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13/09/2015

As Her Majesty the Queen becomes our longest-reigning monarch, Sally Magnusson goes behind the scenes on board the Royal Yacht Britannia to discover what life was like on this floating royal home from home.

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Music Played

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

  • J.B. Dykes

    Eternal Father, Strong To Save

    Choir: Choir and congregation of Llandaff Cathedral. Conductor: Tim Rhys-Evans. Featured Artist: Sachin Gunga. Lyricist: William Whiting.

    Tune: Melita Composer: J.B. Dykes

  • Charles Hurbert H.Parry

    O Praise Ye The Lord

    Choir: Congregation of St George's Chapel, Windsor. Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright. Featured Artist: Jane Pickles. Featured Artist: Anthony Pike. Featured Artist: John Anderson. Featured Artist: Richard Bissill. Featured Artist: Rachel Gough. Featured Artist: Tim Byram-Wigfield. Lyricist: Henry W.Baker.

    Tune: Laudate Dominum Composer:Charles Hurbert H.Parry

  • John Newton

    Amazing Grace

    Choir: G4. Featured Artist: Raphael Wallfisch.

    Tune: Traditional Composer: John Newton

  • Charles Crozat Converse

    What A Friend We Have In Jesus

    Choir: Congregation of Hackney Empire. Featured Artist: Adventist Vocal Ensemble. Music Arranger: Ken Burton. Lyricist: Joseph Scriven.

    Tune: Converse Composer: Charles Converse

  • Ferguson, W.H.

    O Jesus I Have Promised

    Choir: Congregation of Old Royal Navy College. Conductor: Richard Tanner. Featured Artist: Trinity Laban Conservatoire Choir. Featured Artist: James Grainger. Featured Artist: Amore. Music Arranger: Robert Ramskill. Lyricist: Bode, J.E..

    Tune: Thornbury Composer: Ferguson, W.H.

  • Ben E King, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

    Stand By Me

    Choir: The Drifters. Featured Artist: Tim Byram-Wigfield. Lyricist: J.E.Bode.

    Composer: Ben E King, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

  • S.S Wesley

    The Church's One Foundation

    Choir: Congregation of Canterbury Cathedral. Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright. Featured Artist: The Choir of Canterbury Cathedral. Featured Artist: Colin Sheen. Featured Artist: David Newsholme. Featured Artist: Tristan Fry. Featured Artist: Andrew Crowley. Featured Artist: Simon Munday. Featured Artist: Edward Hobart. Featured Artist: Richard Bissill. Featured Artist: Owen Eamonn Slade. Lyricist: Samuel J.Stone.

    Tune: Aurelia Composer: S.S Wesley

Stories

Her Majesty The Queen – Longest Reigning Monarch

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The Royal Yacht Britannia

Sally Magnusson visits The Royal Yacht Britannia. For 44 years, before it was decommissioned, the ship served as a home from home for the Queen on her many state tours. The ship is now docked in Edinburgh and is open to the public.

Professor Kate Williams

Kate Williams is an author, social historian, constitutional and royal expert, broadcaster and novelist, who has written a number of books about the Royal Family.

Arthur Edwards MBE

Arthur Edwards MBEΜύis a British photographer, working for The SunΜύnewspaper. He specialises in pictures of the Royal Family. He has spent 37 years touring and photographing Her Majesty The Queen.

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Vincent Uzomah

Pam Rhodes meets Bradford science teacher Vincent Uzomah.Μύ Vincent made the news in June this year after he was stabbed by a fourteen-year-old pupil.Μύ Pam visits Vincent and his family as they stay at a Christian retreat on the Isle of Wight to find out how he is coping after the attack, how his faith has helped him through the months following and how his belief in God has led him to forgive his young attacker.

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Stand By Me

David Grant finds out about the song’s Christian roots.Μύ Stand By Me is one of the best-selling songs of the 20thΜύcentury. Co-written by Christian singer Ben E King, we reveal its origins as a gospel song β€œLord Stand By Me”. Ben E King had a strong background in church music. He pushed The Drifters to record the song originally, but the group’s manager rejected it. This year, The Drifters have recorded the song, as a homage to Ben E King in the year he died.

Music

  • Eternal Father, Strong To Save was performed by the congregationΜύat Llandaff Cathedral.
  • O Praise Ye The Lord was performed by the congregationΜύat St George's Chapel, Windsor.
  • Amazing Grace was performed by the G4 at the New Testament Assembly, Tooting.
  • What A Friend We Have in Jesus was performed by the congregation at Hackney Empire.
  • O Jesus I have Promised was performed by the congregation at the Old Royal Navy College.
  • Stand By Me was performed by The Drifters.
  • The Church's One Foundation was performed by the congregation at Canterbury Cathedral.

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Credits

Presenter Sally Magnusson
Presenter Pam Rhodes
Presenter David Grant
Series Producer Matthew Napier
Executive Producer Dave Stanford

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