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Sean Fletcher welcomes in the new year, meeting people in Glasgow for whom a particular copy of the Bible has been life-changing. Sean meets Margaret Borland, who relays the remarkable story of her father, John, who was interred as a prisoner of war for the duration of World War II. When he was caught, a tiny pamphlet containing Bible verses drifted by him in the breeze. Catching it and keeping it changed his life. On his return to Scotland, he dedicated his life to helping young people, including a certain Alex Ferguson, who later described John as his hero.

Claire McCollum is in north London visiting Union Chapel, a world-renowned music venue and a diverse worshipping community putting faith into action. Claire meets minister Cathy Bird to discover the history of this inclusive Congregational church and how it aims to be a 'friend for all'. Claire then rolls up her sleeves to help at the Margins Project, a charity based at the church, which supports disadvantaged people, including the homeless. Claire discovers from project leader Amanuel Woldesus that God is at the centre of his work. Claire then joins the church’s gospel choir Union Chapel Voices at a rehearsal to see how they share the good news of the Gospel through song. With music that speaks of God’s love, including specia

Laura Wright is in Cambridge to explore faith outside the pulpit and the pew and meets Christians living out their faith in offices, laboratories and police stations. As she explores how faith can flourish on the nine-to-five, Laura meets Ros Loaker, whose organisation facilitates faith-based workplace groups to connect and empower Christians. She then joins one such group in a Cambridge finance company and finds out the benefits of meeting with other Christians in the workplace. Laura then heads out on the beat to find out how faith strengthens and encourages Christians in the police force.

In the first of two programmes on the parables of Jesus, Sean Fletcher meets Christians inspired by one of the most famous of Jesus’ stories – the Good Samaritan. To begin his exploration of Jesus’ parables, Sean Fletcher visits priest and theologian the Rev Dr Rachel Mann at Bolton Parish Church. Rachel explains why Jesus used stories so prolifically in his teaching and shares her insights into the parable of the Good Samaritan, discussing how the themes of the story transcend human history and bring its message into our 21st-century society. Next, Sean visits Jane and her husband Andrew, who are putting Jesus’ teachings into action. For the past 15 years, the couple have opened their home to dozens of short- and long-term house guests, including political and religious refugees, and international students. Jane explains to Sean how welcoming strangers is their way of living out Jesus’ call to love one’s neighbour.

Sean unpacks the profound meaning of these short stories with the archdeacon of Bolton and Salford, Rachel Mann, at Bolton Parish Church, before meeting Will Jackson, whose own journey back to faith mirrors the themes of Jesus’ parables. In Nottingham, Tom Stevens shares his experience of finding faith after a breakdown and how the portrayal of God’s love shown in the parable of the Lost Sheep changed his life.

Claire McCollum visits Lisburn in her native Northern Ireland to meet Christians creating welcoming communities and to introduce uplifting hymns. The programme features music led by Lisburn-born Keith Getty and his wife Kristyn. Claire meets with a local Christian artist who works with linen – a fabric that is woven into the history and soul of the city. Together, they reflect on Lisburn’s once-booming linen trade and how it brought settlers to the city from near and far.

Sean Fletcher travels to east London to meet Mobo-award-winning rapper, broadcaster and author Guvna B. Sean and Guvna, real name Isaac Borquaye, take a walk through the streets of east London. Isaac shares his early experiences of church, his wrestle with faith as a youngster, and the remarkable events that led him to a deeper connection with God, giving him a determination to rap about positive themes.

For the first Sunday in Lent, Pam Rhodes is at Launde Abbey in Leicestershire to introduce much-loved hymns that reflect the themes of the season, including trial, temptation, sacrifice and God’s enduring love. She also explores the deep meaning in the account of Jesus being tested in the wilderness, and Sean Fletcher reads encouraging words from the Bible. The music includes: Forty Days and Forty Nights, from Hereford Cathedral; Be Not Afraid, from Guildhall, Londonderry; and from St Martin’s Church in Stamford, O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go.

On St David’s Day, Aled Jones is in Penarth, just a few miles south of Cardiff, to celebrate Wales’s rich hymn-singing heritage. Aled visits St Augustine’s in Penarth – a church of great personal significance to him as it is where he recorded most of his albums as a boy treble in the 1980s. There, he meets Tim Rhys-Evans of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. Tim has championed the Welsh musical tradition for decades and discusses with Aled why Wales is worthy of its fond nickname, the Land of Song. Their conversation also pays respect to Welsh composer Joseph Parry, who is buried in the churchyard.

