A DOCUMENTARY about the Churches Conservation Trust’s All Souls Bolton project will be shown on television this Sunday.

The programme explores the story of the £4.9 million regeneration project through the eyes of those who have been involved in it, including chair of All Souls Bolton Inayat Omarji, chief executive of the Churches Conservation Trust Crispin Truman and historic building specialist Alan Gardner and project architect Nick Berry.

Aside from its religious purpose, the historic church — originally built in 1881 — served as a community hub, a cornerstone of local activity for more than 100 years.

However, after closing in 1986, it was vandalised and broken into by thieves.

The Churches Conservation Trust (CCT), working with the local community, enabled the church to undergo a complete transformation.

The project involved constructing a new community facility inside the church building, and adding spaces beneficial to the local community, including contemporary workspace and business units, a café and state-of-the-art conference facilities.

At the same time, an extensive historic repair project took place, which included the complete re-roofing of the church, the repair and replacement of more than 50 percent of the leaded windows and comprehensive masonry repairs.

The reopening in December last year marked the end of a 10-year campaign by the chairman of All Souls, Inayat Omarji, to bring the facility back to life.

Last year Mr Omarji received the English Heritage Angel Award for "the best rescue of any other type of historic building or site".

The programme will be repeated on Monday April 6 at 10am, Sunday April 12 at 7am and Sunday April 26 at 11pm.

The Community Channel can be found on Sky 539, Virgin 233, Freeview 63, Freeview HD 106, Freesat 651 and on BBC iPlayer, BT Vision and YouTube.