The Big Questions - Season 1

First aired: 9/9/2007 24 episodes
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Episodes

1. Episode 1

Aired: 9/9/2007

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.

2. Episode 2

Aired: 9/16/2007

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.

3. Episode 3

Aired: 9/23/2007

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.

4. Episode 4

Aired: 10/7/2007

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.

5. Episode 5

Aired: 10/14/2007

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.

6. Episode 6

Aired: 10/21/2007

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.

7. Episode 7

Aired: 10/28/2007

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.

8. Episode 8

Aired: 11/4/2007

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.

9. Episode 9

Aired: 11/18/2007

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.

10. Episode 10

Aired: 11/25/2007

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.

11. Episode 11

Aired: 12/30/2007

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.

12. Episode 12

Aired: 1/6/2008

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.

13. Episode 13

Aired: 1/13/2008

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.

14. Episode 14

Aired: 1/20/2008

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.

15. Episode 15

Aired: 1/27/2008

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.

16. Episode 16

Aired: 2/3/2008

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.

17. Episode 17

Aired: 2/10/2008

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.

18. Episode 18

Aired: 2/17/2008

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.

19. Episode 19

Aired: 2/24/2008

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.

20. Episode 20

Aired: 3/2/2008

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.

21. Episode 21

Aired: 3/9/2008

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.

22. Episode 22

Aired: 3/16/2008

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.

23. Episode 23

Aired: 3/30/2008

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?

24. Episode 24

Aired: 4/6/2008

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.