has three gardens 鈥� Little Cloister, Garth and College Gardens.
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Daniel Cook
Daniel is Sub-Organist at Westminster Abbey. Daniel gives Claire a demonstration of the organ and let's her have a go! He also chats about what it's like to play the organ in such an historical building.
Locations
Bill along with Tony, Shahina & Father Nigel听were filmed at听
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The Corr Family were filmed at
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Daniel, Canon Andrew & Jan chat with Claire at
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Presenter | Bill Turnbull |
| Participant | Claire McCollum |
| Producer | Melanie Hill |
| Series Producer | Matthew Napier |
| Executive Producer | David Taviner |
Broadcast
- Sun 10 Aug 2014 17:00
