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The ERA Video Streaming Platform | Sociology

Religion

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Patterns, trends and participation in religion

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8: Art for Art's Sake | Soul of Britain

8: Art for Art's Sake | Soul of Britain

BBC One | 2000 | 48'45''

Michael Buerk asks if, in our secular age, the arts are taking over the role of religion. Rev. Dr. Rowan Williams, Brian Sewell, and ...

2: Life After God | Soul of Britain

2: Life After God | Soul of Britain

BBC One | 2000 | 48'36''

Michael Buerk asks if science has reduced religious belief to outdated superstition. Featuring Richard Dawkins, Jonathan Sacks, and Clair...

The Black Christian Population in Britain | Black Messiah

The Black Christian Population in Britain | Black Messiah

BBC Four | 2001 | 14'00''

An exploration of the role of the fast-growing black Christian population in Britain. A historical look at experien...

Moshin Hamid | HARDtalk

Moshin Hamid | HARDtalk

BBC News | 2018 | 24'36''

Globalisation is a trend based on movement - of money, goods, ideas and people - across continents and national borders. In a world of glaring inequa...

Religion and LGBTQ education | The People's News

Religion and LGBTQ education | The People's News

BBC Scotland | 2019 | 4'36''

Different Scots consider the impasse of religion on education and the phenomenon of religious parents taking their children ...

Caste Discrimination | Hindus: Do We Have a Caste Problem?

Caste Discrimination | Hindus: Do We Have a Caste Problem?

BBC One | 2019 | 3'21''

Parle Patel meets campaigners trying to outlaw caste-based discrimination in the UK.

Garba | Hindus: Do We Have a Caste Problem?

Garba | Hindus: Do We Have a Caste Problem?

BBC One | 2019 | 3'24''

Parle Patel learns about how Garba dancers are trying to break down caste barriers.

Daltis | Hindus: Do We Have a Caste Problem?

Daltis | Hindus: Do We Have a Caste Problem?

BBC One | 2019 | 3'17''

Parle Patel meets a young British Hindu who faced discrimination as a result of his caste.

The Caste System | Hindus: Do We Have a Caste Problem?

The Caste System | Hindus: Do We Have a Caste Problem?

BBC One | 2019 | 4'48''

Parle Patel explores whether the caste system is still important to Hindus in Britain today.

Marriage | Hindus: Do We Have a Caste Problem?

Marriage | Hindus: Do We Have a Caste Problem?

BBC One | 2019 | 2'34''

Parle Patel discovers how the caste system affects dating and marriage for Hindus around the world.

Hindus: Do We Have a Caste Problem?

Hindus: Do We Have a Caste Problem?

BBC One | 2019 | 39'59''

Parle Patel, a young British Hindu and popular YouTuber, explores the influence of caste on Hindu communities in the UK.

Black Messiah

Black Messiah

BBC Knowledge | 2001 | 58'32''

A took at how African and African-Caribbean congregations are thriving while church attendance in Britain as a whole is in decline.

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The role and function of religion in society

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S1E4: Ugandan Asians | A Very British History

S1E4: Ugandan Asians | A Very British History

BBC One East Midlands | 2018 | 58'58''

Food writer Meera Sodha tells the story of the 1972 refugee crisis when thousands of Asian people arrived in Britain after bein...

S1E3: The Jews of Leeds | A Very British History

S1E3: The Jews of Leeds | A Very British History

BBC One Yorkshire | 2018 | 59'00''

Film-maker Simon Glass explores his family history and tells the story of the Yorkshire Jews in the early 20th century.

America: Faith on the Front Line

America: Faith on the Front Line

BBC News | 2022 | 25'43''

On the eve of the midterm elections, Barbara Plett Usher explores the impact of a new battle for the soul of America, driven by conservative...

From Russia To Nicaragua | The Hammer And The Cross

From Russia To Nicaragua | The Hammer And The Cross

BBC One | 1986 | 39'39''

This program looks at survival of the Russian Orthodox Church in USSR and in Nicaragua the conflict between Christians wh...