The Rev Kate Bottley celebrates International Women’s Day with stories of inspiring women of faith, past and present. In St Paul’s Cathedral, Kate meets the Most Rev Dame Sarah Mullally ahead of her installation as the first female archbishop of Canterbury in history. Archbishop Sarah Mullally talks about her journey of faith, what her previous vocation as a nurse brings to her new role and how far the Church of England has come since 1994, when women were first ordained. In Oxford, Kate discovers the remarkable story of a forgotten pioneer of feminism, Josephine Butler. In New College, Oxford, historian Dr Sarah C Williams tells Kate about Josephine’s extraordinary life and legacy of social reform in the Victorian era. She explains that it was Butler’s Christian faith and prayer life that drove her to fight for women’s rights, influencing laws we still uphold to this day.

To mark Mothering Sunday, Claire McCollum is in Liverpool celebrating 150 years of the Mothers' Union. She meets inspirational mums and mother figures spurred on by their faith to show God’s love and care to those in need. Claire joins the celebrations at the local branch of the Mothers' Union in Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral, where she explores the story of Mary Sumner, who founded the movement in 1876 to support mothers from a wide range of social backgrounds. Now, 150 years later, it has become a global institution, and Claire discovers how faith and prayer are still central as they respond to the issues that affect mothers and families today.

Sean Fletcher is in London, the UK’s financial capital, to explore the Bible’s challenging teaching about money and to ask whether it’s possible to be a Christian and have wealth. At Imperial Business School, Sean meets the former CEO of a multimillion-dollar business and finds out how a life-changing encounter with extreme poverty caused him to rethink the relationship between his faith and his money. We discover the Lion’s Lair, a business training programme founded on prayer as opposed to profit, where business moguls are helping Christian entrepreneurs realise their God-given ambitions. And amid a personal debt crisis in the UK, Sean discovers how one Christian charity is helping local churches provide debt advice to those most in need.

The Rev Kate Bottley is in north Wales to mark the start of Holy Week by exploring the Last Supper – the final meal Jesus shared with his disciples that encapsulates so much of his life, death and resurrection – and what it means to Christians across the world. Kate visits St Asaph Cathedral to see a remarkable modern sculpture helping people explore the meaning of the Last Supper. Kate meets its creator, artist Peter Barnes, and the cathedral youth group to learn how the sculpture is helping people of all ages engage with the themes of Holy Week.

To celebrate Easter Sunday, Pam Rhodes joins Christians in Cornwall marking 50 years of the Carn Brea Easter Cross. This giant 30-foot structure has towered over the landscape on a rocky outcrop each Holy Week since 1976, visible for miles as a symbol of Jesus’ resurrection and the hope of Easter. Pam meets Rodney Reed, who as a young Methodist youth worker first funded and erected the cross with his wife half a century ago. As the community gathers to raise it once again, Pam looks on and speaks with Martin and Andrew of Redruth Baptist Church, who now lead the tradition. They describe the cross as a signpost to reconciliation and a reminder of God’s l

Pam Rhodes explores how faith is lived out through hospitality, meeting people whose homes, churches and communities are shaped by welcome and generosity. At Newport Cathedral, Pam meets the archbishop of Wales, the Most Rev Cherry Vann, who reflects on what it means to offer – and receive – a warm welcome and how hospitality is at the heart of Christianity.

Aled Jones is at St Asaph Cathedral in north Wales for the Royal Maundy service, where HM the King honours Christians for outstanding service to church and community. Aled joins TM the King and Queen in the congregation at St Asaph and learns from the Lord High Almoner, the Right Reverend Bishop of Norfolk, Graham Usher, the history of the service and why it has been so special to the monarchy for over 800 years.

The Rev Kate Bottley explores the art of hymn writing, meeting modern worship leaders as they aim to craft theologically grounded, meaningful songs that resonate with the lived experience of Christians today. Each generation produces hymns that reflect its world and language. Kate joins a group of worship leaders determined to write hymns people will truly want to sing – songs that feel relevant today, drawing on themes and words from everyday life while remaining faithful to the Bible.

Aled Jones travels to Belfast to join fellow broadcaster and Songs of Praise presenter Claire McCollum as she reflects on her journey of faith and the people, places and favourite hymns that have helped her along the way. Their journey begins in Jordanstown on the shores of Belfast Lough, Claire’s happy place, where she discusses her quiet faith, the importance of family and how she finds God’s presence in the beauty of creation.

