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Good Morning Sunday with Clare Balding

Clare Balding hosts the topical faith show, with her guest, Judith Tebbutt, who was kidnapped by Somali pirates in 2011 and held for six months.

Clare Balding hosts the topical faith show. Her guest this morning is Judith Tebbutt who in September 2011 was kidnapped by Somali pirates as she holidayed with her husband, David, in a remote Kenyan beach resort. David was killed during the kidnap attempt, and Judith was held for 6 months in Somalia in very difficult conditions. She tells Clare how she survived and about her faith that she would live and get home to her son, Oliver. There's a new item on Good Morning Sunday - a book review with the Rev'd Ruth Scott.
Producer: Janet McLarty.

1 hour, 57 minutes

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Sun 2 Feb 2014 07:00
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Savage Garden

    Truly Madly Deeply

    • The 1999 Brit Awards (Various Artist.
    • Sony.

  • Perry Como

    And I Love You So

    • Memories ... Are Made Of This.
    • Dino.

  • Rend Collective

    My Lighthouse

  • Turin Brakes

    Feeling Oblivion

  • Gregory Porter

    Liquid Spirit

    • Liquid Spirit.
    • Blue Note.
    • 001.

  • Elton John

    Circle Of Life

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • The Supremes

    I Hear A Symphony

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Mary Black

    Past The Point Of Rescue

    • Women In Country Vol.1 (Various Artis.
    • The Hit Label Ltd.

  • Rascal Flatts

    Bless The Broken Road

  • Alison Krauss

    A Living Prayer

  • Patrick Hawes

    Angel Prelude 1

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Mr. Blue Sky

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Frontiers Records.
    • T1.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Glory Days

  • Amy Grant

    Deep As It Is Wide

  • A Great Big World

    Say Something (feat. Christina Aguilera)

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 001.

  • MIKA

    Happy Ending

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • The Style Council

    You're The Best Thing

  • Johnny Nash

    There Are More Questions Than Answers

  • Katie Cole

    (We started a) fire

  • Will Young

    Changes

    • (CD Single).
    • 19 Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Billy Joel

    The Longest Time

    • An Innocent Man.
    • CBS.

Judith Tebbutt

Judith Tebbutt

In September 2011 Judith Tebbutt was on holiday with her husband David in the Kenyan beach resort of Kiwayu, just 30 miles from the Somali border, when she was dragged from her bed and abducted by pirates. Judith didn’t know at the time, but David had been killed in the kidnapping incident. She was taken across the border into Somalia, and held for 6 months before she was eventually released.

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Her account of theÌýexperienceÌýis told in her book "A Long Walk Â鶹ԼÅÄ - One woman's story of kidnap, hostage, loss - and survival" which is published by Faber and Faber.

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Reverend Ruth Scott - Book Review

Reverend Ruth Scott - Book Review

Ruth Scott trained as a nurse and midwife, and worked as a counsellor before being ordained priest in the Church of England.Ìý

This week Ruth presents herÌýfirst Good Morning Sunday Book Review which we hope will become a regularly slot. The books she's chosen to reviewÌýthis morning are:

"Beyond the Edge: Spiritual Transitions for Adventurous Souls" by Andrew D Mayes (SPCK 2013)

"Archbishop" - a novel by Michele Guinness (Hodder & Stoughton 2014)

"Wolf Tide" by Catherine Fox (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2013)

On 6th April Ruth will be reviewingÌýour listeners' choice ... Ìý

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Broadcast

  • Sun 2 Feb 2014 07:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2