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Religious affairs programme, tackling thorny issues in a thought-provoking manner

Religious affairs programme, tackling the thornier issues of the day in a thought-provoking manner

All Things Considered: Milestone Moments Part 2

Milestone Moments Part 2

BBC Radio Wales - All Things Considered, Milestone Moments Part 2

Powerful and poignant moments revisited from the archive marking Radio Wales 40th Birthday

Maya Angelou and R.S. Thomas feature in this recollection of powerful and poignant moments of recent decades marking the 40th birthday of Radio Wales.

Roy Jenkins presents the second of two special programmes to mark the 40th birthday of BBC Radio Wales.  

Last week, we looked at how we reflected some of the national and global events which have helped to shape the world in these four decades.  This time we focus on just a few of the people whose stories we’ve told.  We’ve met people honoured around the world for their courage or endurance, for the movements they’ve inspired, the books written, the music composed.  We’ve welcomed religious leaders of many faith traditions: theologians and evangelists, cardinals and archbishops, and once the man regarded by some as a living god, the Dalai Lama.

Many of our guests have been relatively unknown, and yet their impact on small communities and individual lives has been immense.    Choosing has been an almost impossible task, but those who found their way into the final edit include the Swiss psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler Ross who transformed attitudes to death and dying; Sean Stillman who runs Zac’s Place for the homeless in Swansea; Jean Vanier, the founder of L’Arche; the poet and priest R.S. Thomas; and the writer and activist Dr. Maya Angelou.

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