About Religion
Season 1
1956 · 34 episodes
1. The Question of Colour
1956-01-08
2. Christ in Jeans
1958-03-23
A modern version of the passion play-just how would have Jesus been treated in the 20th Century?
3. Deadline
1958-10-26
4. The Lonely Ones
1959-03-01
A young girl recalls her life as a refugee and shows those escaping from Hungary,the Middle East and those arriving in Hong Kong.
5. The Lonely Shepherd
1959-03-15
A look at the increasing numbers that are living alone.
6. The Seven Deadly Sins #1 Anger
1960-03-06
7. The News on Good Friday
1960-04-15
How modern-day television would have reported the death of Jesus.
8. The Acts of the Apostles
1960-06-05
9. Love Is My Calling
1960-11-27
TV cameras record for the first time the initiation ceremony in which a young woman becomes a nun.
10. The Hungry
1961-05-07
A look at the work of various religious organizations trying to deal with hunger in Africa and Korea.
11. Man's Idea of God
1961-08-27
12. Inquest at Golgotha
1961-10-01
13. King Herod: Committed for Trial
1961-10-29
14. Punishment
1962-01-01
A look at the recent trial of war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Israel.
15. This Is the End
1962-07-22
A dying man gets the 'This is Your Life' treatment in a porch play filmed in the ruins of the old Coventry Cathedral.
16. The Vision and the Dream
1962-11-18
17. Dinner with the Devil
1962-12-23
18. The Night Before the Execution
1963-04-14
19. The Site
1963-05-26
20. Context
1963-08-04
21. Epilepsy
1963-08-11
22. The Upper Room
1963-10-20
23. The Rise and Fall of a Hero: An Anthology for Palm Sunday
1964-03-22
24. Dont Call Him Mister
1964-04-12
An account of the founder of the Quaker religion George Fox.
25. Inspiration
1964-05-17
26. Man of Peace
1964-12-13
27. A Face for Judas
1965-04-04
28. No Greater Love
1965-04-18
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.
29. But One Purpose: Part 2
1965-06-11
30. Margaret Hayes Missing Presumed Dead
1965-07-27
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.
31. The Saturday People
1965-08-22
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.
32. Going with the Crowd
1965-09-05
A look at suburban behaviour inspired by Gordon Stowell's book 'A Satire on Materialism'
33. Where Are the Neighbours?
1965-10-17
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.
34. Rock Bottom ; Men of the Road
1966-04-03
About Religion looks at the results of a Government survey into the problems faced by homeless people.
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