Describe the variety of specifically religious programmes on the 5 main channels.

An example of a worship show is ‘Songs of Praise’. This show is believed to be the most-watched and the longest-running religious television programme in the world. It is broadcasted on a Sunday as it is a holy day for Christians when they tend to rest from work. It usually includes congregations from various  and  singing famous hymns whilst the presenter explores that week's theme. From this show the audience can gain some facts about the Christian faith and boost their faith as hymns are about praising God and. Also their knowledge of the faith is increased or refreshed in between the hymns when the presenter has his time to explore the weakly theme. This show can be found on BBC 1. This show is aimed at all ages as children will enjoy hymns and will mainly attract people of the Christian faith.

Another religion-based show that the BBC offers is the magazine show ‘Heaven and Earth’. This show concentrated on a wide range of beliefs and was not just centred around Christianity. It featured reports on topical religious issues with notable reporters. The audience for this was for people of all ages and from all religions. From this the audience could get a lot of information about different religions. It was also quite modernized and talked about modern issues that religions faced, such as the ethics of Halal meat or 'new age' concepts of spirituality and tackles it in a magazine style.

Channel 4 is recognised for their documentaries and has produced many based around faith and belief. One of these is ‘Make me a Muslim’. This is a documentary to see if Islam can repair the moral fabric of British society. It had picked out six non-Muslims and one lapsed Muslim to follow Islamic teachings for three weeks. The six come from Harrogate, in Yorkshire, a town with very few ethnic minority inhabitants. The audience for this show is for teenagers and above. It can be watched by a person of any religion as they could be attracted by the fact of how non-Muslims coped in Islamic rulings and teachings. From this show the audience can gain facts about how Islam is like and what it is to be a Muslim in today’s society. It is very factual and contains a lot of information about Islam. In the programme the volunteers have to give up things that are haram and they have to pray 5 times a day.