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- ↑ BBC Radio 3's In Tune episode details
- ↑ Songs of Praise factsheet
- ↑ Songs of Praise episode details
- ↑ Evans, Rian (10 November 2009). "Exultate Singers/Ogden". The Guardian (UK). Retrieved 14 January 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ BBC Radio 3 The Choir: Let The Peoples Sing competition
