Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,803 playable programmes from the BBC

Results 1 to 20 of 39 for your search filters
Filter by channel

A History of Christianity

Episode 6: God in the Dock

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Diarmaid MacCulloch examines the concept of scepticism in Western Christianity and challenges the idea that faith has ebbed away in the face of science and reason. Show more

Around the World in 80 Faiths

Episode 1: Australasia and the Pacific Ring of Fire

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two Wales (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC HD

Pete Owen Jones presents the definitive guide to faith on Earth. Here, he travels to Australasia to explore tribal faiths. Show more

A History of Christianity

Episode 3: Orthodoxy - From Empire to Empire

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores Eastern Orthodox Christianity's fight for survival, having withstood threats from Islam, Catholicism and communism. Show more

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Dr Saleyha Ahsan meets prominent British Muslims undertaking 16 hour fasting days throughout July and talks to Dr Michael Mosley whose health was transformed by a fasting diet. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Sian Salt
Director:
Sian Salt
Executive Producer:
Julian Mercer
Participant:
Michael Mosley
Presenter:
Saleyha Ahsan

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Reverend Kate Bottley re-opens the case against the Bible's greatest villain, Judas Iscariot. In Jerusalem she visits the places associated with his betrayal and death. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kate Bottley
Producer:
Sian Salt
Director:
Sian Salt
Executive Producer:
Aaqil Ahmed

Fern Britton Meets...

Series 6

Episode 2: Nicholas Parsons

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales HD

Fern Britton talks to Nicholas Parsons as he shares anecdotes from his 70 years on radio, stage and screen, revealing how his faith was tested by his wartime experiences. Show more

Fern Britton Meets...

Series 3

Episode 1: Ann Widdecombe

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

In the first of a four-part series, Fern Britton talks to Ann Widdecombe, whose feisty public approach as a politician once earned her the title of 'Doris Karloff'. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Fern Britton
Interviewed Guest:
Ann Widdecombe
Producer:
Sian Salt
Director:
Sian Salt
Executive Producer:
Dave Stanford

Fern Britton Meets...

Series 3

Episode 3: Russell Watson

Duration: 1 hour

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

In the third of her Advent interviews, Fern Britton speaks to Russell Watson, who went from singing in working men's clubs to performing for presidents and royalty. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Fern Britton
Interviewed Guest:
Russell Watson
Producer:
Sian Salt
Executive Producer:
Dave Stanford
Director:
Sian Salt

A History of Christianity

Episode 2: Catholicism: The Unpredictable Rise of Rome

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores the rise of Roman Catholicism. How did a small Jewish sect become western Europe's established religion? Show more

Duration: 30 minutes

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

For his New Year Rosh Hashanah message the Chief Rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks, puts the case for religion as a vital antidote to what he sees as a crisis in British society. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Jean-Claude Bragard
Producer:
Sian Salt
Director:
Sian Salt

Fern Britton Meets...

Series 7

Episode 1: Shane Lynch

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales HD

Boyzone's Shane Lynch talks to Fern Britton about the highs and lows of life as a member of one of the most successful boy bands in history. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Fern Britton
Interviewed Guest:
Shane Lynch
Producer:
Sian Salt
Executive Producer:
Aaqil Ahmed

Duration: 5 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, delivers his annual New Year message for the final time before stepping down from the role after 10 years in office.

Songs of Praise

Christmas in Wartime

Duration: 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Channel Islands

Aled Jones celebrates the second Sunday in Advent at the Holy Cross church in Greenford, Middlesex. With a performance of The Prayer by Jonathan and Charlotte. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Aled Jones
Producer:
Sian Salt
Series Editor:
David Taviner
Executive Producer:
Tommy Nagra

Songs of Praise

Lowry's Salford Then and Now

Duration: 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Russell Watson explores how his native Salford has changed since artist LS Lowry painted the industrial town. Russell also performs Jerusalem. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Russell Watson
Producer:
Sian Salt
Series Editor:
David Taviner
Executive Producer:
Tommy Nagra

Songs of Praise

Christmas is Coming

Duration: 35 minutes

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

David Grant joins in the festive preparations on the Isle of Man and introduces some Manx carols and Advent hymns from the Cathedral of St German in Peel.

Contributors

Presenter:
David Grant
Producer:
Sian Salt
Series Editor:
David Taviner
Executive Producer:
Tommy Nagra

Duration: 34 minutes

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

Music and worship. Aled Jones seeks out stories of triumph over adversity, past and present, and reveals the secret wartime location for the popular Daily Service broadcast.

Contributors

Presenter:
Aled Jones
Producer:
Sian Salt
Series Editor:
David Taviner
Executive Producer:
Tommy Nagra