Clips
Music played
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Choir and Congregation of St George’s Church, Gravesend HARK, THE GLAD SOUND!
Tune: Bristol Music: From Thomas Ravenscroft Palsmes 1621 Words: Philip Doddridge (1702-51) Source: SoP hymn book no. 32 Arranged by: Paul Leddington Wright Accompanied by members of Redbridge Brass - Megan Morgan, Cliff Pask, Don Logrie
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Choir and Congregation of St George’s Church, Gravesend BLEST ARE THE PURE IN HEART
Tune: Franconia Music: J. B. KonigHarmonischerLiederschatz 1738 Words: John Keble (1792-1866) William John Hall (1973-1861) Source: SoP hymn book no. 285
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Rochester Cathedral Choir GOD REST YOU MERRY GENTLEMEN
Tune: Traditional
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Choir and Congregation of St George’s Church, Gravesend SEE AMID THE WINTER’S SNOW
Tune: Humility Music: John Goss (1800-80) Words: Edward Caswall (1814-78) Source: SoP hymn book no. 58 Arranged by: Geoff Ellerby Accompanied by members of Redbridge Brass - Megan Morgan, Cliff Pask, Don Logrie
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Rochester Cathedral Choristers A CHILD’S HYMN
Published by Charles Dickens in his journal Household Words. Tune: Evening Prayer Music: Engelbert Humperdinck Words: Harriet Parr Arranged by: Geoff Ellerby
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Choir and Congregation of St George’s Church, Gravesend WHILE SHEPHERD’S WATCHED
Tune: Cranbrook Words: N. Tate (1652-1715) Source: SoP hymn book 65 Arranged by: Geoff Ellerby WORDS: Latin 18th cent. possibly John F. Wade (c1711-86) tr. Frederick Oakeley (1802-80)and others MUSIC: Possibly by John F. Wade (c1711-86) TUNE: Adeste Fideles VERSES: 1, 2 and 5 SOURCE: Carols for Choirs 1 ARRANGER: WILLCOCKS, David Accompanied by members of Redbridge Brass - Megan Morgan, Cliff Pask, Don Logrie
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Choir and Congregation of St George’s Church, Gravesend UNTO US A BOY IS BORN
Tune: Puer Nobis Music: German melody Words: Percy Dearmer (1867-1936) G.R.Woodward (1848-1934) Source: SoP hymn book 62 Arranged by: Geoff Ellerby Accompanied by members of Redbridge Brass - Megan Morgan, Cliff Pask, Don Logrie
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Factsheet 11th December 2011
Presented by Aled Jones.
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Interviews
Thelma Grove
Thelma is an expert on Charles Dickens. She lectures and provides talks on the subject. She is the Retired Secretary of the International Dickens Fellowship and is a Committee Member of the Rochester and Chatham Charles Dickens Fellowship. For information on the Rochester and Chatham Dickens Fellowship see the links section.
Dr Tony Williams
Dr Tony Williams is an Honorary Life Member and former Joint General Secretary of The International Dickens Fellowship and a Trustee of the Charles Dickens Museum in London. He is Associate Editor of The Dickensian, the journal of The Dickens Fellowship, is a frequent speaker on Dickensian topics both in the UK and overseas. For information on the Dickens Fellowship and The Dickensian see the links section.
Lucinda Hawksley
Lucinda is an author, art historian, public speaker, and travel writer. She is a great, great, great granddaughter of Charles and Catherine Dickens. She has grown up with an interest in her family history. For the last decade she has been a Patron of the Charles Dickens Museum in London. Lucinda’s book "Charles Dickens" is published by Andre Deutsch
For more information see the links section.
Gerald Dickens
Gerald Dickens is a great, great grandson of Charles Dickens. He has worked as an actor, director and producer for many years. In 1993 he created his first one-man show, a theatrical performance of A Christmas Carol inspired by Charles’ own energetic readings of the 1860s. He has written and directed further one-man shows and regularly performs in major theatres and arts centres as well as at hotels and stately homes. For more information see the links section. -
Other Information
Nimrod Coach
The "Nimrod" Road Coach was built for John Brown in 2006. Great attention to detail was paid during its construction and painting. The result is what would have been seen on the roads in the mid-1800s before the coming of the railways, the equivalent in effect of today's buses and trains.
The horses are John's Gelderlanders, a Dutch breed now very popular for coaching as they have impressive presence and a stylish action
Each autumn, for the past four years, the coach and team have carried out a 100-mile, 5-day tour to raise money for the two Service charities Help for Heroes and The Household Cavalry Operational Casualties Fund. This year's tour was from Windsor Castle to Warwick Castle. Next year, as well as the Autumn tour, "Nimrod" will be travelling from London to Dover during a weekend in June as part of the celebrations to mark the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens. -
Locations
Music recorded at St George’s Church, Gravesend.
Performance items recorded at Dickens’ World, Chatham.
Interviews recorded at Eastgate House, Rochester
The Cratchit’s family Christmas recorded at The Six Poor Travellers House, Rochester.
Credits
- Series Editor
- David Taviner
- Presenter
- Aled Jones
- Producer
- Charlotte Hindle
- Executive Producer
- Tommy Nagra
