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Showing posts with label Channel 4. Show all posts
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Monday, December 31, 2012
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Richard Dawkins: Sex, Death And The Meaning Of Life (Full Series)
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 2
Episode 3
Ideas about the soul and the afterlife, of sin and God's purpose have shaped human thinking for thousands of years. Religious rituals remain embedded in the major events of our lives.
In this thought-provoking series, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins asks what happens if we leave religion behind.
He explores what reason and science might offer to inspire and guide our lives in religion's place. Can science bring understanding in the face of death, help us tell right from wrong, or reveal the meaning of life?
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life - Episode 1 - Richard Dawkins
Aired October 15, 2012 on Channel 4
Ideas about the soul and the afterlife, of sin and God's purpose have shaped human thinking for thousands of years. Religious rituals remain embedded in the major events of our lives.
In this thought-provoking series, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins asks what happens if we leave religion behind.
He explores what reason and science might offer to inspire and guide our lives in religion's place. Can science bring understanding in the face of death, help us tell right from wrong, or reveal the meaning of life?
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Channel 4 - Can Atheists Enjoy Christmas?
From 4Thought.tv:
Christmas is one of the most important dates in the Christian calendar but what does it mean to non-believers? In the week before Christmas seven atheists spell out their views.(Thanks Dharmender)
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Unreported World: Nigeria's Millionaire Preachers
Aired October 28, 2011 on Channel 4
Miracles, expensive cars, exorcisms and bodyguards: religion is big business in Nigeria. Reporter Seyi Rhodes and director Matt Haan travel to Lagos to reveal the extraordinary world of the millionaire preachers.
By promoting the dream of escaping poverty, they have turned their churches into corporations, which are changing the face of Christianity.
Every Sunday millions of Nigerians crowd into thousands of competing churches. The team visits one church in Lagos run by Dr Sign Fireman, an up-and-coming preacher who is attempting to break into the big time.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Derren Brown - Miracles for Sale
Aired April 25, 2011 on Channel 4
With the cameras in hot pursuit, Derren faces his toughest project yet, going in search of an unsuspecting member of the British public prepared to adopt the guise of a pastor and miracle worker.*Video blocked in Guernsey, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, United Kingdom
His chosen one then has six months to learn the trade and flourish across the pond as a convincing pastor.
The final phase of the volunteer's extraordinary challenge sees them attempt to perform faith healing miracles live in Texas, but will Derren's new recruit be accepted as a faith healer or cast away as fake healer?
(Thanks Zemi)
Monday, March 21, 2011
Cutting Edge: The Virgin Daughters
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Originally broadcast on September 25, 2008 on Channel 4
Cutting Edge explores the purity movement in America, where one girl in every six pledges to remain a virgin, or to save her first kiss, until her wedding day. Award-winning documentary-maker Jane Treays investigates whether this decision is made by the girls themselves or their parents, and follows a group of fathers and daughters as they prepare to attend a `purity ball' in Colorado Springs, run by Randy Wilson and his wife Lisa.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Another Pakistani Official Murdered for Urging Reform to Blasphemy Laws
March 2, 2011 on Channel 4 News:
The Taliban claims responsibility for killing the Cabinet's only Christian Minister Shahbaz Bhatti. An Islamic expert tells Channel 4 News he's "deeply distressed" at the situation in the country.
42 year old Mr Bhatti, the Minister for Religious Minorities, is the second top official killed this year for opposing a controversial blasphemy law.
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Sunday, February 13, 2011
Father Ray Comes Out
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Aired February 11, 2011 on Channel 4
Father Ray is a warm, gregarious vicar who has been leading his central London parish for three years.(via TreVelocita)
He has transformed his parish, building a community in central London, where many struggle with feelings of anonymity. Ray and the parishioners have had their ups and downs but have built a warm and loving church.
Now Ray is prepared to jeopardise all his work for the truth, and share a very personal secret with them: he is gay. He's decided that in order to be a good minister he must be honest with his parish.
