and several other schools. In popular culture The hymn is sung in The Crown, Season 1, Episode 1 (2016), as Winston Churchill enters Westminster Abbey for the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten. Julian Mitchell's 1981 play Another Country and its 1984 film version derive their titles from the words of the second stanza. An arrangement of the hymn composed by Johan Söderqvist and Patrik Andrén was included as a part of the official soundtrack for Battlefield V. Reception In August 2004, Stephen Lowe, Bishop of Hulme criticised the hymn in a diocese newsletter, calling it "heretical" because of its nationalist overtones. "I Vow to Thee, My Country" was voted as the UK's sixth favourite hymn in a 2019 poll by the BBC's Songs of Praise. References External links I Vow to Thee, My Country at CyberHymnal. I Vow to Thee, My Country at Hymnary.org. Libera (choir): I Vow to Thee, my country (Angel Voices. Libera in concert; music; concert in Leiden-2007); Libera Official, 2016 (Youtube). I vow to Thee, my country (video; concert in Leiden-2007). Youtube, 2008. I vow to Thee, my country (Free; music); Libera Official, 2014 (Youtube) 1921 songs British patriotic songs Compositions by Gustav Holst English Christian hymns 20th-century hymns