0:00:02 > 0:00:05I'm heading up the north-east coast of Scotland towards Peterhead,
0:00:05 > 0:00:08one of the biggest trawler communities in Europe.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15The sea is mercifully calm, but there are times
0:00:15 > 0:00:19when gale force winds can cause waves of 30ft and higher,
0:00:19 > 0:00:21which is why trawler fishing is considered
0:00:21 > 0:00:24one of the most dangerous ways to make a living.
0:00:27 > 0:00:32It's one of those places. It's me against Mother Nature again.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37Well, fishing is definitely in the blood of the two trawlermen
0:00:37 > 0:00:41that I'm meeting later today and the architect who risked his life
0:00:41 > 0:00:46to save others as a volunteer in the RNLI.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49And I'm stargazing at Jodrell Bank Observatory.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Peterhead's association with fishing goes back many centuries.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Its harbour was first built in 1593
0:01:08 > 0:01:11and it remains a base for around 550 fishermen,
0:01:11 > 0:01:16with over 90,000 tonnes of fish landed here each year.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23We're an island nation and a seafaring one,
0:01:23 > 0:01:26and that's reflected in our first hymn.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Who knows how many fishermen, sailors and loved ones
0:01:29 > 0:01:33have sung these words for comfort in the face of the dangers of the sea?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Jimmy Buchan worked for 40 years in the fishing industry
0:03:45 > 0:03:47and with his boat, Amity II,
0:03:47 > 0:03:51famously featured in the BBC series Trawlermen.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53It's a full force eight at the moment,
0:03:53 > 0:03:56probably even touching force nine.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58I mean, basically we shouldn't be shooting,
0:03:58 > 0:04:00but this is the pressure that comes onto the skipper.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Watch yourself there, Kevin!
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Fishing has been all I've ever wanted to do
0:04:06 > 0:04:09from being a little boy. My grandfather was a fisherman.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12It missed a generation with my own dad.
0:04:12 > 0:04:13He was always very seasick.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- I just couldn't wait to leave school to go fishing.- Why?
0:04:16 > 0:04:17What about it appealed to you?
0:04:17 > 0:04:22It's the hunter-gatherer, it's the sense of freedom,
0:04:22 > 0:04:25it's chasing the bounty.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30Traditionally, fishermen are Christian. Why do you think that is?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32As harvesters of the sea,
0:04:32 > 0:04:35I think you're going out into a dangerous place
0:04:35 > 0:04:39and it's never a bad thing to have someone with you
0:04:39 > 0:04:44and sometimes we think things are very, very hard and very difficult
0:04:44 > 0:04:47and I always say that there is a stronger hand in this
0:04:47 > 0:04:49and he is guiding us all the way.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54There's a memorial near here to men that have lost their lives at sea.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57I suppose that's there as a constant reminder.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00There are fishermen who have left this port and have never come back,
0:05:00 > 0:05:04lost at sea, and it is not easy to talk about that,
0:05:04 > 0:05:09but it is a fact of life and it just gives you a constant reminder
0:05:09 > 0:05:13the dangers of fishing can still be quite catastrophic.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17The current skipper of the Amity II is Philip Reid,
0:05:17 > 0:05:20just back from a week-long fishing trip.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23- So, Phil, is fishing in your blood? - It is, it is.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28I mean, my family, both sides have been fishing for generations.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Can you remember the first time you stepped on a trawler?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32- How old were you? - Well, I was still at school.
0:05:32 > 0:05:37- It was my summer holidays. I think I'd been... I was 14.- Yeah.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39It was really difficult. It was really hard.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42I got no sleep, I was so tired.
0:05:42 > 0:05:47- When we came home, I was never going back to sea again.- Really?
0:05:47 > 0:05:51Well, so much for that because now you're a skipper. How come?
0:05:51 > 0:05:54It's just a way of life. There's nothing quite like it.
0:05:54 > 0:06:00When you get a good catch, you're elated. It is a hard life.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04We'll go out to sea for seven or eight days and sometimes
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- I'll take two nights ashore, but usually it's just one.- Yeah.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09- You're all Christians, right?- Yep.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11So, when you're out at sea,
0:06:11 > 0:06:15are there times when you get together as Christians,
0:06:15 > 0:06:17as opposed to just as fellow crew members?
