The Big Questions

Season 142007

Nicky Campbell hosts a series of moral, ethical and religious debates.

24 Episodes

E01 Episode 1

A series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues, hosted by Nicky Campbell. With contributions from panellists Amanda Platell, Dr Alice Roberts, Jonathan Bartley, Jeevan Deol and an invited Oxford audience.

September 9, 2007

E02 Episode 2

Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol host a series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues. This week, owning up, apologising and forgiveness are the subjects under discussion. With contributions from panellists Baroness Julia Neuberger and Peter Hitchens, and an invited Oxford audience.

September 16, 2007

E03 Episode 3

Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol host a series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues. Ann Widdecombe, Julie Bindell and an invited audience from Brighton discuss religious blessing of same-gender partnerships.

September 23, 2007

E04 Episode 4

Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol host a series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues. Joining them in Birmingham are panellists Clare Short, Rabbi Schochet, Dr Raj Pandit Sharma and Nihal.

October 7, 2007

E05 Episode 5

Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol host a series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues, live from Bradford as Muslims celebrate Eid. Journalist John Simpson explains why he thinks the world will be a more peaceful place in the future.

October 14, 2007

E06 Episode 6

Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol host this edition of the series of topical moral, ethical and religious debates live from Wychwood School in Oxford, with talk show host James O'Brien, religious commentator Anne Atkins and soprano Katherine Jenkins.

October 21, 2007

E07 Episode 7

Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol host a series of topical moral, ethical and religious debates. This edition comes from Merchant Taylor's Girls' School in Liverpool, with DJ Bobby Friction and the Bishop of Bolton on the panel. Special guest is the veteran foreign correspondent, John Simpson.

October 28, 2007

E08 Episode 8

Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol host this edition of the topical moral and religious debates show live from Samworth Enterprise Academy in Leicester. The multi-faith panel include Muslim magazine editor, Fareena Alam; the Catholic columnist, Cristina Odone; Indarjit Singh, editor of the Sikh Messenger; and Secretary-General of the Hindu Forum, Ramesh Kallidai.

November 4, 2007

E09 Episode 9

Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol host the topical moral and religious debate show live from The Grace Academy in Birmingham. Panellists this week are Lucy Siegle, Dr Sharma, Reverend Rose Hudson Wilkin and Miranda Sawyer, with celebrity guest Benjamin Zephaniah.

November 18, 2007

E10 Episode 10

Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol host a series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues live from Oxford. On the panel are former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey, Professor Richard Dawkins, Ann Widdecombe MP and columnist Libby Purves, joined by special guest John Barrowman.

November 25, 2007

E11 Episode 11

A series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues, hosted by Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol. On the panel are Jonathan Bartley, co-director of the think-tank Ekklesia, Diane Abbot MP, Dr Raj Pandi Sharma and the Rev Joanna Jepson.

December 30, 2007

E12 Episode 12

A series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues, hosted by Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol from Tonbridge School in Kent. On the panel are Guardian columnist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, talkshow host James O'Brien and Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet.

January 6, 2008

E13 Episode 13

A series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues, hosted by Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol from the Samworth Enterprise Academy in Leicester. On the panel are local Iman, Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra, Catholic columnist Cristina Odone, Surrey University chaplain Alexander Goldberg, and the feminist writer Julie Bindell. Toyah Wilcox is the celebrity guest.

January 13, 2008

E14 Episode 14

A series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues. Hosted by Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol, with panellists Yorkshire MP Ann Cryer, Father Antony Sutch, Jay Lakhani, Director of the Hindu Academy and Head of the Evangelical Alliance, Reverend Joel Edwards.

January 20, 2008

E15 Episode 15

A series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues. Nicky Campbell presents live from Telford College in Edinburgh. Among the panellists are Lord Steel, former leader of the Liberal Democrats, comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli, and theologist Professor Mona Siddiqui from Glasgow University.

