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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/midwives-deliver-c4-festive-message.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The team of midwives will deliver Channel 4's alternative to the Queen's Christmas Day broadcast" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-midwives-deliver-c4-festive-message.jpg" alt="The team of midwives will deliver Channel 4's alternative to the Queen's Christmas Day broadcast"/></a></p>
<p>A team of midwives will deliver Channel 4&#8217;s alternative to the Queen&#8217;s Christmas Day broadcast this year.</p>
<p>The women from the Princess Anne Hospital in Southampton, who featured in the channel&#8217;s documentary series One Born Every Minute, are following in the footsteps of Ali G, Jamie Oliver and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran to deliver the broadcast.</p>
<p>The alternative message, which will be shown at 3pm on Christmas Day, is part of a series called One Born At Christmas, which runs over the holiday period.</p>
<p>Midwife Kay Duggan said: &#8220;It&#8217;s lovely to work here at Christmas because you meet all sorts of different people, different religions and cultures &#8211; all celebrating Christmas in their own way.&#8221;</p>
<p>Head of midwifery Maria Dore said she wants people to think about families who have lost loved ones, and said a birth is &#8220;a way of celebrating again&#8221;.</p>
<p>Channel 4 has been delivering its own Christmas message since 1993. Last year, acid attack survivor Katie Piper urged viewers to &#8220;appreciate the beautiful things and the beautiful people that you have in your life now&#8221;.</p>
<p>But other choices have been more controversial, including President Ahmadinejad, who delivered his 2008 broadcast to a wave of criticism.</p>
<p>English writer, actor and gay icon Quentin Crisp became the first person to present Channel 4&#8217;s alternative Christmas Day broadcast in 1993, while American civil rights activist and Baptist minister the Rev Jesse Jackson succeeded him the following year.</p>
<p>Marge Simpson became the only cartoon character to deliver the channel&#8217;s alternative message when she got the nod in 2004, while Rory Bremner and Sharon Osbourne are among those who have also had the honour.</p>
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