Hear Vox Holloway in The Sun Does Shine on BBC Radio 4

The story of Anthony Ray Hinton who spent years on death row for crimes he didn't commit, is the subject of an oratorio composed by Harvey Brough and performed by Vox Holloway Community Choir.

Last July, the choir produced a radio programme on the show that was broadcast to every prison in the UK. Now the BBC plans to air it on Sunday 10 November - details below - do listen if you can. It features Anthony Ray Hinton himself and is very special.

In June 1988, Mr Hinton was convicted of two murders, in one of the most shockingly cynical miscarriages of justice in US history. He spent the next 28 years on death row, before all charges were dropped and he was finally released in April 2015.

The Sun Does Shine is the title of his memoir, in which he tells how he found life and freedom on death row. His story reflects the compassion, faith and heroic courage of a remarkable man. In prison he befriended Henry Hays, a member of the Ku Klux Klan, who was convicted and eventually executed for a racist murder.

The unlikely friendship of Hinton and Hays lies at the heart of this story.

Illuminated: The Sun Does Shine features an extended interview with Hinton, in which he talks about how he survived years of imprisonment, facing the constant threat of execution, and how the multiple appeals launched by his lawyer Bryan Stevenson ultimately led to his release.

His words are accompanied by an oratorio composed by Harvey Brough, based on Hinton's memoir and performed by the Vox Holloway Community Choir. Vox Holloway's work on The Sun Does Shine was supported by Arts Council England

Since leaving prison, Anthony Ray Hinton has worked tirelessly, alongside Bryan Stevenson, campaigning for the abolition of the death penalty and for reforms to the criminal justice and prison system in America

PRESENTER: Christina Gill
PRODUCERS: Abigail Morris and Sam Liebmann
COMPOSER: Harvey Brough
LIBRETTIST: Justin Butcher
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Andrew Wilkie and Tricia Zipfel
A Vox Holloway / Prison Radio Association production

BBC Radio 4 will be broadcasting Illuminated: The Sun Does Shine next Sunday, 10 November 7.15pm at this link:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002525p