About this season
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.
Episodes (34)
1. The Question of Colour
Aired 8 January 1956
2. Christ in Jeans
Aired 23 March 1958
A modern version of the passion play-just how would have Jesus been treated in the 20th Century?
3. Deadline
Aired 26 October 1958
4. The Lonely Ones
Aired 1 March 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
Aired 15 March 1959
A look at the increasing numbers that are living alone.
6. The Seven Deadly Sins #1 Anger
Aired 6 March 1960
7. The News on Good Friday
Aired 15 April 1960
How modern-day television would have reported the death of Jesus.
8. The Acts of the Apostles
Aired 5 June 1960
9. Love Is My Calling
Aired 27 November 1960
TV cameras record for the first time the initiation ceremony in which a young woman becomes a nun.
10. The Hungry
Aired 7 May 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
Aired 27 August 1961
12. Inquest at Golgotha
Aired 1 October 1961
13. King Herod: Committed for Trial
Aired 29 October 1961
14. Punishment
Aired 1 January 1962
A look at the recent trial of war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Israel.
15. This Is the End
Aired 22 July 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
Aired 18 November 1962
17. Dinner with the Devil
Aired 23 December 1962
18. The Night Before the Execution
Aired 14 April 1963
19. The Site
Aired 26 May 1963
20. Context
Aired 4 August 1963
21. Epilepsy
Aired 11 August 1963
22. The Upper Room
Aired 20 October 1963
23. The Rise and Fall of a Hero: An Anthology for Palm Sunday
Aired 22 March 1964
24. Dont Call Him Mister
Aired 12 April 1964
An account of the founder of the Quaker religion George Fox.
25. Inspiration
Aired 17 May 1964
26. Man of Peace
Aired 13 December 1964
27. A Face for Judas
Aired 4 April 1965
28. No Greater Love
Aired 18 April 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
Aired 11 June 1965
30. Margaret Hayes Missing Presumed Dead
Aired 27 July 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
Aired 22 August 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
Aired 5 September 1965
A look at suburban behaviour inspired by Gordon Stowell's book 'A Satire on Materialism'
33. Where Are the Neighbours?
Aired 17 October 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
Aired 3 April 1966
About Religion looks at the results of a Government survey into the problems faced by homeless people.