Sean Fletcher visits the historic city of Lincoln to explore stories of faith and to introduce modern worship music alongside hymns from the historic cathedral. Sean visits Alive Church in the centre of the city to meet its founders, Stuart and Irene Bell. He hears the story of how it was established four decades ago with a group of young Christians in their front room and has grown into a network of churches with a combined congregation of 2,000 from over 45 nations.

The Rev Kate Bottley marks the launch of the BBC’s Caring Matters season, a collection of programmes dedicated to shining a light on our country’s carers, by exploring the joys and challenges of being a carer and to see how faith fits in. Kate is in Whitby to catch the special forget-me-not train that aims to give a joyful day out for people living with dementia and their carers. As well as joining in the fun and singing, Kate hears about the emotional, physical and spiritual challenges of looking after loved ones and how faith can be a huge help.

To celebrate Pentecost Sunday, Aled Jones visits John Wesley’s New Room in Bristol, the oldest Methodist building in the world, to explore the extraordinary story and legacy of John and Charles Wesley, who founded the Methodist movement. Just like the disciples of Jesus at the first Pentecost, the Wesley brothers had their own encounters with the Holy Spirit in 1738, which lit a fire inside them to spread the word of God. John’s experience is remembered as Aldersgate Day by the millions of Methodist Christians across the world, and this year, it falls on the exact same day as Pentecost Sunday.

Ahead of the national Big Help Out and Big Lunch initiatives, which encourage people to get together and volunteer, Claire McCollum is in south London meeting Christians giving their time and talents to help others. Claire dons her rubber gloves and meets the twin brothers gaining millions of followers online thanks to their determination to clean places often overlooked. She joins them to clean a playground and hears how their faith drives them on to do good in the community.

Sean Fletcher travels to the beautiful seaside town of Cromer in Norfolk to meet fellow broadcaster Simon Thomas. For Simon, this coastal town is more than just a scenic retreat; it is his childhood home and the place where his Christian faith first took root while his father served as a curate at the local church. Simon reflects on a defining childhood moment, when his mother’s urgent warning saved him from a lightning strike just before it destroyed the tree he was sitting in – an experience that still keeps him grounded today.

Mark De-Lisser hosts a celebration of gospel music from the iconic Liverpool Olympia, introducing a soul-stirring mix of new and classic gospel hymns, with some very special guests.

To mark Father’s Day, Sean Fletcher explores how faith has shaped the stories of inspiring father figures, past and present, and celebrates the image of God as a loving father through favourite hymns. Sean begins by meeting Jeremy and Clare, whose path to parenthood has been marked by heartbreak and perseverance. Jeremy tells Sean about how his faith gave him strength through the long journey to adopting three children and how it continues to sustain him as he and Clare navigate the joys and challenges of family life.

Claire McCollum explores how connecting the generations can help our faith flourish and bring energy, joy and love to our lives. Claire visits a remarkable care village in Chester which has a nursery in the same building, to learn from general manager Caroline Ray how intergenerational living enriches the lives of the very young and old.

As we enjoy the summer months, Pam Rhodes visits Ashburnham Place Retreat Centre in East Sussex to introduce a feast of much-loved hymns that explore the profound meaning of water in the Bible and in the expression of Christian faith. Surrounded by acres of ancient woodland and glorious lakes, Ashburnham Place provides a peaceful setting for Pam to reflect on the profound significance of water in the scriptures – from the story of creation to Jesus offering the water of eternal life.

Aled Jones is in the historic city of Hull to explore how music, culture and faith are bringing new life to this historic city, resulting in it being named one of the top places in the world to visit in 2026. Aled goes to Hull Minster and learns from musical director Mark Keith how its choir was saved ten years ago and is now thriving, partly due to an innovative partnership that takes music into local primary schools to spread the joy of singing. Aled also visits the workshop of Helen Richardson, who transforms old or discarded items into treasure, all inspired by God’s restorative powers. And Aled joins a remarkable local church that meets in its own adventure park, complete with high rope courses and zip wires! He hears from Minister Jarrod Cooper how the facilities help promote fun, family and a sense of community.

Laura Wright visits Ushaw Historic House in County Durham to discover the deep spiritual, emotional and symbolic connections between trees and the Christian faith. Ushaw is a former Catholic seminary set in acres of beautiful grounds that boast tens of thousands of trees. It is here that Laura meets theologian and bishop of Newcastle, Helen-Ann Hartley. Surrounded by stunning woodland, they discuss the important place trees have in the Bible - from the Garden of Eden to the cross - and how planting trees can be a profound act of hope for future generations.

