Christianity

A short history of money | KS4 Curriculum Bites

Around 30 million people die of hunger each year - should this make us angry? What should Christians do with their money? Sho...

Don't judge others | KS4 Curriculum Bites

A drama related to the New Testament saying, "Judge not or you will be judged". A young woman suspects that her purse has been stol...

The Ten Commandments | KS4 Curriculum Bites

Kathy Lette and Rabbi YY Rubinstein discuss the meaning of the Commandments 'Do not kill', 'Worship no other gods' and 'Do not ta...

New Churches | A-Z of Belief

Sue Rinaldi (lead singer of Heartbeat) and Michael Sweet (heavy metal star of Stryper) talk about a new, exciting movement within Christianity t...

Black-led Pentecostals | A-Z of Belief

Black gospel singer Lavine Hudson shares why a belief in the Bible and a strict way of life are just as important to her as becoming a...

2: Christianity | My Life, My Religion

What does it mean to be a Christian? Ten-year-old Nathan celebrates Christmas and Easter, and Kiera and Santos prepare for their first...

Test of Time: Money | Belief File

Christian band ''The World Wide Message Tribe'' say why they take the minimum wage and live in deprived areas.

Issues: Belief and Genetics | Belief File

This programme deals with genetic engineering from a Christian perspective.

Issues: Belief and Abortion | Belief File

This programme looks at abortion from the Christian and Sikh perspectives.

Issues: Belief and Homosexuality | Belief File

This programme looks at homosexuality from Christian and Jewish perspectives.

What's the Point of Forgiveness?

Inspired by Jesus's words on the cross, Bettany Hughes traces the history of this challenging virtue. What does it really ask of us? And how...

South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission | What's the Point of Forgiveness?

How forgiveness was used in the South Africa Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

The Holocaust | What's the Point of Forgiveness?

Discussing the possibility of forgiveness after the atrocities of the Holocaust.

Uncle Tom's Cabin | What's the Point of Forgiveness?

Bettany Hughes discusses the impact that Harriet Beecher Stowe's 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' had on slavery in America.

Forgiveness during the Reformation | What's the Point of Forgiveness?

Bettany Hughes and Diarmaid MacCulloch discuss the impact that the Reformation had on Christian forgive...

Christian forgiveness and the Crusades | What's the Point of Forgiveness?

Bettany Hughes explains how forgiveness was understood during the Crusades.

Background to Christian forgiveness | What's the Point of Forgiveness?

An introduction to the ancient context in which Jesus first preached about forgiveness.

A Christian blessing | Reverse Missionaries

Reverse missionary Kshama organises a blessing service for a baby at a church in Belfast.

Episode 3 | Reverse Missionaries

Series following modern-day missionaries in Britain. Kshama Jayaraj from Mumbai travels to Belfast to see if she can spread the gospel throu...

The peace mural | Reverse Missionaries

Reverse missionary Kshama's peace mural in Belfast brings Protestant and Catholic communities together.

2: Settling Down | A Believer's Guide to...

Christians Grace and Jess are engaged and about to move into their first home together, a canal boat. Having not always found acc...

Episode 3 | No Sex Please, We're Teenagers

It's the last month-will anyone fall at the final hurdle?

Episode 2 | No Sex Please, We're Teenagers

Tonight they attend a road show by an American Christian group who condemn sex before marriage. They are also given lessons on par...

No Sex Please, We're Teenagers

Documentary on the efforts of a group of teenagers (members of the so-called Romance Academy) to abstain from sex for five months, advised by ...

Sexuality | A Question of Faith

Taking part in a Christian church service for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, the group ask where religion stands when ...

3: Christianity vs The West | Sex and the Church

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores how the official Christian Church and Western society have moved apart on issues of sex and gen...

2: Sexual Revolution | Sex and the Church

Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch explains how the church took control of marriage in the 11th century and how the Protestant Reformati...

1: From Pleasure to Sin | Sex and the Church

Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch explores how Christianity has shaped western attitudes to sex, gender and sexuality throughout his...

