Original title
About Religion
Released
1/8/1956
Origin country
GB
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
34
About Religion was a UK religious affairs programme on Associated Television (ATV) 1958–1965. It was usually hosted by interviewer Julian Grenfell, with David King and John Brooking. An anthology of interviews was published in 1963.
A modern version of the passion play-just how would have Jesus been treated in the 20th Century?
A young girl recalls her life as a refugee and shows those escaping from Hungary,the Middle East and those arriving in Hong Kong.
A look at the increasing numbers that are living alone.
How modern-day television would have reported the death of Jesus.
TV cameras record for the first time the initiation ceremony in which a young woman becomes a nun.
A look at the work of various religious organizations trying to deal with hunger in Africa and Korea.
A look at the recent trial of war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Israel.
A dying man gets the 'This is Your Life' treatment in a porch play filmed in the ruins of the old Coventry Cathedral.
An account of the founder of the Quaker religion George Fox.
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.
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.
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.
A look at suburban behaviour inspired by Gordon Stowell's book 'A Satire on Materialism'
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.
About Religion looks at the results of a Government survey into the problems faced by homeless people.
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