Monday, January 28, 2019

I'm a believer

2019 is the BBC Year of Beliefs. The Times has been given the press release before anyone else.

In the spirit of constant re-invention, 2018's three-part celebrity pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela on BBC2 is followed by 2019's three-part celebrity pilgrimage to Rome on BBC2.

Earth's Sacred Wonders, three one-hour films made in Scotland, first announced in 2017 as part of the 2018 religious bonanza, will make it to air in 2019. There is no guidance on whether the BBC has increased its 7,000 hours of religion and ethics broadcasting across all networks. Or whether it's doing more of less, but better.

The BBC's No 1 in Religion and Ethics, James Purnell, offers The Times (paywalled) this insight: “People have become much more flexible about their morality and their religion. They can be a bit Buddhism one minute, a bit Christianity the next. They can be quite strongly religious at one point in their lives and then change and then come back.”

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