General:

Sally Magnusson follows the ancient pilgrimage route from London to Canterbury, accompanied by the historian, Martin Palmer. Their journey takes them to the Tower of London, Greenwich, and Aylesford Priory and concludes at Canterbury Cathedral. Along the way, Sally discovers the lasting appeal of pilgrimages, and with the Lambeth Conference about to begin, Martin tells the stories of four former Archbishops of Canterbury; Alfege, Lanfranc, Thomas Becket and Simon Sudbury. The music includes the hymns For All the Saints, Be Thou my Vision and Who Would True Valour see.

Interviews:

MARTIN PALMER Martin Palmer is the Secretary General of the Alliance of Religions and Conservation and Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and Culture (ICOREC). He was instrumental in the creation of the Alliance of Religions and Conservation first launched in 1995 by HRH the Prince Philip of which he is now Secretary General. In 1997 he founded the Sacred Land Project which works world wide preserving sacred sites from Mongolia to Mexico. ARC specialises in projects related to religious, environmental and development issues and works with a variety of international organisations such as The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), The World Bank, UNESCO, and the World Council of Churches. Martin is the author of many books including Travels through Sacred China, Sacred Britain, Christianity and Ecology, Sacred Gardens, Jesus Sutras, The Times World Religions and the forthcoming "Sacred History of Britain". He frequently appears on television and radio, has presented a number of series on sacred topics and also writes for a wide variety of publications. Martin studied theology at Cambridge, with a special emphasis on Chinese and Japanese studies. He founded the Centre for the Study of Religion and Education in inner city Manchester and has been a pioneer in the areas of interfaith environmental education. He organised the first meeting between religious leaders of the eleven faiths who are members of ARC, and the senior leadership of the World Bank in 1997.

Music:

Songs of Praise Signature Tune Composer: Robert Prizeman Performers: Robert Prizeman, Maurice Murphy, Steven Geraghty Not commercially available Title: Who Would True Valour See Taken from Songs of Praise Hymn Book #350 Tune: Monks Gate. English traditional melody coll. and adpt. R. Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Words: John Bunyan (1629-88) Performers: Choirs of Blackburn Cathedral Conductor: Richard Tanner Organist: James Davy Title: Father, Hear the Prayer We Offer Taken from Songs of Praise Hymn Book #325 Tune: Sussex Music: English Traditional Melody coll. and adpt. By R. Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Words: Love Maria Willis (1824-1908) and others Arranged by: David Ogden. Not available commercially Performers: The R.S.C.M. Millennium Youth Choir Organist: Daniel Moult Conductor: David Ogden Title: Tell Out My Soul Taken from Songs of Praise Hymn Book #39 Tune: Woodlands Music: Walter Greatorex (1877-1949) Words: Timothy Dudley Smith b. 1921 Performers: Choirs of Blackburn Cathedral Conductor: Richard Tanner Organist: James Davy Title: For all the Saints Taken from Songs of Praise Hymn Book #199 Tune: Sine Nomine Music: R. Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Words: W. W. How (1823-97) Performers: Choirs of Blackburn Cathedral Conductor: Richard Tanner Organist: James Davy Twilight is Stealing Composer: Robert Prizeman Performers: Libera Title: Be Thou My Vision Taken from Songs of Praise Hymn Book # 287 Tune: Slane, traditional Irish Melody Words: Irish circa 8th century tr. Mary Byrne (1880-1931) and Eleanor Hull (1860-1935) Arranged by: David Ogden. Not available commercially Performers: The R.S.C.M. Millennium Youth Choir Organist: Daniel Moult Conductor: David Ogden Title: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross Music: Philip Wilby b 1949 Words: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Arranged by: David Ogden. Not available commercially Performers: The R.S.C.M. Millennium Youth Choir with musos + keyboard Daniel Moult Conductor: David Ogden

Locations:

ST ALFEGE CHURCH Greenwich Church Street, Greenwich, London, SE10 9BJ www.st-alfege.org LAMBETH PALACE Lambeth Palace Road London, SE1 7JU www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/108 THE MUSEUM OF GARDEN HISTORY Lambeth Palace Road, SE1 7LB www.museumgardenhistory.org THE TOWER OF LONDON http://www.hrp.org.uk/toweroflondon/ AYLESFORD PRIORY The Friars, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7BX www.thefriars.org.uk ST. NICHOLAS' HOSPITAL Church Hill, Harbledown, CT2 9AB CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL 25, Burgate, Canterbury, CT1 2HA www.canterbury-cathedral.org

Other Information:

The Hymns 'Tell Out My Soul', 'Who Would True Valour See' and 'For All the Saints' were recorded at:- THE CATHEDRALCHURCH OF SAINT MARY THE VIRGIN Cathedral Office, Cathedral Close, Blackburn BB1 5AA www.blackburncathedral.com The Hymns 'Father, Hear the Prayer We Offer', 'Be Thou My Vision' and 'When I Survey the Wondrous Cross' were recorded at:- ST MARY'S CHURCH Edward Road Dorchester Dorset DT1 2HS CONTACT: Rev. Harold Stephens Tel: 01305 268 434 Harold.stephens27@btinternet.com http://www.dorchesteranglican.info/main.htm LIBERA http://www.libera.org.uk/