Episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Can Money Make You Happy? | 20101026 | A special documentary for BBC Radio 2's Faith in the World Week, Dragon's Den millionaire Duncan Bannatyne explores the different attitudes towards money from various religious traditions, whilst also looking at the historical developments of banking and finance and encountering contemporary perspectives from people from all walks of life who have experienced great wealth or poverty. The programme will explore alternative systems of dealing with money, such as Islamic banking, and hearing from business leaders, celebrities and religious figures who have particular and distinctive views on money. Giving a timely reflection on the effect of the current financial crisis, Duncan also explores whether we are now challenging our beliefs, theories and principles over money. He meets young city philanthropists, a church organisation helping people crippled by debt, psychologist Dr Linda Papadopoulos, media guru Max Clifford and TV vicar Peter Owen Jones who tried to live without money. Does money hold the secret to having a happy life? Should money be a means to an end or the goal itself? Have we learnt anything from the current situation? Dragon's Den millionaire Duncan Bannatyne finds out if money can really make you happy. Celebrating the broad spectrum of belief in the multi-faith society of Britain today |
| Growing Up In Multi-faith Britain | 20151019 | In this special programme for BBC Radio 2's Faith in the World Week, Nelufar Hedayat considers the challenges facing young people in today's multi-media, multi-faith world. Nelufar, a Muslim brought up in Britain, meets teenagers of all faiths - Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Jews, Sikhs and Buddhists - to find out whether it is easier or harder to follow a faith today than it was for their parents. They offer their thoughts on growing up in multi-faith Britain and the distractions of mobile phones, the challenges of being devout and the sacrifices that have to be made to follow a belief. Nelufar travels to Brighton to meet Hindu peer Lord Dholakia, who tells stories of a tough life growing up in the 1960s as the only Indian politician in the town, and she practices mindfulness with Buddhists in Bethnal Green. She discusses why some young people of non-Christian faith feel excluded from a sense of being 'British' with sociology of religion professor Adam Dinham before meeting a mother who tells the tragic story of her son becoming radicalised and going to Syria where he was killed in an air strike. Growing up nowadays is far more complex for today's teenagers than it was for their parents, child health psychologist Aric Sigman tells the programme, and social cohesion expert Father Phil Sumner says the increasing display of Muslim hijabs is not necessarily a sign of that community feeling more secure, but actually more marginalised. Plus there's music from Mavis Staples, Elbow, Desmond Dekker and Louis Armstrong. Producer: Vince Hunt. Nelufar Hedayat on the challenges facing teenagers in today's multi-faith society. Celebrating the broad spectrum of belief in the multi-faith society of Britain today |
| What Do You Believe? | 20081021 | John McCarthy looks at why people throughout the centuries have believed in the divine. Celebrating the broad spectrum of belief in the multi-faith society of Britain today |