0:06:17 > 0:06:21There's not a lot of time for taking fellowship together,
0:06:21 > 0:06:24but we always sit down in the galley
0:06:24 > 0:06:26and we always say grace before we have a meal.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29It's just what we do.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31I see a New Testament over there.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34There's a lot in the Bible about fishing and fishermen.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Yeah, there's the bit in the Bible when Jesus is fishing
0:06:37 > 0:06:39and they're getting a bad catch
0:06:39 > 0:06:43and Jesus tells them to cast their nets over the starboard side.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45So, as a tradition,
0:06:45 > 0:06:49we always take our catch onboard on the starboard side.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51- Wow! That's why you do it? - That's why we do it.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55How important is your faith to you?
0:06:55 > 0:06:58- Speaking about your faith can be difficult sometimes.- Yeah.
0:06:58 > 0:07:05It's something that you have within yourself and it's very personal.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08The Lord's with me every day,
0:07:08 > 0:07:11throughout every aspect of my day-to-day life.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Sitting in a beautiful spot like this,
0:09:22 > 0:09:25you really are confronted with the wonder of God's creation
0:09:25 > 0:09:28and then when you factor in the stars and the planets
0:09:28 > 0:09:33and the universe, it's truly mindboggling and humbling.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Well, the hugely popular series Stargazing Live
0:09:35 > 0:09:39has been back on our screens so we sent our own Reverend Kate Bottley
0:09:39 > 0:09:43to explore infinity and beyond at Jodrell Bank Observatory.
0:09:45 > 0:09:492017 marks the 60th anniversary of the Lovell Telescope.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53It's one of the biggest radio telescopes in the whole world
0:09:53 > 0:09:55and since the summer of 1957
0:09:55 > 0:09:58has been silently probing the depths of space.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02It's a real symbol of our desire to understand the universe
0:10:02 > 0:10:06in which we live, but does the more we discover about the cosmos
0:10:06 > 0:10:09create greater tension between faith and science?
0:10:10 > 0:10:13One woman who has an interest in both is astrophysicist
0:10:13 > 0:10:16and Christian Dr Althea Wilkinson.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20Tell me, what made you want to be an astrophysicist?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22I think I wanted to understand the answers
0:10:22 > 0:10:27to the big questions of life - why is there anything at all,
0:10:27 > 0:10:30how did the universe start and all this sort of thing.
0:10:30 > 0:10:35So I got into physics and then into astrophysics with that aim in mind.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39And, forgive me, explain to me what is it you do.
0:10:39 > 0:10:45We mostly get observations from big telescopes, like this one,
0:10:45 > 0:10:49but also optical telescopes and we analyse and understand
0:10:49 > 0:10:53and interpret the data to tell us what's up there.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- And this big telescope is gathering data right now.- It is.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59It's looking at a pulsar right at this minute.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01It's a rotating neutron star which is flashing
0:11:01 > 0:11:04and we're just seeing the flash each time it comes round.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06It sounds like the disco ball of the universe.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- Like a lighthouse of the universe. - Amazing!
0:11:09 > 0:11:13- And you're a person of faith as well as science.- Yes.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Do you think there's a conflict between faith and science?
0:11:16 > 0:11:18No, I don't. No, I don't at all think there is.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22In fact, I think they're, in a way, different aspects of the same thing.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29You know, I think you've got the scientific knowledge of mankind
0:11:29 > 0:11:32and you've got the faith knowledge of mankind,
0:11:32 > 0:11:37but it's all a small subset of the overall knowledge of God.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41And your journey to faith, was that an easy one?
0:11:41 > 0:11:44No, it was a huge surprise, actually.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47I went to a course on studying the Bible and I was telling
0:11:47 > 0:11:50a friend at the end of the course, "I can't do this faith thing,"
0:11:50 > 0:11:53and she said to me, "Well, it's not something you do.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55"It's something God does for you,"
0:11:55 > 0:11:59and I quite literally felt as if I'd been tapped on the shoulder
0:11:59 > 0:12:01and somebody had said, "You've not been paying attention.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03"I've been here all the time."
