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23/11/2014

Two Premier League footballers unite with a Freetown rapper to raise funds to fight Ebola. Plus David Grant introduces singing from around the country.

Ebola-stricken Freetown in Sierra Leone is twinned with Hull, where two Premier League footballers unite with a Freetown rapper to raise funds to fight the killer disease.

Plus two brothers celebrate their joint 100th birthdays and David Grant introduces inspirational singing from around the country.

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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • Walter Greatorex

    Tell Out, My Soul

    Conductor: Simon Lole. Lyricist: Timothy Dudley-Smith. Choir: Leicester Cathedral. Supporting Artist: Daniel Moult.

    Tune: Woodlands

  • Steve Thompson

    Our God Is Greater

    Singer: Steve Thompson. Singer: Velveta Thompson. Singer: Velisha Thompson. Singer: Delroy Hutchinson. Supporting Artist: Carl Stanbridge. Supporting Artist: Paul Reid. Supporting Artist: Raul D'Oliveira. Supporting Artist: Nick Parrans-Smith. Supporting Artist: Carl McGregor. Singer: Natalie Harnett. Singer: Dee Lewars. Supporting Artist: Julian O’Brien. Supporting Artist: Fitzroy Stoddard. Lyricist: Chris Tomlin. Lyricist: Jesse Reeves. Lyricist: Jonas Myrin. Lyricist: Matt Redman.

    Choir: Birmingham Christian Centre

  • Randy Goodrum

    You Needed Me (feat. Michael Ball)

    Supporting Artist: Llinos Richards. Supporting Artist: Sarah Tuke. Supporting Artist: Steph Benedetti. Supporting Artist: Cat Parker. Choir: Tor Hills. Choir: Annabel Williams. Choir: Sharlene Hector. Choir: Chris Ketley. Choir: Michael Woodhams. Choir: Mark Harrison.
    • Union Square Music.

  • ¶Ù´Çñ²¹ Oxford

    Get It Right

    Supporting Artist: Stephanie Jade Parnell-Notice. Supporting Artist: Bettel A Belay. Supporting Artist: Les Davidson. Supporting Artist: Sophie Lord. Supporting Artist: Mickey Ciancio.

  • W.Y Fullerton

    I Cannot Tell

    Music Arranger: Geoff Ellerby. Conductor: Geoff Ellerby. Ensemble: Reg Vardy Band. Supporting Artist: Michael Haynes. Choir: Trinity Church, Gosforth.

    Tune: Londonderry Air (Irish Trad.)

  • William Runyan

    Great Is Thy Faithfulness

    Lyricist: Thomas O. Chisholm. Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright. Supporting Artist: David Newsholme. Supporting Artist: Colin Sheen. Supporting Artist: Tristan Fry. Supporting Artist: Andrew Crowley. Supporting Artist: Simon Munday. Supporting Artist: Edward Hobart. Supporting Artist: Richard Bissill. Supporting Artist: Owen Slade. Choir: Canterbury Cathedral Congregation.

    Tune: Faithfulness

Factsheet for Sunday, 23 November 2014

Ebola stricken Freetown in Sierra Leone is twinned with Hull where two premier league footballers unite with a Freetown rapper to raise funds to fight the killer disease; plus two brothers celebrate their joint 100th birthdays and David Grant introduces inspirational singing from around the country.

Interviewees

Freetown Musician
Lansana Mansaray is a Sierra Leonean film-maker, rapper and activist. He’s been involved in public health campaigns to help stop the spread of Ebola. Lansana is currently stranded in Hull due to flight restrictions to his home country.

Choir for Ann Maguire (Part 2)
In this second film following a choir for murdered school-teacher Ann Maguire, we see the full band and choir come together at the school in Leeds where Ann worked, to record two of her favourite songs. Her sister, Denise, watches an emotional performance in tribute to a special lady, and to raise awareness of The Ann Maguire Arts Education Fund.

¶Ù´Çñ²¹ Oxford
 tells Claire how her Christian parents passed onto her their love of music, and how her faith helped her through a major health scare earlier this year.Filmed at Matt and Phred’s Jazz Club in Manchester.

100-Year-Old Twins
Josie d'Arby is in Newcastle to meet identical twins Eric and Herbert Walton. They celebrated their 100th Birthdays this week, making them, we believe, Britain's oldest living male twins. We see them receive their telegrams from the Queen and in touching interviews Josie learns that their faith and trust in God is as strong now as it has ever been.

Hull City Footballers
Curtis Davies is captain of Hull City. His father’s family come from Sierra Leone. Recently, his family were unable to attend their grandfather’s funeral due to the Ebola crisis.

Liam Rosenior plays for Premier League Hull City. His footballing father, Leroy, was capped by Sierra Leone and, for a time, managed the national side.

Curtis and Liam take to the streets of Hull, to raise awareness of the plight of the people of Sierra Leone, caught up in the Ebola crisis.

Locations

This week, Songs of Praise comes from:

  • , Hull
  • , Leeds
  • The Royal Garrison Church of All Saints, Aldershot
  • , Manchester
  • , Gosforth
  • , Brixton

Credits

Presenter David Grant
Presenter Claire McCollum
Presenter Josie d'Arby
Series Producer Matthew Napier
Executive Producer David Taviner

Broadcast