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Sunday Feature: Phoenix Rising - The Story of Coventry Cathedral

Series 1, episode 0

Giles Fraser examines the history, ministry and artistic legacy of Coventry cathedral as it celebrates its golden jubilee. Destroyed during a German bombing raid in 1940, the cathedral was rebuilt and then consecrated in 1962. Contributors include opera conductor and former Coventry cathedral chorister Paul Daniel, former Cathedral organist Robert Weddle, glassmaker Patrick Reyntiens, Louise Campbell, reader in History of Art at Warwick University, musicologist Michael Foster, who has just published a book about Britten's War Requiem, Anthony Blee, son-in-law and colleague of Sir Basil Spence, and members of the current cathedral clergy and members of the Frauenkirche in Dresden