0:12:03 > 0:12:05So I decided that if that was true,
0:12:05 > 0:12:08that was the most important thing I'd ever heard
0:12:08 > 0:12:10and I decided to suspend disbelief
0:12:10 > 0:12:12and investigate further and I'm still investigating.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16- Like a proper scientist should, weighing up all the evidence.- Yeah.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20Love it. And there's still lots more to find out about the universe.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Oh, my goodness me, we're just at the beginning!
0:12:22 > 0:12:25And do you think as we find out more and more about the cosmos,
0:12:25 > 0:12:27do you think that faith will be lost
0:12:27 > 0:12:30if we discover more of the facts about our world?
0:12:30 > 0:12:31Well, you see,
0:12:31 > 0:12:34I don't think it needs to be because any increase
0:12:34 > 0:12:38in our knowledge actually just takes us a little further
0:12:38 > 0:12:41in understanding the whole totality of what God has done.
0:12:46 > 0:12:52# Sweet is the word, my God and king
0:12:52 > 0:12:56# To praise your name Give thanks and sing
0:12:56 > 0:13:01# To tell your love by morning light
0:13:01 > 0:13:05# Your faithfulness all through the night... #
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Today is the fifth Sunday of Lent and as Christians continue
0:14:51 > 0:14:54their time of reflection and preparation for Easter,
0:14:54 > 0:14:57we've a powerful hymn by Isaac Watts.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Now recognised as the father of English hymnody,
0:15:00 > 0:15:03during his lifetime, he was controversial.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Watts was the first to write hymn words
0:15:07 > 0:15:09based on personal feelings and testimony,
0:15:09 > 0:15:12though when he used the word "I" in the opening line
0:15:12 > 0:15:16of his most famous hymn, When I Survey The Wondrous Cross,
0:15:16 > 0:15:18he was actually revolutionising the way
0:15:18 > 0:15:21people expressed their faith in music.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24His masterpiece is sung here
0:15:24 > 0:15:26by the combined Welsh male voice choirs
0:15:26 > 0:15:29of Dunvant, Treorchy and Pendyrus.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11We're rolling back the years now to the 1960s.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Peterhead looked much the same as always,
0:18:14 > 0:18:17but, as Radzi Chinyanganya has been finding out,
0:18:17 > 0:18:19the wind of change was blowing.
0:18:22 > 0:18:261966, at the height of the swinging '60s,
0:18:26 > 0:18:28and London was the capital of cool.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Rock and roll had revolutionised the music industry.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36WOMEN SCREAM
0:18:36 > 0:18:39But despite this wave of popularity sweeping the country,
0:18:39 > 0:18:42the Church was resistant to change.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49I think there's something rather discreditable in our attempt
0:18:49 > 0:18:51to get alongside the modern generation.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55No musical instrument or no combination of musical sounds
0:18:55 > 0:18:59or musical responses is going to meet the real need.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02But there was a group of young priests
0:19:02 > 0:19:04inspired by the new popular culture
0:19:04 > 0:19:09that believed traditional worship was driving young people away,
0:19:09 > 0:19:14so they came up with a plan - a book of contemporary hymns and music.
0:19:14 > 0:19:15And 50 years ago,
0:19:15 > 0:19:19this ground-breaking hymn book, Youth Praise, was launched
0:19:19 > 0:19:22and, with that, a new worship movement was born.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Michael Baughan was one of the original founders
0:19:31 > 0:19:33of the Youth Praise movement.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37It was absolutely radical that we were trying to do something
0:19:37 > 0:19:41at which young people could sing and enjoy themselves and find worship.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43It wasn't welcome.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48It wasn't welcomed by organists and by many vicars, but, fortunately,
0:19:48 > 0:19:52there was a great movement amongst the younger clergy of the day.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54And it didn't stop with Youth Praise.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57A whole series of other new hymn books
0:19:57 > 0:19:59were inspired by that original.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Just have a listen.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03I'll just sing through the verse and you have a listen.
0:20:03 > 0:20:04# Come and worship Christ the King
0:20:04 > 0:20:07# Come and bow before... #
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Joel Payne is keeping things right up to date,
0:20:10 > 0:20:13writing new hymns for today's congregations.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14# ..everlasting God... #
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Shall we try that together?
0:20:16 > 0:20:18# Come and worship Christ the King
0:20:18 > 0:20:20# Come and bow before... #
0:20:20 > 0:20:23What's the connection between what we do now
0:20:23 > 0:20:26compared to the original Praise movement?
