Letters at the End of the Millennium

In its final programme of the old millennium, BBC Radio 4 invited several contemporary writers, artists and commentators to read letters they had written to some of the major Christian figures of the last 2,000 years. We intercepted three of these letters, written to Augustine, Bach and Bunyan, and present them here. They express thanks, criticism and a sense of continuity, linking the Christians of today and tomorrow with those who have kept the faith before us.

Rowan Williams writes to St Augustine.

James MacMillan writes to Johann Sebastian Bach.

Terry Waite writes to John Bunyan.

"At the End of the Millennium" was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 31 December 1999 at 11.00pm. Presented by Roger Bolton and Melanie Phillips. Producer: Iwan Russell-Jones. These extracts are © the BBC and used by permission.

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