1: Christian | Strictly Soulmates

Members of different faiths search for the perfect partner. Evangelical Christians Katy, Richard and Lorraine are all looking for love and ...

Jamelia: Shame about Single Mums

The singer Jamelia is a single mum, but it's not something she's proud of. She explores where the sense of shame comes from by looking at st...

An Episcopalian same-sex wedding | Around the World in 80 Faiths

An Anglican vicar discusses different Christian attitudes to homosexuality after attending a same-sex weddin...

Jesus' Teachings on Sex | Sex and the Church

A look at how the arrival of Christianity changed views around sex and relationships.

Does God Hate Queers? | Queer Britain

Riyadh Khalaf shines a light on the challenges faced by the LGBTQ+ community. Riyadh meets a disfellowed Jehovah's Witness.

Naming ceremony at Oasis Church | Queer Britain

At a church in London, a transgender man takes part in a naming ceremony.

Islam and Homosexuality | Queer Britain

Riyadh Khalaf talks to a young Muslim woman who is planning a platonic marriage of convenience.

Conversion Therapy | Queer Britain

Riyadh Khalaf meets a representative of a Christian organisation which claims it can cure homosexuality.

LGBTQ+ supportive faith groups | Queer Britain

Riyadh Khalaf learns about Christian groups which welcome and support LGBTQ+ people.

Jehovah's Witnesses and Homosexuality | Queer Britain

Riyadh Khalaf meets a former Jehovah's Witness who was dis-fellowed from his congregation for being gay.

Too Gay for God?

The story of Reverend Jide Macaulay, an openly gay Church of England minister who wants to marry his boyfriend despite the Church not recognising same-sex m...

Marriage ceremony | Being…

A Christian marriage ceremony.

Calum Cille: An Naomh Dana/Columba - The Bold Saint

He was at the centre of a bloody battle and founded a monastery that became a beacon of civilisation in the Early Middle ...

The Road Through the Alps: Episode 3 | Pilgrimage

The celebrities finish their journey at Einsiedeln Abbey, a pilgrim destination for over 1,000 years.

The Road Through the Alps: Episode 2 | Pilgrimage

It's day five, and the pilgrims prepare for the challenging Alpine paths ahead of them. As they go along the path, they dis...

The Road Through the Alps: Episode 1 | Pilgrimage

Seven celebrities of differing faiths and beliefs take on a pilgrimage through the Austrian and Swiss Alps to Einsiedeln Ab...

Episode 3 | Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve follows in the footsteps of pilgrims to Jerusalem. Starting in Istanbul, he travels across the Holy Land and reflects on ...

Episode 2 | Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve follows in the footsteps of pilgrims across western Europe. He treks across the Pyrenees and visits a monastery high in t...

Episode 1 | Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve follows in the footsteps of pilgrims across Britain. He starts at the mystical Holy Island, before he follows the route m...

The Road through North Wales: Episode 3 | Pilgrimage

The pilgrims' final destination is Bardsey Island, the fabled 'Island of 20,000 Saints'. Along the way, they see spectac...

The Road through North Wales: Episode 2 | Pilgrimage

The pilgrims' final destination is Bardsey Island, the fabled 'Island of 20,000 Saints'. Along the way, they see spectac...

The Road through North Wales: Episode 1 | Pilgrimage

Seven celebrities of differing faiths and beliefs experience an emotional journey on a pilgrimage in north Wales, a rout...

The Road through Portugal: Episode 3 | Pilgrimage

In Coimbra, there are visits to a convent, a mosque and a synagogue. Finally, after 14 days and 364 kilometres, the group f...

The Road through Portugal: Episode 2 | Pilgrimage

With under a week to go before they join tens of thousands of people in Fatima for the annual celebration of the Miracle of...

The Road through Portugal: Episode 1 | Pilgrimage

Seven well-known personalities, with differing faiths and beliefs, meet in northern Portugal to tackle a modern Catholic pi...

The Road to the Scottish Isles: Episode 3 | Pilgrimage

With the end of their pilgrimage looming, the celebrities get a taste of monastic life in a medieval abbey, but will i...

