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   Name: D J Cope on Jan 14, 2013

   Comments: Pleae enlighten us which section of the public wants it to be braodcast at 6am? I listen to it as a prelude to attending Church at 10am. Who out of the cross ection of British Society would want to listen to it at 6am?

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   Name: Paul Hudson on Jan 14, 2013

   Comments: Appalling decision sprung on us at the last minute. Thousands of older listeners without computers will be affected. No surprise though as the BBC in recent years is now self serving as opposed to public serving & is totally out of touch with it's customers.

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   Name: Shirley Brooks on Jan 14, 2013

   Comments: I would also like the programme to be presented by an ordained minister.

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4. 304
   Name: BRYAN CHASTELL on Jan 14, 2013

   Comments: An utter disgrace to do this to such an institution. I do not believe the BBC comment re. listening figures. I have emailed the programme with my views. One is suspicious when such short notice was given of the change. Shame on you the BBC, absolutely absurd.

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   Name: Averil Batting on Jan 14, 2013

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   Name: Margaret Rice on Jan 14, 2013

   Comments: I have been listening to sunday half hour for 60 years, this programme is part of my life structure.

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   Name: Glenys E Chastell on Jan 14, 2013

   Comments: Outraged by yet another BBC boob!

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   Name: Mrs Joyce Wyles on Jan 14, 2013

   Comments: I am 80 years old and have missed very few programmes since Sunday Half Hour began. I am all right because I always record the programme but feel so sorry for those who do not have this facility or the know how of how to record. I think it a good idea to have an hour slot in the mornings and call it what you like but lets keep the 30 minute slot in the evening as it has been for the past 72 years.

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   Name: Ian Williams on Jan 14, 2013

   Comments: By moving to 6am the BBC is destroying a whole community - how many current listeners are even awake at that time? Do the decision makers realise that this is more than a radio programme that can be downloaded from iplayer? It is a weekly opportunity to worship with other Christians across the world - and it has been particularly valuable to me when I have been unable to get to church. Having listened to Sunday Half Hour for 30 years I am very upset at what more or less amounts to the end of the programme.

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    Name: Kenneth Leider on Jan 14, 2013

    Comments: At 83 I have been a keen listener to this programme for many years. I am one of those people who does not use a computer very often. My friend has helped me sign this petition. I trust that the BBC will reconsider their decision to end this lovely programme which so many people love. Many won't be able to sign this petition.

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11. 311
    Name: Chris Johnson on Jan 14, 2013

    Comments: I object to Sunday Half Hour being moved to 6am. It is simply pushing religion to the margins and removes it from its availability to the majority!

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    Name: Richard Booth on Jan 14, 2013

    Comments: The proposed move of Sunday Half Hour from its established slot on Sunday evening to 6am on Sunday is nothing less than a disgrace. It will leave many people, especially the elderly, feeling bereft and lonely on a Sunday evening. I remember the comfort it gave my late grandparents - the programme, which I listen to about 50% of the time, always makes me think of them. I am concerned that the BBC has no regard whatsoever for the British people and the things they hold dear. These things include, for many, communal singing and a strong attachment to the Christian faith (even if they are not churchgoers). I urge the BBC to think again.

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13. 313
    Name: Phyllida Rawson on Jan 14, 2013

    Comments: Shame on the BBC! Realistically who will listen on iPlayer later in the day? Sunday half hour has been at at convenient time, but no longer!

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    Name: Philip Hutchinson on Jan 14, 2013

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15. 315
    Name: Mary-Clare Macfarlane on Jan 14, 2013

    Comments: Elderly or housebound people should not be obliged to get up at 0600 to listen to Sunday Half-hour and no, iplayer is not an option for many, as they do not always have the technology to use it.

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    Name: Anonymous on Jan 14, 2013

    Comments: I have enjoyed Sunday Half Hour since I was a child, and know many older friends really appreciate this special time at the end of Sunday and would not be awake to enjoy it at 6 p.m.

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    Name: Mary Hallett on Jan 14, 2013

    Comments: Dont always listen but really enjoy the program - would never listen at 6am - listen to 'Sunday' after 7am.

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18. 318
    Name: Judy Booth on Jan 14, 2013

    Comments: Sunday Half Hour has been part of my life for many years and at 6 a.m. I am soundly asleep.

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    Name: D.Stott on Jan 14, 2013

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    Name: John Peet on Jan 14, 2013

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    Name: David Watson on Jan 14, 2013

    Comments: Obviously part of a cynical ploy to further reduce the listening figures in order to justify withdrawing the programme completely. The arrogance of the BBC's overpaid management 'jobsworths' must be challenged.

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    Name: Peter Rawson on Jan 14, 2013

    Comments: If I should wish to continue listening to Sunday Half Hour x 2 then I will lose two hours sleep each Su day morning. This is a slot for a minority of the population. To move from peak Sunday evening to a low audience time speaks for itself as a deliberate and aggressive relegation of religion out of popular sight.

