Product Description

This is a sparkling novel about the "BBC Songs of Praise" team recording a "Palm Sunday" broadcast from a small idyllic Suffolk village. As the outside broadcast vehicles roll in, ambitions and emotions run high. Producer Jan Harding finds the vicar, Clive Linton, hopelessly absent-minded. His practical wife Helen gets on well with the television team - perhaps a little too well, where the charming, enigmatic rigger Michael is concerned. Charles, chairman of the Parish Council, is deeply opposed and resents the enthusiasm of other villagers - including his wife Betty. Bunty Maddocks, queen of every local committee, plots to get round the ban on church flowers during Lent; retired, lonely accountant Jack Diggens finds purpose, faith and friendship as he plans tickets and seating; and teenage soloist Anna surprises herself with her success. This delightful story will make you laugh and cry and gives a fascinating insight into the making of "Songs of Praise".

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2058523 in Books
• Published on: 2010-04-23
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

About the Author
PAM RHODES has presented the world's number one religious television programme since 1987. Prior to that she had been a journalist and tv news presenter. She is also a successful novelist with Hodder, with titles such as Whispers and Letting Go, and has several Lion titles including Colours for the Soul and As Time Goes By.

Customer Reviews

A tale of families and relationships invaded by a BBC crew!
This is a charming, light read of a fictitional village chosen to feature in a BBC production of Songs of Praise. Having just taken part in such an event it was great to read the 'behind the scenes' viewpoint from Pam Rhodes and how it shook up a sleepy community. Romance and humour dominate in this easy to read but hard to put down novel.

Heart warming
A lovely book about a village and the effect Songs of praise had on it. Hard to put down