The Road to the Scottish Isles: Episode 2 | Pilgrimage

Life on the pilgrimage gets tough as the celebrities are challenged both physically and spiritually, struggling with l...

The Road to the Scottish Isles: Episode 1 | Pilgrimage

Seven celebrities of differing faiths and beliefs set out in search of St Columba, an Irish monk born 1,500 years ago ...

The Road to Istanbul: Episode 3 | Pilgrimage

The celebrities set off on the final leg of their pilgrimage and arrive in Turkey, where they head for the magnificent Suleymani...

The Road to Istanbul: Episode 2 | Pilgrimage

Life on the Sultans Trail begins to challenge the celebrities as Adrian Chiles tells the group he is struggling with the purpose...

The Road to Istanbul: Episode 1 | Pilgrimage

Seven celebrities of differing faiths and beliefs tackle the 2,200km Sultans Trail by road and on foot in a modern-day pilgrimag...

The Road to Rome: Episode 2 | Pilgrimage

Stephen K Amos tells the group that as a gay man he struggles to find any kind of religious home.

Christmas | My First Festivals

In this episode we follow Rose as she celebrates Christmas with her family. Rose and her family visit the garden centre, where they find lots ...

Young Voices | Songs of Praise

Sally Magnusson meets young people in Wigan on a mission to get the town singing for Christmas, and schoolchildren who are putting faith first...

What do Advent Candles symbolise? | Songs of Praise

For Christians, Advent defines a season of symbolic 'waiting' and preparation for the day marking Christ's birth. Each of...

Rev. Kate Bottley discovers the meaning of the Advent wreath | Songs of Praise

Rev. Kate Bottley discusses the advent wreath, followed by a rendition of Hills of the North, ...

Away in a Manger | Christmas Celebration

Performed by the NYCoS Area Choirs of Edinburgh, Falkirk and West Lothian and filmed at Old St Paul's in Edinburgh.

Make the 2018 Blue Peter Christmas card! | Blue Peter

Every year on Blue Peter, we love to inspire you to make an incredible homemade Christmas card that will amaze your fam...

Horrible Christmas | Horrible Histories

This episode showcases bizarre yuletide absurdities from over the centuries with a unique blend of sketches, pastiche and song - a fo...

Good King Wenceslas (song) | Horrible Histories

Enjoy this special version of 'Good King Wenceslas' from Horrible Histories.

We Wish You A Merry Christmas (song) | Horrible Histories

Enjoy this special version of 'We Wish You A Merry Christmas' from Horrible Histories.

Silent Night (song) | Horrible Histories

Enjoy this special version of 'Silent Night' from Horrible Histories.

O Christmas Tree (song) | Horrible Histories

Enjoy this special version of 'O Christmas tree' from Horrible Histories.

Hanukkah and contemporary Jewish identity | Christmas Voices

A Jewish family explore what Hanukkah means to them.

Episode 3 | Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries

Dr Janina Ramirez discovers how the immensely rich and powerful monasteries that had dominated British so...

Episode 2 | Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries

Janina Ramirez looks at how monasteries transformed society and rose to a position of immense power, only...

Episode 1 | Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries

Dr Janina Ramirez begins her series by exploring how monasteries evolved from a cult of isolation and sel...

Episode 3 | The Monastery

Final part of the documentary series following five men searching for meaning in their lives who have accepted a challenge from the Benedictine mon...

Episode 2 | The Monastery

Five men searching for meaning in their lives spend 40 days living according to Benedictine rule at Worth Abbey. After two weeks, tensions show wit...

Episode 1 | The Monastery

Five men searching for meaning in their lives accept a challenge from the Benedictine monks of Worth Abbey to live according to the monks' rules fo...

Young Nuns

Documentary following the stories of two women in their early twenties as they prepare to become nuns, offering a unique insight into a rarely seen world.

Christian | Being...

How British Christians from across the faith celebrate life's big milestones, from birth and coming of age to marriage and the end of life.

