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It's Hull's year as the UK's City of Culture. Aled Jones discovers what that means for England's biggest Parish church and how Hull's famous sons are getting in on the act.

It's Hull's big year as the UK's City of Culture, and Aled Jones discovers what that means for England's biggest parish church and how Hull's famous sons, from William Wilberforce to the latest Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Face of Hull, are all getting in on the act.

Give Me That Old Time Religion from Hackney Empire, London
The King of Love My Shepherd Is from St Mary-Le-Tower Church, Ipswich
You Raise Me Up by Celtic Woman
Now Thank We All Our God from Warwick Road United Reform Church, Coventry
The Power of Love from the Salvation Army, Sale
We Shall Overcome by Laura Mvula with Gareth Malone's Voices Choir
Angel-Voices, Ever Singing from Romsey Abbey.

34 minutes

Stories

Hull - Part One

Aled Jones visits Hull, UK City of Culture 2017, to find out what that means for the people there. The Reverend Neal Barnes talks about Holy Trinity Church becoming a Minster, Kofi Smiles, winner of the ‘Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Face of Hull 2017’ competition, shows Aled the latest structure to hit Hull town centre, ‘The Blade’, and we meet one local ‘celebrity’, Jean ‘the Bee’ Bishop, who at 94 has raised over £100,000 for Age UK.

Hull - Part Two

Aled and Kofi visit the home where William Wilberforce was born in 1759. They meet historian John Oldfield from the Wilberforce Institute to hear about Hull’s most famous son and the incredible campaign he successfully won to abolish the transatlantic slave trade.

Headscarves

In the January of 1968, during stormy seas, disaster struck and three trawlers from Hull sank within three weeks of one another, killing over 50 men. We meet two women that were affected by the tragedy. One of them, Yvonne Blenkinsop, helped to change the safety laws for fishermen in Britain forever.

Homeless Church

For Homeless Sunday, the Reverend Kate Bottley visits a church in London that’s really going the extra mile to help the local homeless people by turning itself into a homeless dormitory seven nights a week.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Aled Jones
Presenter Kate Bottley
Executive Producer Dave Stanford
Series Producer Matthew Napier

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