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Sunday Morning Live

Series 4

Episode 7

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Samira Ahmed and her guests discuss the week's ethical issues.

Talk show host Nick Ferrari, theologian and broadcaster Vicky Beeching, author and journalist Rosie Millard, and the investigative food journalist Joanna Blythman discuss:

Has science gone too far with our food?
Scientists at the University of Maastricht in Holland have developed the World's first test tube burger. They brought their creation to London where the burger, worth more than £200,000, was eaten in front of an audience. Sunday Morning Live went to visit a UK scientist growing purple tomatoes with supposed health benefits. Is science interfering too much with our food chain or does it hold the answers to the world's food problems?

Do footballers need to be role models?
The Premier League football season starts on 17 August. Football fans will be relieved to finally be seeing some top level action following a summer of transfer sagas. But will parents around the country be worried that their children are about to be influenced negatively by the players on parade? Nick Ferrari argues that it's time to stop looking at footballers as role models.

Should charity bosses be high earners?
The pay of some of the UK's biggest charities has been put under the spotlight this week. They're running big operations so shouldn't the bosses of charities be rewarded accordingly? Or is it unfair that a chunk of the money donated by the public goes towards the pay packets of some of the charities' directors? Our panel debates the issues. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Participant:
Nick Ferrari
Participant:
Vicky Beeching
Participant:
Rosie Millard
Participant:
Joanna Blythman
Producer:
Neil Dimmock
Series Editor:
Dave Stanford
Executive Producer:
Simon Barnes

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