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Episode 7: I don’t need empowering, I don’t need liberating
Sayeeda Warsi speaks to activist Sajda Mughal about the impact of the 7/7 attacks.
21 Dec 2018,·27 mins
Buddhism
Stories of Sukhavati in Buddhism and how they relate to reincarnation
28 Jun 1998,·13 mins
The Gospel according to Bob
Giles and his guests discuss the faith of Bob Dylan.
19 May 2026,·25 mins
Series 12
Sharing Genetic Information
If you have a life-threatening gene fault, do blood relatives have a right to know?
18 Aug 2016,·43 mins
The Story of the King James Bible
The Legacy
James Naughtie on the enduring place of the King James Bible in British culture.
05 Jan 2011,·45 mins
Phil Jones: What Makes Us Human?
The Editor of Jeremy Vine on BBC Radio 2 answers the question for the final time.
26 Jan 2022,·24 mins
John Donne
Pádraig Ó Tuama considers poet John Donne's relationship with belief and religion.
13 Mar 2022,·28 mins
Passover & Judas
Telling the story of the arrest of Jesus and his betrayal by Judas Iscariot
18 Dec 1989,·13 mins
Operation Moses
Why the return of Ethiopian and Russian Jews to Israel caused controversy
17 Apr 1998,·27 mins
Neurology
What happens in the brain during religious experiences?
31 Mar 2010,·30 mins
Easter
Richard Coles, Kate Bottley and Giles Fraser swap shoptalk about Easter and coronavirus.
12 Apr 2020,·28 mins
Samuel
The story of the first prophet to work with (and against) duly constituted kings.
16 Aug 2013,·15 mins
Evangelical Christians
The growing influence on social and foreign policy of evangelicals in the US
04 Nov 1992,·28 mins
Buddhist Temple
First broadcast in 1996. A Buddhist Temple in Bangkok where people come to make offerings
30 Jun 1996,·28 mins
Behaviour
How a Jew behaves is much more important than the beliefs
19 Feb 1991,·27 mins
Street Angels
Worship led by Paul Blakey, the Founder of the Street Angels.
06 Jun 2021,·29 mins
The Jewish Sukkot
The tradition that reminds Jews of the 40 years their ancestors spent in the wilderness
01 Jan 2000,·4 mins
Episode 10: David Olusoga
David Olusoga talks to Viv Jones about the making of Civilisations
03 May 2018,·30 mins
Pope John Paul II
Views from ordinary Catholics around the world on their new pope
11 Mar 1989,·29 mins
Living with Each Other
Neil MacGregor concludes his series on how shared beliefs have shaped societies.
26 May 2018,·17 mins
Radical Italy - Part Three
Looking at the difficulties immigrant communities face
21 Mar 2006,·22 mins
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Composer Sir James MacMillan considers Vaughan Williams’ complex faith life.
30 Dec 2021,·28 mins
Grey Wolf and Cresent Moon
Turkey's political and religious upheavals throughout the 20th century
02 Nov 1994,·28 mins
Regaining Nuance
Oliver Burkeman asks how we can recover our nuance.
01 Jan 2021,·14 mins
Douglas Murray
Joan Bakewell is in conversation with journalist and commentator Douglas Murray.
03 Jan 2014,·30 mins
Church Building
The story of what happened after the death of Jesus
08 Apr 1994,·28 mins
Muhammad
The life and teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, the last of God's prophets
04 Nov 1996,·13 mins
Clashing of Faith
How can the world's Christians achieve more harmony and less discord?
20 Dec 1999,·28 mins
Loose Ends
TV evangelism and other modern interpretations of the Bible
13 Sep 2000,·13 mins
The Life Everlasting
First broadcast in 1997. Exploring life after death
12 Dec 1997,·27 mins
