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    TV Series

    About Religion

    9/10
    1956 - Present
    Returning Series
    Seasons: 1
    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.

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    Seasons & Episodes

    1. The Question of Colour

    No description available.

    1/8/1956

    2. Christ in Jeans

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

    3/23/1958

    3. Deadline

    No description available.

    10/26/1958

    4. The Lonely Ones

    A young girl recalls her life as a refugee and shows those escaping from Hungary,the Middle East and those arriving in Hong Kong.

    3/1/1959

    5. The Lonely Shepherd

    A look at the increasing numbers that are living alone.

    3/15/1959

    6. The Seven Deadly Sins #1 Anger

    No description available.

    3/6/1960

    7. The News on Good Friday

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

    4/15/1960

    8. The Acts of the Apostles

    No description available.

    6/5/1960

    9. Love Is My Calling

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

    11/27/1960

    10. The Hungry

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

    5/7/1961

    11. Man's Idea of God

    No description available.

    8/27/1961

    12. Inquest at Golgotha

    No description available.

    10/1/1961

    13. King Herod: Committed for Trial

    No description available.

    10/29/1961

    14. Punishment

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

    1/1/1962

    15. This Is the End

    A dying man gets the 'This is Your Life' treatment in a porch play filmed in the ruins of the old Coventry Cathedral.

    7/22/1962

    16. The Vision and the Dream

    No description available.

    11/18/1962

    17. Dinner with the Devil

    No description available.

    12/23/1962

    18. The Night Before the Execution

    No description available.

    4/14/1963

    19. The Site

    No description available.

    5/26/1963

    20. Context

    No description available.

    8/4/1963

    21. Epilepsy

    No description available.

    8/11/1963

    22. The Upper Room

    No description available.

    10/20/1963

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

    No description available.

    3/22/1964

    24. Dont Call Him Mister

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

    4/12/1964

    25. Inspiration

    No description available.

    5/17/1964

    26. Man of Peace

    No description available.

    12/13/1964

    27. A Face for Judas

    No description available.

    4/4/1965

    28. No Greater Love

    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.

    4/18/1965

    29. But One Purpose: Part 2

    No description available.

    6/11/1965

    30. Margaret Hayes Missing Presumed Dead

    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.

    7/27/1965

    31. The Saturday People

    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.

    8/22/1965

    32. Going with the Crowd

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

    9/5/1965

    33. Where Are the Neighbours?

    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.

    10/17/1965

    34. Rock Bottom ; Men of the Road

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

    4/3/1966

    Cast