Songs of Praise - Season 52 - 2012

Alexandra Burke and Katie Melua are the guest soloists in a Songs of Praise spectacular from the Royal Albert Hall as Aled Jones introduces sing-a-long hymns, old and new, sung by five thousand singers.

Aled Jones introduces a feast of traditional hymns by some of today's hymn writers, and discovers what makes a modern classic. Hymns include Christ Triumphant and Tell Out, My Soul.

Keyboard legend and Grumpy Old Man Rick Wakeman performs some of his favourite hymns and his famous arrangement of Morning Has Broken, and tells Aled Jones how his faith has survived the ups and downs of a rock and roll life.

David Grant introduces a decade of highlights from the annual School Choir of the Year competition, and discovers why one winning choir will now be starring in a blockbuster movie.

Russell Watson, Suzi Digby and David Grant choose the very best junior and senior school choirs in this tenth Songs of Praise school choir competition, introduced by Aled Jones from The Lowry Theatre, Salford.

Pam Rhodes celebrates fifty years of the architectural icon that is Coventry Cathedral, and asks how a building conceived in the darkest days of the Second World War has become internationally renowned for peace and reconciliation

Sally Magnusson introduces hymns and songs from the 13th-century cathedral, including Morrison's Academy Girls Choir and the Origin singers.