Religion and The Media - Describe, explain and analyse the variety of specifically religious programmes on the main four television channels.

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GCSE RE Short Course Coursework

Religion and The Media

  1. Describe, explain and analyse:
  1. The variety of specifically religious programmes on the main four television channels.

There are not really a wide variety of specifically religious programmes on the four main TV channels.

      One of the three I watched was “The Heaven and Earth Show”, which is on BBC1 on Sunday mornings. This is a programme that tackles current issues from the point of view of various religions, e.g. the attack on the world trade centre, and how it made people question their faith. It also covers unusual religious issues that will interest people, like a football playing Muslim girl, a topic that was featured in a recent film, “Bend it like Beckham”.  The programme is mainly aimed at adults who are either religious or interested in religion, or people interested in current affairs. People may like this show because it brings up issues that will interest a lot of people, is informative, and may give people more faith in their religion. People who are not religious, or believe in a different religion to the ones featured on the show may not enjoy it though. Also, as it is on a Sunday morning, people might be in church.

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     The second programme I watched was “ My Favourite Hymns”, which is on ITV on a Sunday morning. The programme interviews prominent religious figures to find out about their favourite hymns, and then shows them. It is aimed at older religious people who like hymns, and they might like the programme if they are interested in religions other than their own, or are interested in the guests on the show. They may also feel like they are worshipping God by watching it, if they can’t get out to church. People might not enjoy it if they don’t like ...

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