>> welcome to the state of the nafion >> welcome to the state of the nation christmas special. some of you may have heard me mention somerset during the course of the year, but the christmas special is all about somerset because it's where christianity in england probably really began. joseph of arimathea is said to have brought christ himself to glastonbury. between his birth and the beginning of his birth and the beginning of his ministry. what did christ do.7 well, his ministry. what did christ do? well, as any sensible man and god would do, he visited somerset with joseph, who may have been related to him, and went to glastonbury, which started the christian story. the christian truth in this country. so the next time you sing blake's famous hymn and those words come out, you must wonder if they are true. did those feet in ancient time walk upon

england's pastures green?