Christianity: The Church | Pathways of Belief

Programme for 7-9 year olds looking at church as the family of God, embracing different races and nations, rites of passage, ba...

Catholic children practice for their First Holy Communion | Catholics

Catholic children prepare for their First Holy Communion with the help of their teachers.

First Communion

Four Catholic families prepare to celebrate their children's First Holy Communion, one of the biggest days of their lives so far. It's a sacred ceremony but ...

Pentecostalism | Being…

Savannah discusses her experience of the Pentecostal Church and explains why she wants to be baptised.

Pentecostal Baptism | Being…

Savannah is baptised into the Pentecostal church.

Family and child birth | Being…

A family of Roman Catholics discuss their faith and experiences with childbirth.

Baptism | Being…

A family of Roman Catholics baptize their fifth child.

Episode 1 | David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul

David Suchet undertakes an epic journey spanning the Mediterranean, inspired by the life and travels of Paul the Apostl...

Episode 2 | David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul

David Suchet continues his journey inspired by the travels of Paul the Apostle. He visits Greece, where Paul made his f...

Episode 2 | David Suchet - In the Footsteps of St Peter

Actor David Suchet continues to trace the life of the man we know today as Saint Peter. According to the Bible, it is...

Episode 1 | David Suchet - In the Footsteps of St Peter

Actor David Suchet goes in search of one of the most puzzling characters in history - the man we know today as Saint ...

St David's Pilgrimages | Songs of Praise

With St David's Day approaching, Katherine Jenkins meets pilgrims in Pembrokeshire walking the ancient trail to St Davids Cathedral.

Words of St. Paul | David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul

David Suchet recites some of St Paul's most powerful and significant words.

Roman persecution of Christians | David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul

The story of how the Romans persecuted Christians in the decades after Jesus' death.

The death of St. Paul | David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul

Evidence about the death and last years of St Paul's life is very limited, but church traditions have emerg...

St. Paul in the temple at Jerusalem | David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul

David Suchet learns about the significance of the temple of Jerusalem and how it would have l...

St. Paul in Athens | David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul

The story of St Paul's travel to Athens to preach Christianity to the philosophers and citizens of the city.

Women's place in the Church | David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul

St Paul's view of women has been invoked in recent church debates but his own opinions are often uncl...

St. Paul's letters | David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul

A look at the letters written by St Paul to the church communities he founded.

The Jerusalem Council | David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul

At the council of Jerusalem, St Paul's vision of how the Christian faith should spread triumphed over other...

St. Paul's personality | David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul

David Suchet explores what we can know about the character and personality of St Paul.

St. Paul's radical teaching | David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul

The story of how St Paul opened up the Christian faith to a wider range of people through relaxing so...

St. Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus | David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul

The story of St Paul's conversion after a dramatic revelation on the road to Damasc...

Jewish Christian divide over Jesus | David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul

The story of how the divide between Christianity and Judaism emerged in Roman Jerusalem.

Introduction to St Paul | David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul

David Suchet explains how St Paul has influenced the Christian church and his own life.

The end of days | David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul

David Suchet looks at Jewish beliefs about the Messiah in Jerusalem under Roman occupation.

Bar Mitzvah in Jerusalem | David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul

David Suchet explores Jerusalem and witnesses a Bar Mitzvah at the Western Wall.

2: Did God Have a Wife? | Bible's Buried Secrets

Dr Francesca Stavrakopoulou asks whether ancient Israelites believed in one God as the Bible claims. Is it possible that the...

S1E5: Psalms of David | Art That Shook The World

Germaine Greer takes a look at the often ignored but rather gigantic influence of the Psalms on wildly diverse cultures, fro...

3: The Real Garden of Eden | Bible's Buried Secrets

Dr Francesca Stavrakopoulou refutes the traditional interpretation of the Garden of Eden, and visits the place she claims...

1: Did King David's Empire Exist? | Bible's Buried Secrets

Dr Francesca Stavrakopoulou visits key archaeological excavations and examines evidence for and against the Biblic...

