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Series 5: Sanctuary: An Act of Defiance Viraj Mendis from Sri Lanka begs for sanctuary in an Ascension church. The vicar, Father John Methuen, agrees to protect him defying Thatcher’s government.
Previously on In Detail...
Series 1. The Pub Bombings Exploring the impact of two Birmingham pub bombs in a 50 year evolving story.
Series 2. The Toxic Waste Scandal Explore the shocking events that ripped through a steelworks community in Corby.
Series 3: Felled: The Sycamore Gap Story Hairy Biker Si King investigates who felled the tree at Sycamore Gap in Northumberland.
Series 4: The Jesus Army Uncovering the rise and unravelling of one of the biggest religious cults in Britain.
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Exploring and explaining news stories from across England.
Series 5: Sanctuary: An Act of Defiance Viraj Mendis from Sri Lanka begs for sanctuary in an Ascension church. The vicar, Father John Methuen, agrees to protect him defying Thatcher’s government.
Previously on In Detail...
Series 1. The Pub Bombings Exploring the impact of two Birmingham pub bombs in a 50 year evolving story.
Series 2. The Toxic Waste Scandal Explore the shocking events that ripped through a steelworks community in Corby.
Series 3: Felled: The Sycamore Gap Story Hairy Biker Si King investigates who felled the tree at Sycamore Gap in Northumberland.
Series 4: The Jesus Army Uncovering the rise and unravelling of one of the biggest religious cults in Britain.
If you want to be notified as soon as new episodes are available, make sure you've subscribed on BBC Sounds.
Uncovering the rise and unravelling of one of the biggest religious cults in Britain. Exploring the controversies, abuses and lasting scars left on those who lived within it.
Diving deep into the Fellowship Church and the 'Jesus Army', led by Baptist evangelical maverick Noel Stanton in the Northamptonshire village of Bugbrooke.
Devotees gave up their homes, their money and in some cases their family to live in Noel’s 'heaven on earth' where everything was shared – even children.
Presenter Annabel Amos grew up in a village 5 minutes away from where this all began, as ex-members and survivors share their stories she has realised she knew little of the horrors lurking behind a promise of faith.
Presenter: Annabel Amos. Producer: Ellena Wood, Tim Wheeler and Sarah-Jane Muddiman. Writer: Tim Wheeler with additional scripting by Jack Kibble White. Story consultant: Jack Kibble White. Sound design: Meic Parry. Sounds producer: Alex Huxley. Online Producer: Rachael Smith. Executive Producer: Anna Bartlett and Katie Buchanan. Commissioning Editor: Alistair Miskin.
All interviews were produced and directed by Ellena Wood for the BBC series 'Inside the Cult of the Jesus Army' - on BBC iPlayer/BBCTwo.
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