Songs of Praise: Faith and Fitness

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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 One - Songs of Praise, Faith and Fitness

Kate Bottley joins runners and dancers to find connections between faith and fitness.

The Rev Kate Bottley joins runners and dancers to explore connections between faith and fitness, and Paralympian Kadeena Cox speaks about relying on God through tragedy and triumph.

As we welcome the new year, and as many people make resolutions to be more active and get fit, the Rev Kate Bottley visits the beautiful Temple Newsam Estate in Leeds to explore the connections between faith and fitness. 

Radzi Chinyanganya meets Paralympic gold medallist Kadeena Cox to hear how her deep faith has endured through tragedy and triumph. Kate gets her trainers on to join a group from Christian Runners UK, a nationwide fellowship of people who love to run and share their faith at the same time, and she tries to keep in step with a Leeds line dancing troupe who believe faith and keeping fit can be fun too. We also meet the remarkable Father Vlad, a priest in his eighties who has set himself an extraordinary walking challenge.

With hymns and songs celebrating the new life expressed in the Christian faith, including a very special performance from Andrea Bocelli.

Music:
Morning Has Broken – The Church of St Cross, Winchester
I See Jesus Lifted High – The Church of Christ the Cornerstone, Milton Keynes
It Is to You I Give the Glory – St Elisabeth's Church, Reddish
Amazing Grace – Andrea Bocelli – St Paul’s Cathedral
Praise to the Holiest in the Height – Lincoln Cathedral
Lord of the Dance – Christ Church, Birkenhead
Go Tell It on the Mountain – Reading Town Hall


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