5: Herod's Christmas | Blood and Honey

Series taking a bold and imaginative look at the Christmas story presented by Tony Robinson.

4: Herod's Christmas | Blood and Honey

Series taking a bold and imaginative look at the Christmas story presented by Tony Robinson.

3: Herod's Christmas | Blood and Honey

Mary and Joseph arrive in Bethlehem just in time.

2: Herod's Christmas | Blood and Honey

Antipater, one of Herod's sons, plots against his father.

1: Herod's Christmas | Blood and Honey

Series taking a bold and imaginative look at the Christmas story presented by Tony Robinson. Today Zachariah learns that he and his wi...

David Gets to Number One | Blood and Honey

Stories from the Old Testament told by Tony Robinson.

Saul Bumps into a Witch | Blood and Honey

Stories from the Old Testament told by Tony Robinson.

Saul Goes Bonkers | Blood and Honey

Stories from the Old Testament told by Tony Robinson.

David and the Hairy Man Mountain | Blood and Honey

Stories from the Old Testament told by Tony Robinson.

David Gets a Good Gig | Blood and Honey

Stories from the Old Testament told by Tony Robinson.

Samuel Rips Up His Camel | Blood and Honey

Stories from the Old Testament told by Tony Robinson.

Samuel and the Spooky Godbox | Blood and Honey

Stories from the Old Testament told by Tony Robinson.

Samson Gets a Haircut | Blood and Honey

Stories from the Old Testament told by Tony Robinson.

Samson Gets Knotted | Blood and Honey

Stories from the Old Testament told by Tony Robinson.

Gideon's Exploding Pickle Pot | Blood and Honey

Stories from the Old Testament told by Tony Robinson.

Gideon Gets His Woolly Wet | Blood and Honey

Stories from the Old Testament told by Tony Robinson.

S2E4: Endgame | The Battle for Britain's Soul

Angels over battlefields, the birth of the welfare state, US evangelism and a revolution in sexual freedom are all factors in t...

S2E2: Power to the People | The Battle for Britain's Soul

The Rev Peter Owen-Jones explains how Victorian Britain marked a real turning point in religion, as a growing numbe...

S2E3: Burning Belief | The Battle for Britain's Soul

The emergence of secularism in the 20th century presented the Church with an unprecedented test and provoked a critical ...

S2E1: The Church in Danger | The Battle for Britain's Soul

The 18th century was a time of great upheaval, with forces old and new poised to attack the established Protestant...

S1E4: War | The Battle for Britain's Soul

This edition looks at the English Civil War and how much it was a war of conflicting religious beliefs.

S1E2: From Cradle to Grave | The Battle for Britain's Soul

Looking at what life was like in a Christian fundamentalist state, as Britain was in 700AD.

S1E3: Reformation | The Battle for Britain's Soul

Rev Peter Owen-Jones discusses the chaotic 30 years that followed Henry VIII's purely political decision to break with the ...

S2E4 | Scotland's Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle

On the breathtaking Isle of Skye, Ben Fogle investigate how spiritual and religious power still survives in the face of so ma...

S2E3 | Scotland's Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle

Ben Fogle heads for the Orkney Isles to investigate Norse Christian heritage and how they are a place of modern pilgrimage, o...

S2E2 | Scotland's Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle

Ben Fogle journeys to Islay and Jura, tracing the route of 6th-century Christian monks across wild seaways to discover commun...

S1E3: Northern Outer Hebrides | Scotland's Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle

Ben Fogle returns to Taransay, the island where, over 20 years ago, he took part in the TV show Cast...

S1E4: Shetland | Scotland's Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle

Travelling across Shetland, Ben Fogle meets people whose lives are rooted to these islands' history and visits a ti...

S1E2: Southern Outer Hebrides | Scotland's Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle

Ben Fogle explores Catholic island life and whether the physical aspect of the landscape makes it ea...

S1E1: Inner Hebrides | Scotland's Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle

Ben Fogle explores the ancient sea roads of the Inner Hebrides. He visits Iona, the cradle of Christianity, a...

