A celebration to mark the 25th birthday of Songs of Praise.
In the Tabernacle Baptist
Chapel in Cardiff on the first Sunday of October 1961,
Songs of Praise was born. Tonight, a quarter of a century later, the Songs of Praise story is told.
Sally Magnusson travels to Cardiff to meet Gethyn Stoodley Thomas, the programme's first producer. Cliff Michelmore, Roger Royle, Ian Gall and Thora Hird introduce some of their favourite extracts from the past 25 years.
Researcher VALETTA STALLABRASS Producer CHRISTOPHER MANN Editor STEPHEN WHITTLE
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