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| Songs of Praise | |
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| Genre | Religious broadcasting |
| Created by | Donald Baverstock |
| Presented by | Aled Jones Katherine Jenkins[1] Sean Fletcher JB Gill Pam Rhodes Claire McCollum Kate Bottley (See full list) |
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| Ending theme | Songs of Praise – Toccata for Organ |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 3105 (approx) (Jan 2024) |
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| Executive producers | Barry Hart |
| Producers | David Waters Charlotte Hindle Karen Hannah |
| Running time | 35 minutes |
| Production companies | BBC Television (in-house) (1961–2016) BBC Studios (2016–2017) Nine Lives Media (2017–2023) Avanti Media (2017–2023)[2] CTVC (2023-) |
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| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 1 October 1961 – present |
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Songs of Praise is a BBC Television religious programme that presents Christian hymns, worship songs and inspirational performances in churches of varying denominations from around the UK alongside interviews and stories reflecting how Christian faith is lived out.
The series was first broadcast in October 1961. On that occasion, the venue was the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Cardiff. It is believed to be the longest running series of its genre on television anywhere in the world.[3][4]
- ^ "Katherine Jenkins OBE makes her TV series presenting debut on Songs of Praise". BBC Media Centre (Press release). BBC. 13 July 2017.
- ^ Singh, Anita (10 March 2017). "BBC loses Songs of Praise to independent production company". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "BBC: History of Songs of Praise". Archived from the original on 10 November 2010.
- ^ "Songs of Praise: Celebrating 50 Years". BBC. Retrieved 31 October 2014.