from the Isle of Wight
The island crest proclaims 'All this beauty is of God'. Last year, one-and-a-half million people came to relax among the island's hills, forests, downs and resorts. The pace of life is slower and communities are still centred on the village churches. In tonight's special open-air programme, over 1,000 Christians from the island's 184 churches have gathered in Carisbrooke Castle near Newport to sing their Songs of Praise. Cliff Michelmore meets some of his fellow islanders, including Chief Petty Officer George Bromley, who was aboard HMS Hermes during the Falklands conflict, and 19-year-old Louise Rowe, who is a member of the Movement for the Ordination of Women.
Come down O love divine! (Down Ampney); The Evening Prayer (from Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck); Thine be the glory! (Maccabaeus); Soldiers of Christ, arise! (From Strength to Strength); Michael, row the boat ashore; When I survey (Rocklngham); Seek ye first the kingdom of God; Roar the waves (Westminster Abbey); Sunset and evening star (Freshwater)
Subtitles on Ceefax page 170