The Rainbow Through The Rain – A POW’s story in the Far East

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🗓️ 2 September 2015

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The Rainbow Through The Rain tells the story of Geoffrey Mowat, the grandfather of Justin Brierley. Geoff was a Prisoner of War under the Japanese during World War 2, which included time spent under brutal conditions in the construction of Burma’s ‘Death Railway’. Through the experience Geoff developed a call to ministry in the church of England. When the programme first aired ten years ago it won First Prize in the Sandford St Martin Religious Broadcasting awards. The programme was recently rebroadcast to mark 70 years since the formal surrender of the Japanese to the Allies, bringing an end to World War 2 in the Far East. To read more about Geoff’s story: http://www.premierchristianity.com/Past-Issues/2015/September-2015/The-rainbow-through-the-rain To request to buy a copy of the book on which the programme is based email [email protected]

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0:29.8	Hello and welcome along to a special midweek podcast edition of Unbelievable.
0:35.0	This is Justin Briley, your show host, but in a break from the usual format of the show,
0:39.6	what you're going to hear today is a radio feature that I presented recently on Premier Christian Radio to
0:45.0	mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II at the Far East.
0:49.1	I hope wherever you are on the faith spectrum you'll enjoy it and you're always welcome to send me your
0:53.4	feedback to unbelievable at premiere.org. UK.
0:57.6	Hello I'm Justin Briley welcoming you to a special bank holiday program
1:01.8	being broadcast to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of
1:05.2	World War II in the Far East.
1:07.4	On 2 September 1945, Japan formally surrendered to the Allies.
1:12.2	The task then began of repatriating
1:14.0	the surviving prisoners of war who'd been captured in the Far East during the
1:17.4	campaign. One of those survivors was my grandfather Jeffrey Mowett. This two-part
1:22.2	program, The Rainbow Through the Rain, which traces his spiritual
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