Episode 1 | David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul

David Suchet undertakes an epic journey spanning the Mediterranean, inspired by the life and travels of Paul the Apostl...

Episode 2 | David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul

David Suchet continues his journey inspired by the travels of Paul the Apostle. He visits Greece, where Paul made his f...

Episode 2 | David Suchet - In the Footsteps of St Peter

Actor David Suchet continues to trace the life of the man we know today as Saint Peter. According to the Bible, it is...

Episode 1 | David Suchet - In the Footsteps of St Peter

Actor David Suchet goes in search of one of the most puzzling characters in history - the man we know today as Saint ...

5: Protestantism - The Evangelical Explosion | A History of Christianity

Diarmaid MacCulloch traces the growth of an exuberant expression of faith that has spread across the...

6: God in the Dock | A History of Christianity

Diarmaid MacCulloch examines the concept of scepticism in Western Christianity and challenges the idea that faith has ebbed aw...

3: The Last Days | Son of God

Jeremy Bowen series using scientific and historical research to tell the story of Jesus of Nazareth. Episode focuses on Jesus' death and resurr...

1: The Real Man | Son of God

Jeremy Bowen series using scientific and historical research to tell the story of Jesus of Nazareth. This episode focuses on his birth and early...

2: The Mission | Son of God

Jeremy Bowen series using scientific and historical research to tell the story of Jesus of Nazareth. This episode examines Jesus' mission in ligh...

Part 2 | The Nativity

Retelling of the classic biblical tale. Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem, where she gives birth in a stable. And the Magi hurry towards the greatest...

The Nativity

Retelling of the classic biblical tale. Mary counts her blessings when her parents arrange to marry her to a local carpenter, Joseph. But events soon take an un...

Episode 4 | The Passion

Atmospheric re-telling of Jesus's final days. Jesus is taken from the cross and buried, but Caiaphas fears the body will be stolen. Soon after, Mary ...

Episode 3 | The Passion

Atmospheric re-telling of Jesus's final days. As Jesus shares his Last Supper with the disciples, Judas slips away to fetch the Temple guards.

Episode 2 | The Passion

Atmospheric re-telling of Jesus's final days. Caiaphas is growing increasingly anxious that Jesus's preaching will provoke unrest and bring in the Ro...

Episode 1 | The Passion

Atmospheric drama re-telling the story of Jesus's final days. It's Passover in Jerusalem, and the arrival of a preacher from Galilee called Jesus cau...

Episode 3 | The Miracles of Jesus

Rageh Omaar bring the miracles of Jesus to life. He looks at the most remarkable miracle of all, the resurrection, and asks why it became t...

Episode 2 | The Miracles of Jesus

Rageh Omaar tries to decipher the meaning of Jesus's miracles. He explores some of Jesus's more controversial miracles, such as an exorcism...

Episode 1 | The Miracles of Jesus

Rageh Omaar looks closely at four of Jesus's miracles, including the feeding of the 5,000, and finds that each one provoked a radically dif...

Christianity: Jesus | Pathways of Belief

This programme looks at Jesus during his lifetime and Jesus ''now'' and what he means to Christians today.

Jesus | Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City

Simon Sebag Montefiore tells the story of Jesus in Jerusalem.

The shepherds and the kings visit baby Jesus | The Nativity

In a dramatised retelling of the Nativity, the shepherds and kings visit the stable where Jesus has just been bor...

The shepherds hear of Christs birth | The Nativity

In a dramatised retelling of the Nativity, the shepherds are told of the birth of Jesus.

Christ is born | The Nativity

A dramatised retelling of the birth of Jesus.

Joseph's dream | The Nativity

In a dramatised retelling of the Nativity, the Angel Gabriel visits Joseph in a dream.

Joseph doesn't believe Mary | The Nativity

In a dramatised retelling of the Nativity, Joseph responds to Mary's explanation of her pregnancy with disbelief.

The Kings discuss God | The Nativity

Retelling of the classic biblical tale. Mary counts her blessings when her parents arrange to marry her to a local carpenter, Joseph. Bu...