Category - bbc

A voice that will be sorely missed

Simon Barrow — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:10:18 +0100

The news that doyen BBC correspondent Charles Wheeler has died is a sad day for journalism.

Thou shalt not offend anyone: BBC's Jesus is nice but dull

Giles Fraser — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:30:53 +0000

Forget Maria. How do you solve a problem like Jesus? After all, everyone has a view: well-meaning Jewish guru, dangerous heretic, son of God, charlatan. The list is endless. Mel Gibson gave us the fundamentalist's Jesus of gruesome realism: a tortured body offset by expensive LA orthodontistry (bad teeth would have been a realism too far). This year's Easter offering from the BBC - boldly scheduled for primetime on BBC1 - reaches for the other extreme and presents the inoffensive Liberal Democrat Jesus: Nick Clegg with a beard.

Protest to the BBC over coverage of the Williams row

staff writers — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:23:25 +0000

As the furore over Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams' remarks about religious and civil law subsides into a more considered debate beyond the headlines, the Anglican leader is receiving backing from some unexpected quarters.

Archbishop under fire over Sharia law lecture and interview

staff writers — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:37:23 +0000

Lambeth Palace has been bracing itself for harsh morning headlines, after the Archbishop of Canterbury was widely interpreted as calling for the incorporation of Muslim Sharia law alongside English law. But is that what he said?

BBC prime time series about Jesus expected to attract audience of 10 million

staff writers — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:56:16 +0000

The BBC are to broadcast a new prime time series about the days before Jesus' crucifixion which it is suggested will attract audiences of ten million. The series follows several other major programmes exploring the Christian faith.

British reporter in Zimbabwe says revolt against Mugabe underway

staff writers — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:27:28 +0000

One of the BBC chief reporters has defied a government ban on the Corporation's personnel operating in Zimbabwe, and has reported that opposition to President Robert Mugabe is growing within his own Zanu-PF party.

Row over Williams' critical views about Iraq invasion

staff writers — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:06:39 +0000

Dr Rowan Williams has found himself at the centre of a row, following remarks to a Muslim magazine, after a Sunday newspaper construed it as an all-out attack on the US and neocon hard-liner John Bolton attacked him on the BBC.

Lord Carey backs call for an end to the blasphemy law

staff writers — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:02:53 +0000

Replying to questions on a BBC TV programme today, Lord Carey of Clifton, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, has publicly agreed with the Christian think-tank Ekklesia that it is time for Britain's archaic blasphemy law to be abolished.

Newspaper calls for non-religious voices on radio faith slot

staff writers — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:04:24 +0000

The Guardian newspaper has joined a growing list of people calling on the BBC to open its Radio 4 Thought for the Day slot to non-religious as well as religious voices. TFTD is broadcast on the flagship Today programme at 07.50 each day.

BBC to screen political Nativity story

staff writers — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:46:28 +0000

The political dimension of the Nativity story, drawing on the themes of immigration and asylum, is to be screened by the BBC in the run up to Christmas.