January 27, 2008

E16 Episode 16

A series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues presented by Nicky Campbell live from the Grace Academy, Birmingham. On the panel are two columnists, Cristina Odone of The Observer and Yasmin Alibhai-Brown of The Independent, Jewish chaplain Alex Goldberg, and Evan Harris MP. The special guest is the French chef, Jean-Christophe Novelli.

February 3, 2008

E17 Episode 17

A series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues presented by Nicky Campbell. Live from the West London Academy, Northolt. On the panel are Kelvin MacKenzie, a former editor of The Sun; Diane Abbott MP; Sir Stephen Wall, the ex-ambassador who now works for Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor; and Jonathan Bartley, Director of Ekklesia, the religious think-tank.

February 10, 2008

E18 Episode 18

Nottingham University. On the panel are Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra from the Muslim Council of Britain; Dr Raj Sharma, General Secretary of the Hindu Council of Britain, Hackney vicar and chair of the General Synod, Rev. Rose Hudson-Wilkin, and Jasvinder Sanghera, the founder of the Asian refuge, Karma Nirvana. The special guest is broadcaster and musician, Myleene Klass.

February 17, 2008

E19 Episode 19

A series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues presented by Nicky Campbell, live from Ashton Park School in Bristol. On the panel are the journalist and smallholder, Rosie Boycott, the head of the Evangelical Alliance, Rev Joel Edwards, the Jewish chaplain at the University of Surrey, Alex Goldberg, and Martin Palmer, author and Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and Culture.

February 24, 2008

E20 Episode 20

A series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues presented by Nicky Campbell, live from Samworth Academy, Leicester. Panellists include Indarjit Singh, the editor of the Sikh Messenger, writer and broadcaster Julie Bindel, and Fareena Alam, editor of Q magazine. With special guest Katie Melua.

March 2, 2008

E21 Episode 21

Nicky Campbell presents a series of moral, ethical and religious debates from The Pyramid, Warrington. Panellists include Guardian columnist Decca Aitkenhead; LBC talk-show host James O'Brien; Dr Raj Sharma, from the Hindu Council of the UK; and Bishop Michael Doe from the United Society for the Propogation of the Gospel. The special guest is Phil Redmond, television producer and deputy chair of Liverpool's year as European City of Culture.

March 9, 2008

E22 Episode 22

Nicky Campbell presents live from King Edward VI School, Southampton. Panellists include Observer columnist Cristina Odone, Christian writer and broadcaster Anne Atkins, Major-General Tim Cross, and Jonathan Bartley, from the religious think-tank, Ekklesia.

March 16, 2008

E23 Episode 23

Nicky Campbell presents live from Grace Academy, Solihull in front of a specially invited audience of young people. The panellists are: Fareena Alam, editor of Q magazine; James O'Brien, the LBC talk-show host; Alex Goldberg, the youngest-ever member of the British Board of Deputies; and Kulveer Ranger, Vice-Chairman for Cities for the Conservative Party. The special guest is singer and presenter of the BBC series What Not To Wear, Mica Paris. Topics for debate are: Does the right to life start from conception? Should faith be banned from schools?; and, Has the time come to lower the voting age to 16?

March 30, 2008

E24 Episode 24

Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol host a series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues from the West London Academy, Northolt. Panellists are James O'Brien, LBC talk show host, writer and broadcaster Cristina Odone, A L Kennedy, novelist and winner of the 2007 Costa Prize for Fiction, and Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet from the Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Mill Hill.

April 6, 2008

The Big Questions

E01 Episode 1

E02 Episode 2

E03 Episode 3

E04 Episode 4

E05 Episode 5

E06 Episode 6

E07 Episode 7

E08 Episode 8

E09 Episode 9

E10 Episode 10

E11 Episode 11

E12 Episode 12

E13 Episode 13

E14 Episode 14

E15 Episode 15

E16 Episode 16

E17 Episode 17

E18 Episode 18

E19 Episode 19

E20 Episode 20

E21 Episode 21

E22 Episode 22

E23 Episode 23

E24 Episode 24

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