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Songs of Praise

Preparing for Christmas

Duration: 34 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Josie d'Arby celebrates Advent by following the journey of a Christmas tree from a Devon forest to a village church, while its farmers share their own deeply held Christian faith. In Plymouth, a church minister with cancer describes how God is helping him look forward to Christmas. JB Gill meets B Positive, a new choir founded by the MOBO Awards and the NHS to encourage people from all different backgrounds to give blood, and he donates his own for the first time.

Songwriter Matt Redman performs a Christmas song - How Far, while the Hereford Cathedral Choristers sing The Truth from Above. Plus there are hymns and carols both old and new, including Hills of the North Rejoice, Christ Be Our Light, O Come O Come Emmanuel, Here I Am to Worship and The First Nowell.

Music:

Hills of the North Rejoice led by BBC Philharmonic with Huddersfield Choral Society
Christ Be Our Light sung in St Patrick's Church, Dungannon
How Far, written and performed by Matt Redman
O Come O Come Emmanuel sung in Hereford Cathedral
Here I Am to Worship led by Noel Robinson at Church of Christ the Cornerstone, Milton Keynes
This Is the Truth Sent from Above performed by Hereford Cathedral Choristers
The First Nowell sung in Romsey Abbey. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Josie d'Arby
Presenter:
JB Gill
Performer:
Matt Redman
Executive Producer:
Cat Lewis
Executive Producer:
Emyr Afan
Series Producer:
Matthew Napier
Production Company:
Avanti Media

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