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Think With Pinker
Ep10 - Sentence first, verdict afterwards
- Broadcast
- 2021 (27 mins)
Decision making in the courtroom: 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 the...
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...
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...
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 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....
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...
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 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...
A History of Christianity
Episode 3 - Orthodoxy: From Empire to Empire
- Broadcast
- 2009 (59 mins)
3/6 of doc in which Professor Diarmaid Macculloch searches for Christianity’s forgotten origins. Today he charts the troubled story of the Orthodox church. Eastern Roman Empire, Muslim Expansion,...
A History of Christianity
Episode 5 - Protestantism: The Evangelical Explosion
- Broadcast
- 2009 (59 mins)
5/6 documentary series presented by Professor Diarmaid Macculloch on the history of Christianity. Professor Macculloch traces the growth of evangelical protestantism from Germany to South Korea