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07/12/2014

Josie D'Arby discovers the inspiration for Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol in Malton, celebrity chef James Martin creates a festive Dickensian tipple and Pam Rhodes goes carolling, hip-hop style. With seasonal singing from around the country.

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  • Congregation of St John at Hackney

    Soon And Very Soon

    Ensemble: Adventist Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Ken Burton. Music Arranger: Ken Burton. Lyricist: Andra茅 Crouch.

    Tune: Soon And Very Soon, Composer: Andra茅 Crouch

  • Choir and Congregation of St George聮s Church

    See Amid The Winter's Snow

    Music Arranger: Geoff Ellerby. Lyricist: Edward Caswall.

    Tune: Humility, Composer: John Goss

  • Eton Chapel College Choir

    My Soul, There Is A Country

    Conductor: Tim Johnson. Lyricist: Henry Vaughan.

    Tune: My Soul, There Is A Country, Composer: C Hubert H

  • Andy Dykes

    God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

    Choir: Carlisle Cathedral Choir. Supporting Artist: Harri Endersby. Supporting Artist: Rich Marsh. Lyricist: Jon Wilcox.

    Tune: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Composer: Andy Dykes, Rich Marsh & Jeremy Suiter

  • 惭补谤测鈥怞别蝉蝉

    In The Bleak Midwinter

    Supporting Artist: Geoff Lawson. Supporting Artist: Tony Woollard. Supporting Artist: Andy Findon. Lyricist: Christina Rossetti.

    Tune: Cranham, Composer: Gustav Holst

  • St Mark's Congregation

    O Little Town Of Bethlehem

    Ensemble: Songs of Praise Brass Band. Supporting Artist: David Thorne. Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright. Music Arranger: Darius Battiwalla. Lyricist: Bishop Phillip Brooks.

    Tune: Forest Green, Composer: R Vaughan Williams

  • Nicky Brown

    Wonderful

    Supporting Artist: Mark Crawford. Supporting Artist: Jerry Logan. Supporting Artist: Clive McKinley. Supporting Artist: Michael Osbourne. Supporting Artist: Olrick Coker. Supporting Artist: Marcia Walder Thomas. Supporting Artist: Danielle Mahailet. Lyricist: Nicky Brown. Lyricist: Marcia Walder Thomas.

    Tune: Wonderful, Composer: Nicky Brown and Marcia Walder Thomas

Factsheet for Sunday 7th December, 2014

Josie d'Arby discovers the inspiration for Charles Dickens鈥� A Christmas Carol in Malton, Celebrity chef James Martin creates a festive Dickensian tipple and Pam Rhodes goes carolling, hip hop style. With seasonal singing from around the country.

Contributors

Selina Scott
Familiar face Selina Scott talks about the North Yorkshire town of Malton's connections with Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carol." Selina's grandfather worked for the local paper "The Malton Messenger" and passed on his passion for this festive classic.

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Christmas Truce
It鈥檚 the second instalment of our journey to Ypres in Belgium to commemorate 100 years since the historic Christmas Truce during World War 1. Last week we met two families 鈥� one German and one English 鈥� who are travelling west and east across Europe to meet each other. They鈥檙e the descendants of Private William Tapp, and Lieutenant Kurt Zehmisch, who both kept diaries as the Christmas Truce unfolded at this very spot near Ypres in Belgium.听

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Hip Hop Carol
Filmed on location at Carlisle Cathedral. Featuring a hip hop version of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, which is the brainchild of Andy Dykes and Matthew Firth from the chaplaincy of the University of Cumbria. They hope their video will go viral!

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Love Beyond
Filmed at the Backstage Centre in Purfleet, Essex. Interviews are with co-composers Richard Haley and Tabitha Webb and cast members Dave Willetts and Holly-Anna Lloyd. Clips are used courtesy of Love Beyond, The Musical.

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James Martin
Celebrity chef James Martin serves up his interpretation of the Dickensian tipple, "smoking Bishop", which was enjoyed by the redeemed Scrooge in A Christmas Carol.

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Locations

Town Street, Malton, North Yorkshire YO17 7HD
Tel: 01653 692089


Lower Clapton Road, London, E5 0PD
Tel: 020 8985 5374

The Shambles
Market Place, Malton

Counting House Museum
Chancery Lane, Malton

Church Street, Gravesend, Kent

Site of the Christmas Truce
Ypres, Belgium

Windsor, Berkshire

The Abbey, Carlisle, Cumbria

Off London Road, Purfleet

All Saints Road, Cheltenham, Glos.

Yorkersgate, Malton, North Yorkshire

Hamilton Terrace, London

Market Place, Malton, North Yorkshire

122 Brixton Hill, Brixton, London

Credits

Presenter Josie d'Arby
Presenter Pam Rhodes
Participant James Martin
Participant Selina Scott
Series Producer Matthew Napier
Executive Producer David Taviner

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