"Describe the variety of specifically religious programmes on mainstream television."

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Religion and the Media - Religious TV Programmes

"Describe the variety of specifically religious programmes on mainstream television."

There are three main types of religious programmes; magazine, worship and documentary. Throughout my essay I hope to explore these programmes, providing examples and discussing their effect on an audience. I hope to do this by evaluating and analysing the different programmes. I will also discuss the reasons behind why they are made.

Religious programmes are made for a reason. They are a replacement to going to a church or another place of worship. They may be aimed at disabled people who can't get to church, or people who have busy lifestyles, either way; they aim to bring religion to people's homes.

One of the three types of religious programmes is a magazine type programme. An example of a magazine type programme is the Heaven and Earth Show, which can be seen on BBC1 at 10.00am, in the god - slot (usually Saturday or Sunday morning). They are called magazine type programmes because they include a variety of items e.g. interviews, guests, discussions, debates, phone-in...

The Heaven and Earth show, as the title suggests,