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23. 323
    Name: Andrew Weatherby on Jan 14, 2013

    Comments: I think that it is a disgrace what the BBC are doing with Sunday Half Hour and another attempt to sideline religion.

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24. 324
    Name: Archie Whyte on Jan 14, 2013

    Comments: For many people Sunday Half Hour was the highight of their radio listening. Many people cannot travel to church and many are unable to use iplayer, to change the time to 6am is really pretty shoddy by the BBC. I would therefore urge the BBC to reconsider this change.

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    Name: Robin Hawes on Jan 14, 2013

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    Name: Jonathan Gregory on Jan 14, 2013

    Comments: I am one of those for whom the timing of the programme matters little directly. I have access to the internet, and more often than not listen online later in the week whilst working at my computer, rather than at 8.30 on a Sunday evening. However, a huge proportion of its audience have no internet access and will be greatly disadvantaged by the move. I feel for them! Sunday half-hour is a beautiful way to draw the Lord's Day to a close, but the BBC ( a secular organisation and proud of it) shows little care for the spiritual well-being of its listeners. Was there any consultation?

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    Name: T And I Furnell on Jan 14, 2013

    Comments: We have listened to Sunday Half Hour over many years - it is not Sunday evening without it, and it prepares us for the coming week. It is also comforting to know that this is one programme that our grand-parents listened to and we have been able to hold on to that continuity. We do not want to set the alarm to be able to listen at 6 am thank you. How many people have access to i-players anyway? Sunday evening will just not be the comfort zone any more.

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    Name: Venerable Bob Metecalf on Jan 14, 2013

    Comments: Does the BBC, in its wisdom, not realise that, although numbers listening to Sunday Half Hour might appear to be low, many of them are people who do not have access to a computer, nor perhaps the expertise to us one in order to go to the i-player. For example, many of our housebound folk appreciate our Church's evening service recorded on a tape and taken to their homes by members of our Pastoral Care Team to help them set it up. Could Sunday Half Hour be placed perhaps on You-tube to enable access and for it to be taken to homes by friends . Please think seriously about possibilities of not having to waken up the elderly in particular at 6 a.m. and then they might appreciate gratefully the extra half hour.

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29. 329
    Name: Emmerson Walgrove on Jan 14, 2013

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    Name: David Napper on Jan 14, 2013

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    Name: Valerie James on Jan 14, 2013

    Comments: Many older listeners may not have internet access if they are not able to listen to the programme at the new time

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32. 332
    Name: Bruce Grainger on Jan 14, 2013

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    Name: Margaret Nicholson on Jan 14, 2013

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    Name: Richard Burdett on Jan 14, 2013

    Comments: Many of the elderly listeners to this programme do not have access to the internet so have no possibility of listening to it if they are asleep, as many are, at 6.00am when the new version will be broadcast.

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    Name: Pam Geoghegan on Jan 14, 2013

    Comments: this programme hould be returned to it's rightful place on Sunday evening

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36. 336
    Name: Naomi Bowen on Jan 14, 2013

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    Name: Brother Anthony Jukes on Jan 14, 2013

    Comments: I feel that 6.00am is too early for most on Sundays to listen to this cherished BBC programme, though an hour-long broadcast is surely welcome. Some would not be familiar with IT in order to listen to the transmission vis the BBC i Player.

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    Name: Andrew Palmer on Jan 14, 2013

    Comments: Moving this program from its prime time slot to the early hours of the morning is ridiculous and just another example of the de-religionisation of our media.

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    Name: Karen O'Hara on Jan 15, 2013

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    Name: Eileen Begley on Jan 15, 2013

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    Name: Andy Milwain on Jan 15, 2013

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    Name: Wendy Fearns on Jan 15, 2013

    Comments: SHH is my favourite radio programme. For decades, I have stopped everything on a Sunday evening so that I might listen to SHH in peace and quiet. I am not awake at 0600 on a Sunday morning and do not have a computer to 'listen again' to something I did not hear in the first place.

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    Name: Angela Fudge on Jan 15, 2013

    Comments: Please don,t move this programme. Many housebound, elderly people rely on it as their only means of connection to Church. They may not have the capacity to listen on iplayer or the ability to be up at 6am. Please don,t deny them this small enjoyment in what otherwise must be a difficult time.

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    Name: Diana Burges on Jan 15, 2013

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    Name: David J P Powell on Jan 15, 2013

    Comments: It is shocking that the BBC continues to work towards a pasteurised religious 'slot' that insults christians and satisfies no-one.

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46. 346
    Name: Lynne Pardoe on Jan 15, 2013

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47. 347
    Name: Steve Morrell on Jan 15, 2013

    Comments: Why not a 1 hour programme. Half an hour seems a very small percentage of time to give to the Lord of the universe.

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48. 348
    Name: John Phoenix on Jan 15, 2013

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    Name: Phil Thomas on Jan 15, 2013

    Comments: I think retaining this programme slot is vital for many older people in our communities who do not have access to iPlayer.

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    Name: Richard Fincham on Jan 15, 2013

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