About Religion
About Religion was a UK religious affairs programme on Associated Television (ATV) 1958–1965. It was usually hosted by interviewer Julian Grenfell, with David King and John Brooking. An anthology of interviews was published in 1963.
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.The Question of Colour
08-01-1956 - Ep 2
2.Christ in Jeans
23-03-1958A modern version of the passion play-just how would have Jesus been treated in the 20th Century?
- Ep 3
3.Deadline
26-10-1958 - Ep 4
4.The Lonely Ones
01-03-1959A young girl recalls her life as a refugee and shows those escaping from Hungary,the Middle East and those arriving in Hong Kong.
- Ep 5
5.The Lonely Shepherd
15-03-1959A look at the increasing numbers that are living alone.
- Ep 6
6.The Seven Deadly Sins #1 Anger
06-03-1960 - Ep 7
7.The News on Good Friday
15-04-1960How modern-day television would have reported the death of Jesus.
- Ep 8
8.The Acts of the Apostles
05-06-1960 - Ep 9
9.Love Is My Calling
27-11-1960TV cameras record for the first time the initiation ceremony in which a young woman becomes a nun.
- Ep 10
10.The Hungry
07-05-1961A look at the work of various religious organizations trying to deal with hunger in Africa and Korea.
- Ep 11
11.Man's Idea of God
27-08-1961 - Ep 12
12.Inquest at Golgotha
01-10-1961 - Ep 13
13.King Herod: Committed for Trial
29-10-1961 - Ep 14
14.Punishment
01-01-1962A look at the recent trial of war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Israel.
- Ep 15
15.This Is the End
22-07-1962A dying man gets the 'This is Your Life' treatment in a porch play filmed in the ruins of the old Coventry Cathedral.
- Ep 16
16.The Vision and the Dream
18-11-1962 - Ep 17
17.Dinner with the Devil
23-12-1962 - Ep 18
18.The Night Before the Execution
14-04-1963 - Ep 19
19.The Site
26-05-1963 - Ep 20
20.Context
04-08-1963 - Ep 21
21.Epilepsy
11-08-1963 - Ep 22
22.The Upper Room
20-10-1963 - Ep 23
23.The Rise and Fall of a Hero: An Anthology for Palm Sunday
22-03-1964 - Ep 24
24.Dont Call Him Mister
12-04-1964An account of the founder of the Quaker religion George Fox.
- Ep 25
25.Inspiration
17-05-1964 - Ep 26
26.Man of Peace
13-12-1964 - Ep 27
27.A Face for Judas
04-04-1965 - Ep 28
28.No Greater Love
18-04-1965The story of Mother Maria, a Paris based white Russian nun who sacrificed her life helping Jews during the German occupation. Her last days were spent in the Ravensbruck concentrat...
- Ep 29
29.But One Purpose: Part 2
11-06-1965 - Ep 30
30.Margaret Hayes Missing Presumed Dead
27-07-1965Story of Margaret Hayes, an African Missionary and nurse who went missing for several months in the Congo and believed to have been killed by rebels-but later found safe and well.
- Ep 31
31.The Saturday People
22-08-1965A look at the work of the Seventh-Day Adventists who contribute one tenth of each of their annual income to charitable causes and famine relief.
- Ep 32
32.Going with the Crowd
05-09-1965A look at suburban behaviour inspired by Gordon Stowell's book 'A Satire on Materialism'
- Ep 33
33.Where Are the Neighbours?
17-10-1965As more slum dwellings are dismantled so are the communities that lived there.Ludovic Kennedy investigates if religion is doing enough to ensure people are not feeling isolated in...
- Ep 34
34.Rock Bottom ; Men of the Road
03-04-1966About Religion looks at the results of a Government survey into the problems faced by homeless people.
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