Sunday Sequence (BBC Radio Ulster)
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BBC Northern Ireland
BBC Northern Ireland is the main public service broadcaster in Northern Ireland.The organisation is one of the three national regions of the BBC, together with BBC Scotland and BBC Wales. Based at Broadcasting House, Belfast, it provides television, radio, online and interactive television content...
's award-winning Sunday morning speech radio programme has a magazine format and a focus on religion, ethics and current affairs.
Sunday Sequence is one of BBC Radio Ulster
BBC Radio Ulster
BBC Radio Ulster is one of two Northern Irish BBC radio stations, the other being BBC Radio Foyle located in the city of Derry. BBC Radio Ulster is located at Broadcasting House in the Ormeau Avenue area of Belfast city centre...
's longest running programmes. It has been on-air since September 14th 1980. Since 2002, it has been presented by William Crawley
William Crawley
-Television presenter:He recently presented Blueprint, a three-part television natural history series, which ran from 31 March 2008, as the centre-piece of the most ambitious multi-platform broadcasting project in the history of BBC Northern Ireland. The Blueprint season united TV, radio and online...
. It was previously presented by Etta Halliday (1995-2002), Patrick Speight, Alison Hilliard, Davy Sims and Trevor Williams.
The producer is currently Séamus Boyd, who replaced Martin O'Brien
Martin O'Brien
Martin O'Brien is an Irish journalist and producer with BBC Northern Ireland.-Personal life:O'Brien was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland....
, who produced the programme since 1995.
Sunday Sequence won two Andrew Cross Award
Andrew Cross Award
The Andrew Cross Awards were one of the UK's awards for religious journalism. They were awarded annually by the Churches' Media Council, an association which brought together churches, broadcasters, broadcasting authorities and media educators in celebrating and encouraging the best in...
s in 2002, one of them for its response to September 11, 2011. It won a third Andrew Cross Award
Andrew Cross Award
The Andrew Cross Awards were one of the UK's awards for religious journalism. They were awarded annually by the Churches' Media Council, an association which brought together churches, broadcasters, broadcasting authorities and media educators in celebrating and encouraging the best in...
as well as a commendation in 2006 in the UK radio speech programme of the year category for a special programme responding to the death of Pope John Paul II.
Sunday Sequence is currently broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster
BBC Radio Ulster
BBC Radio Ulster is one of two Northern Irish BBC radio stations, the other being BBC Radio Foyle located in the city of Derry. BBC Radio Ulster is located at Broadcasting House in the Ormeau Avenue area of Belfast city centre...
, every Sunday morning from 8.30 - 10.15 a.m. An edited weekly podcast, Everyday Ethics, is available to download shortly after each broadcast.