0:20:26 > 0:20:29So much of what we think is normal in church these days -
0:20:29 > 0:20:33you see guitars, you see contemporary bands -
0:20:33 > 0:20:34before Youth Praise,
0:20:34 > 0:20:37particularly in the mainstream Anglican Church,
0:20:37 > 0:20:39nobody had a guitar.
0:20:39 > 0:20:40Nobody dared.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43# Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh... #
0:20:43 > 0:20:47That small group of clergymen back then who recognised
0:20:47 > 0:20:50they needed to draw in elements of the culture to make sense
0:20:50 > 0:20:54of what they believed and that went on really to be the bedrock
0:20:54 > 0:20:57on which many of the contemporary hymn and songwriters
0:20:57 > 0:20:59that we know well today have actually built.
0:20:59 > 0:21:04# Over all the world His people sing
0:21:04 > 0:21:08# Shore to shore We hear them call... #
0:21:08 > 0:21:12Culture keeps moving and times change.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15What we believe in doesn't change.
0:21:15 > 0:21:21# Worship his holy name... #
0:21:21 > 0:21:23People were released at last to sing in a way
0:21:23 > 0:21:27which they wanted to sing and felt they could be Christians
0:21:27 > 0:21:29into the present day, in spite of the Church,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32in spite of it still sticking in the mud.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34So great hymns that have lasted
0:21:34 > 0:21:39and so an awful lot resulted from it, far beyond our expectations.
0:24:44 > 0:24:49There's been a lifeboat station at Peterhead for over 150 years.
0:24:49 > 0:24:55This early photograph taken in 1883 shows a daring rescue.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Thankfully, all the crew were saved.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03Paul Whitham became a lifeboat volunteer 16 years ago
0:25:03 > 0:25:06after being rescued himself by the Peterhead RNLI.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09He's on call day and night throughout the year.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16What goes through your mind on the way to a rescue?
0:25:16 > 0:25:19The immediate sort of things that run into your mind
0:25:19 > 0:25:20are what are we going to?
0:25:20 > 0:25:24Who's potentially needing saved and how many people?
0:25:24 > 0:25:26You know what you didn't mention was concern for yourself.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28You don't consider that?
0:25:28 > 0:25:31You tend not to think about it.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34I guess if you thought about it, you maybe wouldn't do it.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36All the volunteers are the same.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39"This is what I'm doing - get on and do it."
0:25:41 > 0:25:44I guess serving others is everything
0:25:44 > 0:25:48that we are asked to do as a Christian
0:25:48 > 0:25:52and this maybe does fall into that category of serving others.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02How do you cope when you're not able to save someone?
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Everyone deals with things in their own way,
0:26:04 > 0:26:07but what I find helps is the volunteers here
0:26:07 > 0:26:08are a good bunch of guys.
0:26:08 > 0:26:14If there's been a shout where there's been a tragic ending,
0:26:14 > 0:26:16we can sit round the table and sort of have
0:26:16 > 0:26:20a cup of coffee or tea or whatever and we just chat it through
0:26:20 > 0:26:24and it just helps to realise that life goes on,
0:26:24 > 0:26:27no matter what the circumstances we've just witnessed
0:26:27 > 0:26:31and it just helps us to get through it.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Paul, how does your faith help you when you're out there on the sea?
0:26:34 > 0:26:39I guess it's a case of knowing that when we're out there,
0:26:39 > 0:26:42I know that God's looking out for me.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45I know that in the Gospels, it tells the story of Jesus
0:26:45 > 0:26:48with his disciples on the lake in Galilee
0:26:48 > 0:26:51and while he's there, the storm brews up.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55His disciples are afraid and he calms the storm
0:26:55 > 0:26:58and I guess when I go out in a lifeboat,
0:26:58 > 0:27:02I've got that reassurance that it doesn't really matter
0:27:02 > 0:27:07what the weather is, Jesus is always behind the scenes
0:27:07 > 0:27:10and always looking out to protect us and he can calm the storm.
0:30:21 > 0:30:26Next week, we're in the Yorkshire Dales during lambing season.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30But we end today with a song of love -
0:30:30 > 0:30:32the love of God for us all.
0:30:32 > 0:30:33Bye-bye.