Songs of Praise - BBC1

By Mandy Cooper
( What's on TV )
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Reverend Kate Bottley
(Image credit: BBC/Leigh Keily)

Reverend Kate Bottley is in the West Country for this week's Songs of Praise in a special Christmas edition

The much-travelled Rev Kate Bottley kicks off the first of the Christmas editions of Songs of Praise in the West Country (Sunday, 1.15pm, see our TV Guide for full details).

She's in Devon to celebrate the Nativity on a farm.

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Kate is joined by local schoolchildren who act out the story of Jesus’s birth among the animals. Kate also meets one of the few makers of traditional wooden Nativity sets in Britain.

TV Times rating: ****

Mandy Cooper
Mandy Cooper
TV Times Highlights Editor

As TV Times Highlights Editor I get to hear about all the latest TV shows coming soon. Here at TVT HQ we are in the privileged position of selecting the best programmes from across all the channels and streaming platforms. Our mission is to make it easier for our readers to decide what to watch - and give them lots of choice of genres - all the latest shows, plus some nostalgic choices we call hidden gems, too. My career began with a postgraduate degree in periodical journalism (ahem, yes old school!) in 1991 and I’ve worked in TV media since 2000.