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Inspiring hymns and songs, together with stories of faith from around the UK and beyond.

Inspiring hymns and songs, together with uplifting stories of faith from around the UK and beyond.

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BBC Northern Ireland region started on 19th April 1955 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One Northern Ireland.

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The BBC South region started on 5th January 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South.

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Songs of Praise: 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing

50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing

BBC One - Songs of Praise, 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing

Fifty years on, Claire McCollum reveals how Holy Communion was taken on the moon.

Marking the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing Claire McCollum visits Ely Cathedral and discovers astronaut Buzz Aldrin took Holy Communion on the moon.

To mark the 50th anniversary of the moon landing Claire McCollum reveals the extraordinary story of how astronaut Buzz Aldrin took Holy Communion on the moon. The programme visits Ely Cathedral, where a giant replica of the moon is on display as part of their science festival. A former British NASA engineer, who worked on the space programme, gives his first-hand account of the Apollo 11 mission, and in Ely itself, we visit the house where Oliver Cromwell lived at the start of the English Civil War. Plus there’s the launch of the Young Choir of the Year Competition 2020.

Music
How Great Thou Art – Hereford Cathedral 
Abide With Me – Glasgow Cathedral 
Indescribable – Holy Trinity Platt Manchester
O Lord Of Every Shining Constellation – Christ Church Port Sunlight 
Underneath The Stars – Voces 8
All People That On Earth Do Dwell – Old Royal Naval College  Greenwich 
Immortal, Invisible –  St Macartin’s Cathedral Enniskillen

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