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Songs of Praise: 01/05/2016

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BBC One - Songs of Praise, 01/05/2016

Simon Callow investigates William Shakespeare's spirituality, 400 years after his death.

Four hundred years after William Shakespeare's death, Simon Callow investigates the great bard's spirituality, and Josie d'Arby joins in the celebrations in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Four hundred years after the death of William Shakespeare, Simon Callow investigates the great bard's spirituality, and Josie d'Arby joins in the celebrations as the great and the good come together in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Music:

All People That on Earth Do Dwell from Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Who Would True Valour See (To Be a Pilgrim) from Manchester Cathedral, Manchester
Immortal Invisible, God Only Wise from Royal Garrison Church, Aldershot
Rejoice the Lord Is King from St Albans Cathedral, St Albans
Sonnet 146 from Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
Angel-Voices Ever Singing from Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon
Blessed Assurance from St Germain's Church, Birmingham.

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