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Excuse me, hello.

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I was wondering, I'd like to give you these for the weekend,

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-just to enjoy.

-Thank you very much.

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As Lent gets underway, on this week's Songs Of Praise,

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we'll be focusing on the importance of kindness.

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Would either of you like a slice?

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I'm in Congresbury in Somerset,

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which has been dubbed the kindest village in the whole of Britain

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and I'll be discovering how faith motivates people's generosity.

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I feel happy for myself once I do it, so it makes me feel proud.

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Ade Adepitan talks to a businesswoman

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who's helping victims of people trafficking.

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To have gone through...well, literally gone to hell and back

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and still be in such great spirits,

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they astound me.

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And the guitarist Graeme Duffin from '90s chart toppers Wet Wet Wet

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reveals how he's conquering his stammer.

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I'm doing a speech therapy assignment just now

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and Graeme Duffin is my name.

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Thank you for listening.

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And we'll also have a fabulous mix of music, including hymns for Lent.

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We start in Ballymena in Northern Ireland

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with a real worship favourite.

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Now, we're already five days into Lent,

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a time which is traditionally about giving things up like chocolate.

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But there's a new drive,

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with campaigns like the 40acts Challenge,

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which encourages people to do generous deeds for others

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on each day of Lent.

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And here in Congresbury in Somerset,

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the villagers have been dubbed the kindest in Britain,

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because they've taken the art of giving to a whole new level.

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Excuse me, hello.

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I was wondering, I'd like to give you these for the weekend,

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just to enjoy.

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-Thank you very much.

-OK, bye-bye.

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Here it's not just for the 40 days of Lent

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that villagers carry out good turns.

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They do it every day,

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whether it's sprucing up the community,

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or brightening up someone's day.

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I've brought you a carrot cake.

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Thank you very much!

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Their campaign of kindness started here at St Andrew's Church

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and it was the brainchild of vicar Matthew Thomson.

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Last year we celebrated our 800th anniversary as a church

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and as part of that, we wanted to create a legacy

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for the coming years,

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not just doing events throughout the year,

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and it came out of that, the idea of having 800 acts of kindness

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to share the blessing, the love around the village.

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And you had a whole weekend

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just for the people who live in the village, didn't you?

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We did and I was amazed at how many people turned out with paintbrushes

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and all sorts of other gardening stuff

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and we cleared up a lot of the rubbish around the village,

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we painted a lot of fences and everything like that.

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A really good weekend.

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Some fruit buns. Have they got butter in those?

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All good deeds are registered on a special totaliser inside the church.

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Having reached their target for 2015,

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now they're committed to doubling that figure

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of 800 kind acts in the coming year.

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Doing these acts of random kindness, you're not doing them for you,

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you are doing them for other people.

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You don't always know how other people are going to react to them,

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how they're going to feel about them,

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but you're doing it because you know it's the right thing to do.

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It's been brilliant for encouraging the children,

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opening their eyes to what they can do

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and what they're already doing

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that they wouldn't necessarily have realised

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was a nice thing to be doing for someone, that was helping them.

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-Is this the car?

-Yep.

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I'm joining up with a group of young villagers

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who've arranged with a neighbour to wash his car.

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Gemma, how do people react to a stranger offering you kindness?

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I think initially, their thoughts are like,

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"Why is this stranger doing it for me?"

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But once they know what we do is actually genuine,

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I think they feel more at ease and they feel more confident.

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What reward do you get from these random acts of kindness?

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Well, I think it's just seeing the expressions

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that people have on their faces

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and everyone just appreciates each other more.

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-Hi, David!

-Hello, Connie!

-Come on.

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'Having your car washed is one thing,

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'but David Anderson's been moved by Gemma's kindness

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'at testing times too.'

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Oh, look, they're busy!

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And I received

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something really special from Gemma.

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I was in the church and...

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..we'd just lost a very good friend

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and she came up to me and she said, "Somebody needs a hug."

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-Aww.

-And she put her arms round me

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and gave me a hug

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and I've not forgotten it.

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That's special, really.

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Are they the kindest villagers in Britain?

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They're not bad,

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but I wouldn't say we're the kindest.

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I think there are many people who do incredible things

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and all I would hope from doing all this

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is that people everywhere will actually perhaps think about

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doing something kind this week.

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-NEWS ANCHOR:

-'Let me remind you

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'of the BBC's main news headlines tonight.'

