About Religion - Season 1

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The Question of Colour

1 - The Question of Colour

Air Date: January 8, 1956

Christ in Jeans

2 - Christ in Jeans

Air Date: March 23, 1958

A modern version of the passion play-just how would have Jesus been treated in the 20th Century?

Deadline

3 - Deadline

Air Date: October 26, 1958

The Lonely Ones

4 - The Lonely Ones

Air Date: March 1, 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.

The Lonely Shepherd

5 - The Lonely Shepherd

Air Date: March 15, 1959

A look at the increasing numbers that are living alone.

The Seven Deadly Sins #1 Anger

6 - The Seven Deadly Sins #1 Anger

Air Date: March 6, 1960

The News on Good Friday

7 - The News on Good Friday

Air Date: April 15, 1960

How modern-day television would have reported the death of Jesus.

The Acts of the Apostles

8 - The Acts of the Apostles

Air Date: June 5, 1960

Love Is My Calling

9 - Love Is My Calling

Air Date: November 27, 1960

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

The Hungry

10 - The Hungry

Air Date: May 7, 1961

A look at the work of various religious organizations trying to deal with hunger in Africa and Korea.

Man's Idea of God

11 - Man's Idea of God

Air Date: August 27, 1961

Inquest at Golgotha

12 - Inquest at Golgotha

Air Date: October 1, 1961

King Herod: Committed for Trial

13 - King Herod: Committed for Trial

Air Date: October 29, 1961

Punishment

14 - Punishment

Air Date: January 1, 1962

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

This Is the End

15 - This Is the End

Air Date: July 22, 1962

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

16 - The Vision and the Dream

Air Date: November 18, 1962

Dinner with the Devil

17 - Dinner with the Devil

Air Date: December 23, 1962

The Night Before the Execution

18 - The Night Before the Execution

Air Date: April 14, 1963

The Site

19 - The Site

Air Date: May 26, 1963

Context

20 - Context

Air Date: August 4, 1963

Epilepsy

21 - Epilepsy

Air Date: August 11, 1963

The Upper Room

22 - The Upper Room

Air Date: October 20, 1963

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

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

Air Date: March 22, 1964

Dont Call Him Mister

24 - Dont Call Him Mister

Air Date: April 12, 1964

An account of the founder of the Quaker religion George Fox.

Inspiration

25 - Inspiration

Air Date: May 17, 1964

Man of Peace

26 - Man of Peace

Air Date: December 13, 1964

A Face for Judas

27 - A Face for Judas

Air Date: April 4, 1965

No Greater Love

28 - No Greater Love

Air Date: April 18, 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 concentration camp where she took the place of another prisoner heading for the gas chamber four days before liberation.

But One Purpose: Part 2

29 - But One Purpose: Part 2

Air Date: June 11, 1965

Margaret Hayes Missing Presumed Dead

30 - Margaret Hayes Missing Presumed Dead

Air Date: July 27, 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.

The Saturday People

31 - The Saturday People

Air Date: August 22, 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.

Going with the Crowd

32 - Going with the Crowd

Air Date: September 5, 1965

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

Where Are the Neighbours?

33 - Where Are the Neighbours?

Air Date: October 17, 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 their new homes.

Rock Bottom ; Men of the Road

34 - Rock Bottom ; Men of the Road

Air Date: April 3, 1966

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