was ordained deacon to work in the East End of London. On the eve of his ordination, and again after six months In a parish, he was interviewed by Jeremy James for a television programme on the job of a parson. Last week Jim Thomp son was consecrated as the new Bishop of Stepney. Once again he has talked to Jeremy James. How have his early hopes and expectations been changed by the reality of parish life in East Ham and on the vast GLC housing estate at Thamesmead? How does he sea the job of a bishop in 1878f In tonight's programme, which includes parts of the earlier interviews, Bishop Jim Thomp son discusses what It felt like - and feels Uke - to be new to the job'.
Producer MICHAEL MAYNE