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'Human trafficking is a global problem...'

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'Most victims arrive by plane...'

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'But someone who is trafficked

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'can make tens of thousands of pounds for gangs.'

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Every year, thousands of people are trafficked into the UK

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and then they're forced to work for the criminals

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who smuggled them into the country.

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It's a form of modern-day slavery,

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where the victims can even be bought and sold by a criminal underworld.

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Women and, shockingly, children are regularly forced

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to work in the sex industry and the men are used as free labour.

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This woman from west Africa was facing the prospect

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of a forced marriage when she was offered a way out -

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a plane ticket and a job in London.

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Thankfully, when she landed at Heathrow,

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sharp-eyed officials intervened

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before the traffickers could take her away.

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Her face and voice have been disguised.

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One of the immigration officers, she saw me when I was crying

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and she asked me, "What is the problem?"

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And I explained to her and she said,

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"OK, I need to contact the Salvation Army for you."

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But even in a Salvation Army safe house, the traffickers contacted her

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after her family unwittingly passed on her phone number.

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They started contacting me, threatening me.

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What have they been saying, what's happened?

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They said they would go to Nigeria and destroy my family.

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-Are you afraid?

-Yes, I'm afraid.

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This woman is also from Africa.

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It was only when she arrived in the UK that the true reason

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she had been brought here was revealed to her.

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When we reached the airport, there was a man and a lady.

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They took me to their house and said, "Before you get out of here,

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"you have to pay back our money for the ticket."

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They made me like a sex slave, sleeping with men.

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Sorry.

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Her captors made her believe that the police would kill her

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if she left their house.

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She was held captive for five years

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before one of her clients helped her escape.

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When all of this was happening,

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how were you able to survive?

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God was always there for me, really,

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cos I was praying that one day I'd be somewhere safe.

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If it was not for God, I couldn't be here.

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So your faith kept you strong?

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-And helped you survive?

-Yes.

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Now both these women have found a safe haven,

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offering hope for the future.

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They're getting work experience with Rachel Salway,

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who runs a business making jewellery

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and selling ethically produced products.

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-Hi, Rachel, how are you?

-I'm OK.

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We work with them to give them workshops,

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confidence-building,

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jewellery-making.

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I don't know about the future, I just leave it to God,

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because what God has started, he will finish it.

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So I will have a good future, by the grace of God.

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And we're going to twist that around... Oops! No, we're not.

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They amaze me. They make me laugh, they make me cry.

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To have gone through...well, literally gone to hell and back,

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and still be in such great spirits,

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they astound me.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Coming up, Wet Wet Wet guitarist Graeme Duffin reveals

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how his faith is helping him to conquer his stammer.

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First, though, we've more music.

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Graeme Duffin is probably best known as the guitarist of Wet Wet Wet,

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whose version of Love Is All Around topped the charts

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for 15 weeks back in 1994,

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but it's a lesser-known fact that for years,

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Graeme has battled to conquer his stammer.

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He's benefitted from attending a programme

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which helps stammerers manage their speech,

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and for Graeme, it's had remarkable results.

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# Love is all around me

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# And so the feeling grows... #

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It's more than 20 years since Wet Wet Wet's best-known single

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dominated the number one spot.

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And now, Graeme is heading back out on tour with the rest of the band

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-to play their greatest hits again.

-I keep thinking...

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this has to be the last one,

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but I've been saying that for 15 years.

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But since the age of seven, Graeme has had to overcome a stutter.

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He's been shown how to through a special programme

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which he took up nearly 16 years ago.

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I often think of the parallel between the McGuire Programme

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and church, as it should be, where it's a genuine community of people.

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There's a real strong common connection,

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because stammering's a very levelling thing

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and it's no respecter of race, colour, creed, social position, job.

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After three, two, one...breathe.

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-THEY INHALE

-And release and pause.

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Students wear chest belts to control their breathing

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and part of the process is not trying to hide the stutter,

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a technique they call deliberate disfluency.

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I make a practice of doing...

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..deliberate disfluency...

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..every day.

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It keeps me honest with my...

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myself and my listener that I'm not a fluent...speaker.

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APPLAUSE

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Now, as a programme tutor, he often takes out new students

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to show them how to cope with speaking in public.

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Excuse me, I'm doing a speech therapy assignment...

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Excuse me, I'm...

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doing a speech therapy assignment just now

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and I have to practise my name with 100 people.

