Religious programming on the BBC over Easter
Post categories: Easter
|15:40 UK time, Thursday, 1 April 2010
It's been a little over eight months since I rejoined the BBC to be the Head of Religion and Ethics and Commissioning Editor for Television and my first Easter is fast approaching.
Last year we got some criticism for our Easter coverage and, as I have already stated, I don't think the BBC got the balance of Easter programming on television right in 2009. But we've listened to viewers' feedback and worked hard to address this. I'm very proud of the output across both BBC TV and radio to mark and celebrate Easter this year. We have everything from live worship and sacred music to insightful and topical television documentaries on BBC One to mark both Good Friday and Easter Sunday. You can find a full list of the Easter programming on TV and Radio on this pdf.Â
I hope you can take the time to watch and listen to some of the programmes listed and, if you do, I hope that you enjoy them!
Comment number 1.
At 16:12 1st Apr 2010, Cucumber Mike wrote:It looks like there's going to be some excellent programmes on over Easter! I think the BBC always does a good job of marking Christian festivals and this looks like no exception.
It's just a shame, then, that the only time most people will see it is when they have to switch over from BBC1 to BBC2 half-way through the Grand Prix on Sunday morning. I can just hear the collective mutter of 'blooming God-botherers'!
Anyway, hopefully I'll be proved wrong and millions of F1 fans will go from watching Schumacher, Button, Hamilton and co performing miracles on the track to celebrating the miracle of the resurrection. What are the chances, do you think? ;-)
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Comment number 2.
At 16:14 1st Apr 2010, dennisjunior1 wrote:Aaqil:
Thanks, for the informative information on the BBC over the Easter Break....And, it was a good idea, to take under advisement the arguments of the other sides...
-Dennis Junior-
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