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As the Church in Wales begins to celebrate its centenary, Roy Jenkins looks at the difficult circumstances attending the birth of this national institution from the remnants of the Church of England in Wales. The feud between church and chapel which haunted the Wales of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was as divisive as Brexit, and actually lasted longer. When disestablishment finally happened in 1920, much against its will the Church found its status severely reduced, and its financial assets effectively nationalised. The argument back then was that only a minority of Christians in Wales worshipped in church; with the decline of non-conformism, that position has now been reversed. Featuring interviews with John Davies, Archbishop of Wales, Joanna Pemberthy, Bishop of St Davids, together with Professor Norman Doe, Professor Densil Morgan and one of the Church's youngest clerics, Dean Roberts, the programme looks at the Church's historical legacy, and the impact that has had on its mission today.

This programme was first broadcast in January 2020.