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St Mary's, Fairford, has the finest stained glass windows in Europe.

Stories of people fighting to preserve British churches. St Mary's, Fairford has the finest stained glass windows in Europe, but they were in great disrepair.

St Mary's, Fairford, has the finest stained glass windows in Europe, but they were on the brink of destruction. To save this work of art, the parishioners began a 20-year campaign to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds. And for one man, restoring the windows has become his life's work.

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Bill Paterson narrates stories of remarkable people fighting to preserve British churches.

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