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About Religion

1956
1 season
34 episodes

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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  • Ep 1

    1.The Question of Colour

    08-01-1956
  • Ep 2

    2.Christ in Jeans

    23-03-1958

    A 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

    01-03-1959

    A 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

    15-03-1959

    A 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

    15-04-1960

    How 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

    27-11-1960

    TV cameras record for the first time the initiation ceremony in which a young woman becomes a nun.

  • Ep 10

    10.The Hungry

    07-05-1961

    A 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

    01-01-1962

    A look at the recent trial of war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Israel.

  • Ep 15

    15.This Is the End

    22-07-1962

    A 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

    12-04-1964

    An 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

    18-04-1965

    The 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

    27-07-1965

    Story 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

    22-08-1965

    A 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

    05-09-1965

    A look at suburban behaviour inspired by Gordon Stowell's book 'A Satire on Materialism'

  • Ep 33

    33.Where Are the Neighbours?

    17-10-1965

    As 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

    03-04-1966

    About Religion looks at the results of a Government survey into the problems faced by homeless people.

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