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Former BBC Head of Religious Broadcasting and now Anglican priest reflects on 40 years of change in the BBC and the Church 1. Childhood - the 'solid ground' of tradition, patriotism, religion and family 2. Post-war years - teen disillusionment with formal religion, King's, Christian Union, Billy Graham 3. Haringay Crusade and Wembley, writing for Crusade, 'Honest to God', Vatican II 4. Pop: Cliff Richard, Roy Castle, Cindy Kent and the Settlers, Mr & Mrs Eric Morecambe 5. BBC Religion: the crest of the wave and the beginning of the ebb Gerry Priestland, Lionel Blue, Simon Mayo, prizes 6. Meanwhile back at the church: survival of the spiritual alongside the decline of the religious, ordination, first parish 7. Friends and heroes: Donald Coggan, David Sheppard, Terry Waite, correspondence of a religious journalist

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David Winter was educated at King's College, London before becoming an English teacher and then a journalist. He joined the BBC as a producer and was eventually Head of Religious Broadcasting. He left the BBC to become an Anglican priest. Now retired, he lives near Newbury and continues to write, broadeast and preach. He contributes regularly to Radio 4's 'Thought for the Day' and 'The Church Times' Diary, and edits BRF's bible study notes

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