Masters of ambivalence

The BBC's Religious and Ethics review has somehow detected a thirst for more. Perhaps because 48 of the 150 "stakeholders" involved in the process boast religious titles. Perhaps because that's the current BBC style, despite clear figures that 51% of the UK population say they have no religion.

So we're told that, whilst the BBC already produces over 7,000 hours of broadcasting "in this area", what's going to increase is "ambition", rather than hours. Viewers may be interested to know that the BBC2 drama "The Boy With The Top Knot", based on the memoirs of Satnam Sanghera counts as a "Faith Film"; and Sally Phillips' documentary, "A Word Without Down's Syndrome ?" was Ethics.
Next, we re-classify all drama containing a moral dilemma - surely "Wolf Hall" is an examination of religion, power, childlessness etc ? 

Meanwhile, there'll be more noting of religious festivals outside the usual C of E dates on The One Show, Chris Evans and Newsround; there'll be a Year of Beliefs in 2019 (anyone remember what the BBC Year of 2017 was all about ? Culture ? Opera ?).  The BBC will host a bi-annual Belief Summit. And the external provider of anti-unconscious bias training to the BBC will be asked to include a module that ensures no unconscious religious prejudice infects the caring and loving soul of Auntie. So, as they say, that's all good then.