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About Religion

1956 - 1966

The Question of Colour

8th January 1956
Episode 1
No overview available.

Christ in Jeans

23rd March 1958
Episode 2
A modern version of the passion play-just how would have Jesus been treated in the 20th Century?

Deadline

26th October 1958
Episode 3
No overview available.

The Lonely Ones

1st March 1959
Episode 4
A young girl recalls her life as a refugee and shows those escaping from Hungary,the Middle East and those arriving in Hong Kong.

The Lonely Shepherd

15th March 1959
Episode 5
A look at the increasing numbers that are living alone.

The Seven Deadly Sins #1 Anger

6th March 1960
Episode 6
No overview available.

The News on Good Friday

15th April 1960
Episode 7
How modern-day television would have reported the death of Jesus.

The Acts of the Apostles

5th June 1960
Episode 8
No overview available.

Love Is My Calling

27th November 1960
Episode 9
TV cameras record for the first time the initiation ceremony in which a young woman becomes a nun.

The Hungry

7th May 1961
Episode 10
A look at the work of various religious organizations trying to deal with hunger in Africa and Korea.

Man's Idea of God

27th August 1961
Episode 11
No overview available.

Inquest at Golgotha

1st October 1961
Episode 12
No overview available.

King Herod: Committed for Trial

29th October 1961
Episode 13
No overview available.

Punishment

1st January 1962
Episode 14
A look at the recent trial of war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Israel.

This Is the End

22nd July 1962
Episode 15
A dying man gets the 'This is Your Life' treatment in a porch play filmed in the ruins of the old Coventry Cathedral.

The Vision and the Dream

18th November 1962
Episode 16
No overview available.

Dinner with the Devil

23rd December 1962
Episode 17
No overview available.

The Night Before the Execution

14th April 1963
Episode 18
No overview available.

The Site

26th May 1963
Episode 19
No overview available.

Context

4th August 1963
Episode 20
No overview available.

Epilepsy

11th August 1963
Episode 21
No overview available.

The Upper Room

20th October 1963
Episode 22
No overview available.

The Rise and Fall of a Hero: An Anthology for Palm Sunday

22nd March 1964
Episode 23
No overview available.

Dont Call Him Mister

12th April 1964
Episode 24
An account of the founder of the Quaker religion George Fox.

Inspiration

17th May 1964
Episode 25
No overview available.

Man of Peace

13th December 1964
Episode 26
No overview available.

A Face for Judas

4th April 1965
Episode 27
No overview available.

No Greater Love

18th April 1965
Episode 28
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 concentration camp where she took the place of another prisoner heading for the gas chamber four days before liberation.

But One Purpose: Part 2

11th June 1965
Episode 29
No overview available.

Margaret Hayes Missing Presumed Dead

27th July 1965
Episode 30
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.

The Saturday People

22nd August 1965
Episode 31
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.

Going with the Crowd

5th September 1965
Episode 32
A look at suburban behaviour inspired by Gordon Stowell's book 'A Satire on Materialism'

Where Are the Neighbours?

17th October 1965
Episode 33
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 their new homes.

Rock Bottom ; Men of the Road

3rd April 1966
Episode 34
About Religion looks at the results of a Government survey into the problems faced by homeless people.
Top Cast

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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