The church - where’s all the morality gone?

It was this week revealed that Songs of Praise filmed both their Christmas and Easter episodes at the same time…in November.

Now as those in PR will surely testify, the truth can be bent slightly, and re-positioning of common conceptions is not impossible, but it seems that for the vicar this was one stage too far, and he told his congregation so.

So has Songs of Praise lost its authority? This was not a show that claimed to have any moral authority, and it is simply the economics of television that dictated this. This is not a communications disaster, because the audience are well aware that this is not recorded live, and the spirit of the occasion is not dictated by the time of year that it is recorded. I’m sure Songs of Praise would rather this had not come out, but this story has few far-reaching consequences. Come Easter Day, when everyone is enjoying watching Songs of Praise, the date of recording will soon be forgotten.