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The Hand of God: 2/3: Juggling Heaven and Hollywood

on BBC One London

Michael Buerk asks whether it's possible to mix God and showbusiness.
Among those he meets are former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson, who believes God is happy with her provocative roles, and devout Catholic Jim Caviezel, who talks about his role as Jesus in Mel Gibson's The Passion.
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Michael Buerk asks former Baywatch pin-up Pamela Anderson how her faith exists alongside her glamorous profession.
DOCUMENTARY The Hand of God 10.35pm BBC1 Michael Buerk knew he'd be interviewing all sorts of people about the effect of God on their showbiz careers for this programme, but he didn't think that Pamela Anderson would be one of them. However, it seems that the sex queen of tacky TV, whose current project is Stripperella - a cartoon strip using her physique and voice - is a religious person and helps out in her children's Sunday school.
As always, Buerk is polite and interested in what she has to say, but despite his assertion that "religion isn't about image, it's about what's on the inside of people", you can tell he feels that her Hollywood lifestyle and religion make strange bedfellows, even if Anderson fails to see any contradiction between her faith and her on-screen roles.
But she's not the only celebrity juggling the different worlds of showbiz and religion. Actor James Fox turned his back on his acting career in the 1970s to join a Christian evangelical organisation. Soul singer Solomon Burke starting preaching when he was just seven years old and is now an ordained bishop. And of course no programme about celebrity Christians would be complete without an appearance by Sir Cliff Richard. (Jane Rackham)

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Buerk
Interviewee:
Pamela Anderson
Interviewee:
Jim Caviezel
Producer:
Jonathan Mayo
Executive Producer:
Hugh Faupel

BBC One London

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