THE Bishop of Sherborne has recorded a broadcast for this weekend's the national BBC Local Radio Sunday Service.

The service by Reverend Karen Gorham celebrates the journey of the wise men to the babe at Bethlehem and in the service the bishop reflects on being a 'seeker and a searcher' and what that might mean in these very difficult times.

Speaking about preparing to record the service in her own Dorset home, she said: "Doing this remotely and making sure an advance recording is up-to-date has been challenging.

"It was a privilege to have been asked and great that something local can be heard across the whole of the country. For many people, 8.00am on a Sunday morning on local radio has been important to their own faith during this last year, including my own mother."

The national broadcast was produced and is being led by Canon Tim Daykin. It will be broadcast across all BBC local radio stations, including BBC Radio Solent, this Sunday, January 10, at 8.00am.

"A service for the radio has to focus on a hugely diverse audience - much more so that one would get in church," said Mr Daykin. "It has to be short and to the point, with great music.

"It needs to be ‘of the moment’ so listeners, especially those on their own can feel, that was just for me. Good radio is not about broadcasting to 100s of 1000s of people but about broadcasting to one person 100s of 1000s of times."