Highlights
About Religion

About Religion - Season 1 (1956)

Season 1 Episodes

1. The Question of Colour

January 8th, 1956

2. Christ in Jeans

March 23rd, 1958

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

3. Deadline

October 26th, 1958

4. The Lonely Ones

March 1st, 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.

5. The Lonely Shepherd

March 15th, 1959

A look at the increasing numbers that are living alone.

6. The Seven Deadly Sins #1 Anger

March 6th, 1960

7. The News on Good Friday

April 15th, 1960

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

8. The Acts of the Apostles

June 5th, 1960

9. Love Is My Calling

November 27th, 1960

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

10. The Hungry

May 7th, 1961

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

11. Man's Idea of God

August 27th, 1961

12. Inquest at Golgotha

October 1st, 1961

13. King Herod: Committed for Trial

October 29th, 1961

14. Punishment

January 1st, 1962

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

15. This Is the End

July 22nd, 1962

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

November 18th, 1962

17. Dinner with the Devil

December 23rd, 1962

18. The Night Before the Execution

April 14th, 1963

19. The Site

May 26th, 1963

20. Context

August 4th, 1963

21. Epilepsy

August 11th, 1963

22. The Upper Room

October 20th, 1963

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

March 22nd, 1964

24. Dont Call Him Mister

April 12th, 1964

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

25. Inspiration

May 17th, 1964

26. Man of Peace

December 13th, 1964

27. A Face for Judas

April 4th, 1965

28. No Greater Love

April 18th, 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.

29. But One Purpose: Part 2

June 11th, 1965

30. Margaret Hayes Missing Presumed Dead

July 27th, 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.

31. The Saturday People

August 22nd, 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.

32. Going with the Crowd

September 5th, 1965

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

33. Where Are the Neighbours?

October 17th, 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.

34. Rock Bottom ; Men of the Road

April 3rd, 1966

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