Songs of Praise
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For other uses, see Songs of Praise (disambiguation).
Songs of Praise is a BBC Television religious programme that presents Christian hymns sung in churches of varying denominations from around the UK.
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Songs of Praise | |
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Genre | Religious broadcasting |
Created by | Donald Baverstock |
Presented by | Aled Jones Katherine Jenkins[1] Sean Fletcher JB Gill Pam Rhodes Claire McCollum Kate Bottley (See full list) |
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Ending theme | Songs of Praise – Toccata for Organ |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 3105 (approx) (Jan 2024) |
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Executive producers | Matthew Napier David Waters |
Producers | Charlotte Hindle Karen Hannah |
Running time | 35 minutes |
Production companies | BBC Television (in-house) (1961–2016) BBC Studios (2016–2017) Nine Lives Media (2017–2023) Avanti Media (2017–2023)[2] CTVC (2023-) |
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Network | BBC One |
Release | 1 October 1961 (1961-10-01) – present |
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The series was first broadcast in October 1961. On that occasion, the venue was the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Cardiff. It is one of the longest running series of its genre on television anywhere in the world.[3][4]