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Good Morning Sunday with Clare Balding

Clare Balding hosts the topical faith show on Mothering Sunday. Her guest is Philomena Lee.

Clare Balding hosts the topical faith show on Mothering Sunday. Her guest is Philomena Lee, whose story of being forced to give up her son for adoption is told in the film 'Philomena', adapted by the actor Steve Coogan from the book by the journalist Martin Sixsmith. Clare's faith guest is mother of three, the Rev'd Rose Hudson Wilkin, Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons.

1 hour, 57 minutes

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Sun 30 Mar 201407:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • ABBA

    Head Over Heels

    • The Visitors.
    • Epic.

  • Peter Sarstedt

    Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?

    • The Ivor Novello Winners.
    • EMI.

  • Susan Boyle

    Amazing Grace

  • Gregory Porter

    Hey Laura

    • Liquid Spirit.
    • Blue Note.
    • 001.

  • The Manhattan Transfer

    Chanson D'Amour

    • The Manhattan Transfer Anthology.
    • Rhino.

  • Lionel Richie

    Stuck on You

    • Polygram Tv.

  • Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston

    When You Believe

    • Columbia.

  • Peter Gabriel

    That'll Do (feat. Paddy Moloney & Black Dyke Band)

    • "Babe - Pig In The City" Soundtrack.
    • Geffen.

  • Gladys Knight & the Pips

    Hero (Wind Beneath My Wings)

    • Perfect Day (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Tone Damli Aaberge

    Butterflies

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • Beyoncé

    Halo

    • I Am...Sasha Fierce.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Randy Newman

    You've Got A Friend In Me

    • Toy Story O.S.T..
    • Walt Disney Records.

  • Chrissie Hynde

    Dark Sunglasses

    • (CD Single).
    • Caroline.

  • Jess Thristan

    Side By Side

  • Nat King Cole

    Unforgettable

  • The Chicks

    Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)

  • Simply Red

    Holding Back The Years

  • Mary Black

    Past The Point Of Rescue

  • Take That

    Shine

Philomena Lee

Philomena Lee

Clare's guests this morning are Philomena Lee and her daughter Jane Libberton. Philomena is the mother whose life story is told in the film 'Philomena' starring Steve Coogan and Dame Judi Dench. The screenplay was written by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, adapted from the book 'The Lost Child of Philomena Lee' by Martin Sixsmith, and this year won the BAFTA for Best Adapted Screenplay. The DVD of the film is out now.

The Rev'd Rose Hudson-Wilkin

The Rev'd Rose Hudson-Wilkin

The Rev'd Rose Hudson-Wilkin is Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen and to the Speaker of the House of Commons. She's also kept busy with parish ministry with two churches in East London. She's married and mother to three children.

Rose Hudson-Wilkin

Broadcast

  • Sun 30 Mar 201407:00
    BBC Radio 2