great sheet of muscle hanging over the shoulder, the great bushy beard of a prophet, blood pouring from the wounds in his hands and feet." "There were plenty of images of the suffering Christ in the Middle Ages, but in the Middle Ages, this would've been part of a grand theological scheme with a doom painting overhead and standing on the top of a rood screen." "Here, it stands alone, and there's a physicality to this that could only have come from someone who's seen one of the great horrors of the 20th century." "AIR RAID SIREN BLARES" "EXPLOSIONS" "'The Second World War brought devastation to many of Britain's cities." "'Three centuries earlier, the Great Fire of London 'had cleared the way for Wren's masterpiece, St Paul's Cathedral.'"taken place here." "'The simplicity and solidity of the Anglo-Saxon churches 'swept away by the triumphant Normans." "'The Middle Ages, filling their churches with images of life and death, 'then attacked by the violence of the Reformation." "'The calm and elegant learning of the Enlightenment 'challenged by the Victorians, scraping back those old buildings 'and filling them with industrial stained glass." "'And, in the 20th century, the impact of the wars 'and attempts to re-imagine churches, 'right up to the dawn of the digital age.'" "And that's why I will always visit these holy spaces, to bathe in their beauty and to read their history and their drama." "Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd" "E-mail subtitling@bbc.co.uk"