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Marking the year Songs of Praise turns 60, Aled Jones celebrates at St George’s Chapel in Windsor with Christian stories that exemplify the spirit of the series. Aled and long-serving presenter Pam Rhodes recall past favourite moments, including the Queen’s celebrated appearance on the programme in 2018, and with the help of archive, the moment Pam and Aled first met on screen in 1995.

Gospel music pioneer Karen Gibson shares how Songs of Praise came calling in 1996 to feature her choir – this became the Kingdom Choir, who shot to fame in 2018 singing at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

‘Everyday activist’ Andrew Graystone, who was born within a week of the very first Songs of Praise episode in 1961, describes how a photo of his simple act of Christian kindness in Manchester went viral, and Pam Rhodes meets superfans Trevor and Christine Ransome, whose sixtieth wedding anniversary coincides with the programme’s own birthday, and who have travelled all around the UK to sing at over 40 Songs of Praise recordings.