Songs of Praise Season 2018 Episode 22 - Christianity and Cancer

Airdate: 2018-Jun-03

Episode summary:

Sean Fletcher and the Rev Kate Bottley hear how the Christian faith sustains those affected by cancer, including former Blue Peter host and TV presenter Simon Thomas, Baptist minister the Rev Andy Stammers, campaigner Della Ogunleye and cancer specialist nurse Mary Mountford-Lister. Sean visits Maggie's Oxford, a centre that specialises in support and care for those diagnosed with cancer. Kate meets a support group for black women who are dealing with effects of breast cancer. Music includes In Christ Alone, Break Every Chain, God Is Love His The Care, and Keep You Here, a special song from Stuart Townend written after his late brother's cancer diagnosis.

About Songs of Praise series:

Songs of Praise is a BBC Television religious programme that presents Christian hymns which first aired in October 1961. The first edition was broa...Show more >