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Graeme Duffin is my name.

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Thank you for listening.

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The letter which still gives Graeme the most trouble

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is the letter D.

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Debenhams department store?

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You just keep going straight down that road and then you get to it.

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Thanks for stopping. Brilliant, thank you.

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-That was well done.

-Good.

-Yeah.

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See how when you maintain the eye contact,

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people are quite comfortable with my deliberate disfluency,

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because I'm comfortable with it?

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Debenhams department store in Dundee!

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Since doing the McGuire Programme,

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I've spoken at four weddings and a funeral.

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Well, it was actually only three weddings and a funeral.

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My personal point of view -

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I'm always of the opinion that

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wherever truth is spoken out in love,

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that God shows up and that's a personal thing.

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Graeme Duffin is my name.

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One thing Graeme's never struggled to do is sing

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and here he is now with a brand-new song.

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# Who can compare with God?

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# Maker of heaven and Earth

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# Fountain of light and life

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# Beautiful beyond all worth

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# Like flowers in the field

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# We bloom and then we fade

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# Who can save themselves?

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# How long

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# Before your will is done?

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# How long

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# Till justice comes?

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# How long

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# Before this fragile world is changed and renewed?

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# Reflecting your beauty and grace

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# Who can compare with God?

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# Born as a refugee

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# No place to call his home

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# Suffering on Calvary

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# Like flowers in the field

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# We bloom and then we fade

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# Who can save themselves?

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# How long

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# Before your will is done?

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# How long

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# Till justice comes?

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# How long

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# Before this fragile world is changed and renewed?

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# Reflecting your beauty and grace

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# Who can compare with God?

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# Hope in the deepest pain

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# Comfort to those who mourn

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# Oh, Lord, let your kingdom reign

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# How long

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# Before your will is done?

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# How long

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# Till justice comes?

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# How long

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# Before this fragile world is changed and renewed?

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# Reflecting your beauty and grace. #

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Earlier I discovered how faith is inspiring the residents

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of the village of Congresbury in Somerset to carry out

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hundreds of random acts of kindness for others.

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Well, now I've come to its primary school

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to team up with my very own band of little helpers

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who are going to help me spring a special surprise

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on some deserving villagers.

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-Hey, guys! ALL:

-Hi!

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Who's ready to make a cake?

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-ALL:

-Me!

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-Let's get baking, then! ALL:

-Yeah!

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The kids are rustling up a sweet treat for some pensioners

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at a village coffee morning.

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-Is it nice doing these acts of kindness? ALL:

-Yeah!

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It makes people feel happy and I feel happy for myself once I do it,

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so it makes me feel proud.

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And it's very nice to help the elderly that can't do stuff.

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And how old is elderly? Do I class as elderly?

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-No.

-Oh.

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And what are they going to do when they see our big cake?

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-They're going to scream!

-Scream?

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-Happy tears, maybe? ALL:

-Yeah!

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The children look like real budding bakers,

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but, sadly, I'm having a few kitchen calamities.

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Oh!

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CHILDREN GIGGLE

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They've worked wonders on the mix, so now it's time to bake that cake.

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In she goes.

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And soon, it looks like we're in business.

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SHE SNIFFS

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Oh, they're going to love this!

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INDISTINCT CONVERSATION

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After a few final flourishes with the decorations,

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it's time to head off to spring our surprise.

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I can't wait to see their faces!

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Good morning, everyone!

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-CHILDREN:

-Hi!

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The kids and I have baked you a little surprise.

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Ooh!

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What effect have these random acts of kindness had on the village?

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Oh, fantastic. Everybody is very, very happy

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and they feel part of the whole community because of that,

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because everyone knows that there is someone they can turn to.

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-Would either of you like a slice?

-I'd love a slice, yes, please.

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We never know what's going on in somebody else's life

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and just to be able to say hello to somebody could be the difference

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between them having a good day and not a good day.

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I like this random act thing - makes me feel good about myself.

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LAUGHTER

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It does make you feel good about yourself,

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-but at the same time helping others.

-Yeah.

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Well, that's just about it for today.

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Next week, as the Church of England faces up to the problem

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of declining attendances at services, we'll be in London

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to find out why one church has opened its own post office,

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but we end today with a fantastic modern worship song

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from Southampton. Thanks very much for watching.

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I lay my life down!

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One way!

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Yeah!

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You're always!

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Hey!

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Yeah!

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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