Jemima Khan And The Part-Time Wife

Jemima Khan And The Part-Time Wife

BBC Radio 4 | 2013 | 27'32''

Jemima Khan investigates the practice of polygamy in the UK today. Why are some Muslim women opting to become part-time wives, and is it a...

Are We Getting More Racist? | Free Speech

Are We Getting More Racist? | Free Speech

BBC Three | 2013 | 57'25''

Live from Sunderland, a panel of politicians and local activists discuss racism and Islamophobia in Britain in the light of events ...

Battle For Islam

Battle For Islam

BBC Two | 2005 | 1'29'04''

Writer Ziauddin Sardar takes an epic journey to discover how Muslims in five different countries are trying to win back the soul of Islam from extremists.

Part 2 – The Future of Christianity in Britain | The Battle For Christianity

Part 2 – The Future of Christianity in Britain | The Battle For Christianity

Christianity | BBC One | 2016 | 13'31''

How Christianity is responding to changing social attitudes in society, particularly in re...

Part 1 – The Future of Christianity in Britain | The Battle For Christianity

Part 1 – The Future of Christianity in Britain | The Battle For Christianity

Christianity | BBC One | 2016 | 16'50''

Immigration and the impact on Christian churches.

Mega Churches | Reggie Yates’ Extreme

Mega Churches | Reggie Yates’ Extreme

Beliefs in Society | BBC Three | 2014 | 11'08''

The church of incredible happenings in Johannesburg in South Africa.

South Africa: 3: The Millionaire Preacher | Reggie Yates’ Extreme

South Africa: 3: The Millionaire Preacher | Reggie Yates’ Extreme

Beliefs in Society | BBC Three | 2014 | 57'04''

In 2013 Reggie Yates spent a week with Prophet Mboro, a controversial self-styled prophet, who is ado...

Believing In Belief | A Point Of View

Believing In Belief | A Point Of View

Religion | BBC Radio 4 | 2011 | 9'14''

John Gray argues that the scientific and rationalist attack on religion is misguided and atheist critics do not realise that religion i...

Secrets of Britain’s Sharia Councils | Panorama

Secrets of Britain’s Sharia Councils | Panorama

Religion | BBC One | 2013 | 28'56''

Panorama reporter Jane Corbin goes undercover to investigate what is really happening in Britain's Sharia Councils - Is...

The End of God?: A Horizon Guide to Science and Religion

The End of God?: A Horizon Guide to Science and Religion

Philosophy and Ethics | BBC Four | 2010 | 58'47''

Thomas Dixon delves into the BBC's archive to explore the troubled relationship between religion and science, from t...

Pentecostalism in Britain | The Battle for Christianity

Pentecostalism in Britain | The Battle for Christianity

Christianity | BBC One | 2016 | 4'39''

Pentecostal Christians are one of the fastest growing religious groups in the UK but their values are sometimes seen ...

Christianity and politics | The Battle for Christianity

Christianity and politics | The Battle for Christianity

Christianity | BBC One | 2016 | 4'41''

Marksteen Adamson, a Christian photographer, uses his faith to inspire his political art, including a project on refu...

Social Christianity | The Battle for Christianity

Social Christianity | The Battle for Christianity

Christianity | BBC One | 2016 | 4'48''

In Bolton, Christian organisations help their local community by running a food bank.

Church planting | The Battle for Christianity

Church planting | The Battle for Christianity

Christianity | BBC One | 2016 | 3'06''

Could a new style of worship be the key to reversing the decline of the church in Britain?

The Lord’s Prayer advert ban | The Battle for Christianity

The Lord’s Prayer advert ban | The Battle for Christianity

Christianity | BBC One | 2016 | 4'19''

Professor Robert Beckford talks to the Archbishop of Canterbury about an ad showing the Lord's Prayer being ...

Christianity in the courts | The Battle for Christianity

Christianity in the courts | The Battle for Christianity

Christianity | BBC One | 2016 | 4'23''

Different views on the Ashers cake row where a bakery was taken to court for refusing to make a cake supporting gay ...

Impact of immigration | The Battle for Christianity

Impact of immigration | The Battle for Christianity

Christianity | BBC One | 2016 | 4'30''

The story of how immigration has changed and enriched a small church in Barnsley.

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