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Radio 4,09 Jan 2009,30 mins

09/01/2009

Front Row

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Presented by Kirsty Lang. Religion on Television. In a submission to Ofcom by the Rt Revd Nicholas Baines, Anglican Bishop of Croydon, and the Rt Revd John Arnold, Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, the BBC was criticised for its perceived failure to value religious programming sufficiently. Kirsty speaks to Commissioning Editor for Religion and Multicultural for Channel 4 Aaqil Ahmed and series producer for BBC Religion Graham Johnston about the different approaches they have taken when making recent religious documentaries. Bromley By Bow Centre. Kirsty visits the Bromley By Bow health centre, in East London, where Dr Sam Everington gives her a tour of the unusual range of on-site facilities: the centre is also home to a potter, a stained-glass artist, a sculptress, furniture and crafts workshops, a sculpture-park, an internet café and more.

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