Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Guernsey

Sally Magnusson visits Guernsey as its people approach the anniversary of the liberation of the island from German occupation in May 1945.

Sally Magnusson visits Guernsey as its people approach the anniversary of the liberation of the island from German occupation in May 1945. She hears from a woman who lived under Nazi rule and how, even today, a community caf茅 run by ex-offenders is still liberating people.

Music:

All Hail the Power of Jesus Name by Keith and Kristyn Getty
Thy Hand, O God, Has Guided from St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth
Happy Land by Bel Canto Choir
Father Hear the Prayer We Offer from All Saints Church, Cheltenham
Locus Iste by The Templar Scholars Choir
Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) from City Gates, Ilford
Jesus Shall Reign Where're the Sun from St Albans Church, Bristol.

35 minutes

Stories

Guernsey - Part One

9th May is Liberation Day on Guernsey. We join Molly Bihet at the German Occupation Museum. She was 8 years old when the Germans invaded Guernsey and she tells us what life was like during those difficult years.

Sally visits The Little Chapel, which has recently re-opened after a restoration.

Guernsey Cows and Ice Cream

Sally samples Guernsey ice cream made on the farm and talks to Jim about Guernsey Patois, a language that is rarely spoken now but was once the first language of the island. He introduces Sally to his 107 year old aunt, who can also speak Patois.

Birthplaces - Catholicism

Richard Taylor is in Kent on the trail of the very first missionaries to the UK as he explores the birth of Catholicism here.

Guernsey - Part Two

The Rev. Richard Bellinger runs the Caritas Community Caf茅 in St. Peter Port. It's a caf茅 that brings together the vulnerable in the community and where some volunteers and staff are ex-offenders. We join Richard at his weekly cookery session inside Guernsey prison and hear from the prisoners about how the class is helping them on the journey to rehabilitation. We also speak to Stu who met Richard at one of the prison cookery classes and, following his release, now works at the Caritas Community Caf茅 as a chef.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Sally Magnusson
Executive Producer Dave Stanford
Series Producer Matthew Napier

Broadcast