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Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Documentary series. At Birmingham Children's Hospital, the chaplains support a father stepping in to save his baby daughter's life by donating a part of his own liver. Show more

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Documentary series. On the teenage cancer ward a boy is treated for leukaemia, and in the renal ward a girl faces surgery to remove her transplanted kidney. Show more

Duration: 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland

The story of 300 Jewish orphans who, having been captured by the Nazis, defied the odds against their survival and lived to tell the tale in Windermere. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Maxine Peake
Executive Producer:
Jean-Claude Bragard

How God Made the English

Episode 3: A White and Christian People?

Duration: 59 minutes

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

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English. In the final programme, he examines the idea that there is an ethnic core to Englishness. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Ann Widdecombe examines whether the Christian faith is in terminal decline in the UK, and discovers three areas of Christian growth which are bucking the downward trend. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Ann Widdecombe
Executive Producer:
Jean-Claude Bragard

Duration: 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

The Chief Rabbi's message for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Sir Jonathan Sacks talks to leaders from across society to try and find out how to build a more gracious future. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Jonathan Sacks
Executive Producer:
Bill Lyons

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Documentary. Melvyn Bragg argues that the King James Version has driven the making of the English speaking world over the last 400 years. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Rageh Omaar ends his series with a look at how the collapse of the Ottoman Empire created a legacy of tension and conflict that continues to this day. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Rageh Omaar
Executive Producer:
Mike Smith

Duration: 29 minutes

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

British Muslim and journalist Myriam Francois discovers why the high street is increasingly targeting Muslim shoppers and examines whether this trend is here to stay. Show more

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Documentary series. When the parents of a three-year-old boy are told his cancer has returned, it's the job of the Birmingham Children's Hospital chaplains to support the family. Show more

A History of Christianity

Episode 1: The First Christianity

Duration: 1 hour

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

Diarmaid MacCulloch reveals the origins of Christianity and asks if it can survive in our secular society. He shows how it began east of Jerusalem and Rome. Show more

A History of Christianity

Protestantism - The Evangelical Explosion

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Diarmaid MacCulloch traces the growth of an exuberant expression of faith that has spread across the globe - Evangelical Protestantism. Show more

Fern Britton Meets...

Series 7

Episode 2: Linford Christie

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland

Fern Britton talks to European, Commonwealth, World and Olympic gold medallist Linford Christie about his life, career and faith. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Fern Britton
Interviewed Guest:
Linford Christie
Series Producer:
Gillian Bancroft
Executive Producer:
Aaqil Ahmed

Fern Britton Meets...

Series 5

Episode 2: John Simpson

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One HD

Fern Britton talks to the BBC's world affairs editor John Simpson about how his faith has sustained him for over 40 years of reporting on world-changing events from the frontline. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Fern Britton
Interviewed Guest:
John Simpson
Executive Producer:
Tommy Nagra

Fern Britton Meets...

Series 8

Episode 2: Nigel Benn

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One North East & Cumbria

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Fern Britton meets boxing legend and two-time world champion Nigel Benn. He charts his glittering career but also shares his more troubled personal journey. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Fern Britton
Interviewed Guest:
Nigel Benn
Executive Producer:
Dave Stanford

A History of Christianity

Episode 4: Reformation: The Individual Before God

Duration: 1 hour

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

Diarmaid MacCulloch looks at the Reformation and sees how a faith based on obedience and authority led to one based on individual conscience. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

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

Adam Nicolson uses newly found 17th-century manuscripts to tell the story of how arguably the greatest work of English prose ever written, the King James Bible, came into being. Show more

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Comedian Shappi Khorsandi introduces her young son to the Iranian festival of NoRuz, or New Year's Day. It is the biggest festival of the year for millions from Iran to India. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Kashmira Cooke
Participant:
Cyrus Todiwala
Executive Producer:
Julian Mercer

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

For the International Day of Yoga, Naga Munchetty delves into the roots of this ancient Indian tradition and discovers that for many Hindus it is a deeply spiritual practice. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Rageh Omaar examines the history of the Ottoman empire. He starts by looking at the unlikely roots of the Ottomans, as nomadic horsemen in a rural backwater of modern-day Turkey. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Rageh Omaar
Executive Producer:
Mike Smith