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The Big Questions: Series 9

Nicky Campbell

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The Big Questions: Series 9: Episode 13

Episode 13

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BBC One - The Big Questions, Series 9, Episode 13

Nicky Campbell is in York asking: Is there more truth in Shakespeare than the Bible?

Nicky Campbell presents from Manor CE Academy, York. In honour of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death, he asks: Is there more truth in Shakespeare than the Bible?

Nicky Campbell presents a specially recorded programme from Manor CE Academy, York. In honour of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death, he asks: Is there more truth in Shakespeare than the Bible?

Amongst those taking part is the world's leading Shakespeare scholar, Prof Stanley Wells; the rapper, Akala, founder of the Hip-hop Shakespeare Company; Richard Denton, producer of Shakespeare Uncovered; the writer and critic, Andrew Dickson; Dr Jem Bloomfield, author of Words of Power: Reading Shakespeare and the Bible; Revd Dr Alison Millbank from Nottingham University;  Dr Rebecca Emmett from York University; Rev Dr Paul Edmondson from the Shakespeare Institute; and Dr Kevin Killeen from York University.

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