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Think With Pinker
Ep11 - Headlines and Trendlines
- Broadcast
- 2021 (28 mins)
The media fills our minds with vivid images of rare events from plane crashes to terrorist attacks. In his guide to thinking better, Professor Steven Pinker explores how we can stop the news from distorting...
Think With Pinker
Ep12 - Being Right
- Broadcast
- 2021 (28 mins)
Why getting it right might mean admitting you’re wrong. What if we were to replace intellectual combat with genuine discussion and treat beliefs as hypotheses to be tested rather than treasures to be...
Extraordinary Rituals
Episode 1 - Circle of Life
- Broadcast
- 2018 (58 mins)
Extraordinary Rituals explores the spectacular and emotional world of rituals. In our frenzied lives rituals answer our human needs and desires; they teach us how to love, how to let go and where we belong....
Extraordinary Rituals
Episode 2 - Great Gatherings
- Broadcast
- 2018 (58 mins)
Great Gatherings looks at rituals that bring us together in huge numbers, keep communities alive and reinforce our identity - by joining the crowd. In Italy, Siena is a medieval city divided into 17...
Extraordinary Rituals
Episode 3 - Changing World
- Broadcast
- 2018 (59 mins)
This episode explores how rituals adapt in our changing world. How do ancient ceremonies stay relevant and when do we invent new rituals to answer our needs? In India, Bhumi is a 24 year-old business...
Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth
Episode 1 - Democrats
- Broadcast
- 2013 (59 mins)
In Episode 1 of ‘Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth’ classicist, Dr Michael Scott journeys to Athens to explore how drama first began. He discovers that from the very start it was about more than...
Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth
Episode 2 - Kings
- Broadcast
- 2013 (59 mins)
In Episode 2 of ‘Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth’ classicist, Dr Michael Scott looks at the dramatic decline of Athens and the remarkable triumph and transformation of theatre. During the...
Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth
Episode 3 - Romans
- Broadcast
- 2013 (59 mins)
In Episode 3 of ‘Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth’ classicist, Dr Michael Scott examines the vital role played by the Romans in the preservation of Greek drama and in the history of theatre. He...
A History of Christianity
Episode 6 - God In The Dock
- Broadcast
- 2009 (59 mins)
6/6 documentary series presented by Professor Diarmaid Macculloch on the history of Christianity. He traces the path of religious doubt & scepticism by way of the Western Front and the Holocaust.
A History of Christianity
Episode 1 - The First Christianity
- Broadcast
- 2009 (59 mins)
1/6 of doc in which Professor Diarmaid Macculloch searches for Christianity’s forgotten origins. In this first episode, he visits what remains of the earliest Christian churches, which extended east from...