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Fame and Faith

David Grant meets adventurer Bear Grylls, actress Danniella Westbrook and Lord Taylor of Warwick to discover how they deal with fame and faith in the public eye, and to hear the hymns that inspire them.

35 minutes

Music Played

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

  • Tell Out My Soul - Choir & Congregation of Arundel Cathedral, Sussex

    WORDS: Timothy Dudley-Smith TUNE: Woodlands Music,Walter Greatorex

  • My God Cares - Lou Fellingham and Phatfish at The Church of Christ the King, Brighton

    WRITTEN BY: Gary Edward Sadler, Nathan John Fellingham, Louise Anne Fellingham

  • Happy Day - Steve Thompson & Worship Band and the Congregation at St. Nic's Church, Nottingham

    CONDUCTOR: Paul Leddington Wright; COMPOSERS: Tim Hughes & Ben Cantelon

  • Lord of the Dance - Heath Mount School at The Lowry, Salford

    ARRANGER: Don Hart; CONDUCTOR: Andrew O’Brien; TUNE: Shaker

  • Lord of all Hopefulness - Congregation at Halifax Minister

    WORDS: Jan Struther (Joyce Placzek); TUNE: Slane; MUSIC: Irish trad melody

  • Amazing Grace - Hayley Westenra at Salisbury Cathedral

    WORDS: John Newton; MUSIC: Trad

  • How Great Thou Art - Alba Brass and the Congregation at Dunfermline Abbey

    WORDS: Russian hymn; MUSIC: Swedish Folk melody; TRANSLATOR: Stuart Hine

Factsheet for Sunday 5th May 2013

David Grant meets actress Danniella Westbrook, adventurer Bear Grylls and Lord Taylor of Warwick to discover how they deal with fame and faith in the public eye, and to hear the hymns that inspire them.Μύ

Interviewees

Danniella Westbrook - found fame at the young age of 15, when she joined the cast of ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One soap EastEnders, as troubled teenager Sam Mitchell.Μύ She describes how within a few years of acting, her dream had been overtaken by the excesses of fame. The nation watched her very public descent into drug addiction when she came close to death.Μύ Danniella reflects on her time in the spotlight then, and the different person she is today.Μύ She reveals how finding faith as a Christian has helped her revaluate her understanding of the value of fame.

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Bear Grylls - takes fame with β€œa bucket of salt” and is much more at home climbing mountains or navigating the wildest places than on the red carpet.Μύ A skydiving accident, which very nearly left him paralysed, didn't stop him going on to become one of Everest’s youngest ever climbers.Μύ He recalls how this achievement silenced the self-doubt about his fears, and he has since continued to put his life on the line for his TV show Born Survivor, watched by a global audience of over one billion viewers.Μύ Bear reflects on the challenge of balancing the demands of a risky TV job with the responsibilities of being a family man.Μύ He holds onto his childhood faith, a private faith that isn’t stuffy or boring but allows for the messiness of life.

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Lord Taylor of Warwick - made history in 1996 as the first black conservative peer in the House of Lords.ΜύΜύ A committed Christian, he made history again in 2011 as the first peer to be given a custodial sentence in the expenses scandal.Μύ He reflects on both the fame that came with his golden years and his very public fall from grace. He considers how his prison experience has affected his attitudes to his fame and his faith.

Locations

Dominion Theatre, London (David intro): a West End theatre on Tottenham Court Road close to St Giles Circus and Centre Point Tower, in the London Borough of Camden. Opened in 1929, it has been a popular venue for both live shows and cinema and since 2002 has been the home to β€˜We Will Rock You’. It’s one of the places where in the early 80s David Grant played to full houses at the start of his pop career.

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Arundel Cathedral, Sussex (Tell Out My Soul): the Cathedral Church of Our Lady and St Philip Howard is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Arundel, West Sussex, England. Dedicated in 1873 as the Catholic parish church of Arundel, it was not designated a cathedral until the foundation of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton in 1965.

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Royal Oversea’s League, London (Danniella IV): A London clubhouse, situated at the end of Park Place, a cul-de-sac off St James's Street, in the West End backing onto Green Park and with its own private garden.

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The Church of Christ the King, Brighton (My God Cares): ΜύThis vibrant church community has three different locations around Brighton for its Sunday worship.

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St Nic’s Church, Nottingham (Happy Day): One of the three medieval Christian foundations still existing in Nottingham, a church of St Nicholas was erected on the site of the present building in the eleventh or twelfth century. This building was destroyed after the English Civil War. In 1678 a new church was erected which exists to today.

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The Lowry, Salford (Lord of the Dance): Μύa theatre and gallery complex situated on Pier 8 at Salford Quays. It is named after the early 20th-century painter, L. S. Lowry, known for his paintings of industrial scenes in North West England.

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Halifax Minster (Lord of all Hopefulness): The Minster, formerly a Parish Church, was completed by about 1438. It comprises a nav, echancel and full-length aisles, and is thought to be the third church on this site, but it includes stonework from earlier periods. It is dedicated to St John the Baptist.

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Residence Room 2 within the Palace of Westminster (Lord Taylor IV): the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Its name, which derives from the neighboring Westminster Abbey, may refer to either of two structures: the Old Palace, a medieval building complex that was destroyed by fire in 1834, and its replacement New Palace that stands today. For ceremonial purposes, the palace retains its original style and status as a royal residence.

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Salisbury Cathedral (Amazing Grace): formally known as the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, and is considered one of the leading examples of Early English architecture.Μύ The main body was completed in only 38 years, from 1220 to 1258.

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Dunfermline Abbey (How Great Thou Art): The church occupies the site of the ancient chancel and transepts of a large medieval Benedictine abbey, which was sacked in 1560 during the Scottish Reformation and permitted to fall into disrepair. Part of the old abbey church continued in use at that time and some parts of the abbey infrastructure still remain to this day. Dunfermline Abbey is one of Scotland's most important cultural sites.

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter David Grant
Participant Bear Grylls
Participant Danniella Westbrook
Participant John Taylor
Producer Karen Selway
Series Editor David Taviner
Executive Producer Tommy Nagra

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