Laura Wright visits the Scargill Movement Retreat Centre in the Yorkshire Dales to explore the deep significance of mountains in the Bible and how hills and high places can shape our relationship with God. With theologian and bishop of Newcastle Helen-Ann Hartley, she discovers that mountains serve as the setting for some of the most profound and dramatic moments in the Bible. Laura also joins a walking retreat with the Scargill community, led by former teacher Naomi Heywood. Naomi explains how taking people out into mountains, hills and high places helps them build a deeper, personal relationship with God.

Pam Rhodes is in Essex to explore how the simple act of walking can have a profound purpose. In Chelmsford, Pam meets Ron Hedley, whose faith and personal experience have inspired him to organise more than 40 walks for a cause close to his heart. Pam joins Ron’s March for Prostate Cancer, an initiative to raise awareness of the disease and encourage men to get tested.

The Rev Kate Bottley visits the Royal Norfolk Show – one of the largest agricultural events in the country, and one that has been celebrating food and farming in the county for nearly 180 years. Kate is one of the thousands of people in attendance and meets Christians living out their faith in rural communities across Norfolk. The Bishop of Lynn, the Rt Rev Jane Steen, welcomes Kate and explains why having a Christian presence at the show is important and why this year’s theme of celebrating culture and collaboration is so appropriate.

Claire McCollum is in south London to celebrate long-lasting partnerships with their many joys and challenges, and the commitment in Christ that sustains them. Claire joins the Rev Les Isaac, the founder of Christian volunteer movement Street Pastors, and his wife Louise at their home near Crystal Palace, to learn how they offer faith-based support to couples navigating the challenges of cross-cultural relationships.

Sean Fletcher is in London to meet young footballing superstar and proud England Lioness Michelle Agyemang as she shares her remarkable journey of faith. At her family church, Michelle reflects on how faith has shaped her life from an early age and become the foundation of both her career and her values. She explains why sharing the gospel is so important to her and why music remains central to her worship, even treating Sean to a favourite hymn on the piano.

Aled Jones explores the powerful relationship between faith and the senses, discovering how the sights, sounds, textures, smells and tastes of the world around us can strengthen faith. Aled meets inspiring Christians who are harnessing the power of the senses to make the Bible come alive and to help people to heal and to express their faith in creative ways.

Five hundred years after William Tyndale transformed access to scripture by translating the New Testament into English, Aled Jones is in London to explore just how radical Tyndale’s achievement was and to meet the people continuing his mission of making the Bible accessible to everyone today.

Claire McCollum travels through the glorious rolling fields of Somerset to celebrate harvest, exploring the deep connections between faith, farming and community with favourite harvest hymns from Holy Trinity Church, Bridgwater.

Pam Rhodes and Aled Jones are in St Martin-in-the-Fields church on Trafalgar Square to present a special episode to mark Songs of Praise’s 65th birthday. Together, they celebrate the past, present and future of one of the world’s longest-running television programmes and reflect on what continues to make Songs of Praise special to so many.

Aled Jones and Rev Kate Bottley host this year’s BBC Young Chorister of the Year, which begins with the junior semi-final at Hallé St Peter’s in Manchester. Once again, Songs of Praise and BBC Radio 2 have come together to showcase the best young vocal talents, beginning with five talented singers aged 11 to 13 who perform a sacred song for expert judges David Grant, Laura Wright and Cameron Richardson.

Aled Jones and Rev Kate Bottley present the senior semi-final of BBC Young Chorister of the Year at Hallé St Peter’s in Manchester. Songs of Praise and BBC Radio 2 have joined forces to showcase the country’s best young vocal talents, and five fantastic singers aged 15 to 17 have chosen a sacred song to impress this year’s judges, David Grant, Laura Wright and Cameron Richardson.

Aled Jones and the Rev Kate Bottley present the final of BBC Young Chorister of the Year, with judges David Grant, Cameron Richardson and Laura Wright.

As part of the Music Is Black season, Mark De-Lisser explores the impact of black music on UK culture and worship. With special recordings from the London Community Gospel Choir.

On All Saints’ Day, Pam Rhodes celebrates the life of St Francis of Assisi 800 years since his death and meets Christians still inspired by his teachings.