But admitting homosexuality as a vicar is not straightforward. Ray knows his news is unlikely to be welcomed by an Anglican Church that projects an ambivalent view of homosexuality. And it could be challenging to some of his more conservative parishioners. He risks alienating some of the people he considers his friends.
Anna Llewellyn's First Cut film observes Ray as he deals with the fallout from his sermon and discovers whether or not his words have sown the seeds for a greater understanding and tolerance he dearly hopes for.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Dispatches: Lessons In Hate and Violence (Trailer)
Airs February 14, 2011 on Channel 4
Dispatches goes undercover to investigate allegations that teachers regularly assault young children in some of the 2,000 Muslim schools in Britain run by Islamic organisations.(Thanks Alex)
The programme also follows up allegations that, behind closed doors, some Muslim secondary schools teach a message of hatred and intolerance.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Unreported World - Witches on Trial
Aired November 12, 2010 on Channel 4
The Central African Republic is a country obsessed with black magic, where nearly half the prison population are convicted witches. In villages and the capital witchcraft is used to explain every misfortune and it is such a powerful weapon that it is a feature of almost every family quarrel or village dispute. And, as Reporter Seyi Rhodes and director Julie Noon reveal, it's often the most vulnerable who are singled out.(via TreVelocita)
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Are Christians the New Persecuted?
*Note: Video is blocked in the UK (Available on 4oD in 7 parts)
December 2010 on Channel 4
The rise of aggressive secularism and radical Islam has left many Christians feeling under attack and unable to express their faith. Do Christians really face abuse and discrimination? Or are they just struggling to adjust to multi-faith Britain?(Thanks to TheRationalizer for the videos)
Interviews with Nicky Rawlins, Bishop Nick Baines, Gary MacFarlane, Peter Tatchell, Andrea Williams, Bishop Michael Nazir Ali, and Anjem Choudary.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Dispatches - In God's Name - Channel 4
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Aired May 19, 2008 on Channel 4
As the Human Fertilisation and Embryo Bill continues its way through Parliament, David Modell follows some of the leading members of Christian pressure groups as they attempt to win converts and convince MPs to base laws on Biblical beliefs.(via TreVelocita)
Hard-line Christian activists are now mobilising believers in an attempt to make an impact on society nationally. Followers believe abortion and homosexuality should be illegal, there should be no sex before marriage and that the law of blasphemy should be strictly enforced.
They say the Bible is the definitive word of God and is literally true and are intolerant of other faiths. The film follows well funded and politically active Christian groups and shows them emerging as a significant voice in British politics.
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Richard Dawkins: Faith School Menace?
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Aired August 18, 2010 on Channel 4
The number of faith schools in Britain is rising. Around 7,000 publicly funded schools - one in three - now has a religious affiliation.(Videos are blocked in the United Kingdom - Available on 4oD and YT)
As the coalition government paves the way for more faith-based education by promoting 'free schools', the renowned atheist and evolutionary biologist Professor Richard Dawkins says enough is enough.
In this passionately argued film, Dawkins calls on us to reconsider the consequences of faith education, which, he argues, bamboozles parents and indoctrinates and divides children.
The film features robust exchanges with former Secretary of State for Education Charles Clarke, Head of the Church of England Education Service Reverend Janina Ainsworth, and the Chair of the Association of Muslim Schools, Dr Mohammed Mukadam.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Dispatches: Africa's Last Taboo (Clip)
Clips from the Channel 4 documentary 'Dispatches: Africa's Last Taboo'
Aired July 12, 2010 and still available on 4oD (UK Only)
Gay people in Africa are facing increased persecution in a continent where two thirds of countries retain laws against homosexuals.(via TreVelocita)
Award-winning filmmaker Sorious Samura investigates for Dispatches what it is like to be a gay person in Africa, discovering shocking levels of prejudice and hate, driven by governments, religious organisations and communities.
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