Messrs Watson, Basden and Key were back for the fifth episode of the series. This week: Tolerance: religious tolerance, moral tolerance, not striking the person next to you on the bus because they haven't worked out you can send a text without your phone beeping every time you press a key. It's important to tolerate others' faults, their little quirks, and their massive despicable crimes. But can tolerance make us into doormats, allowing evil to thrive? Probably. Shame, that.

As ever, we needed your tweets, texts and comments. This week's question was: When have you been too tolerant, and to what consequence?

We tried to publish as many of your contributions as possible:


Mark asked the audience whether he should end the show with an act of tolerance (tolerating plasters being torn off his arm) or intolerance (smashing an alarm clock with a baseball bat). Here's what happened:



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Episode 1 - Strength

Episode 2 - Faith

Episode 3 - Intelligence

Episode 4 - Passion

Episode 5 - Tolerance

Episode 6 - Goodwill



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