The Big Questions
Series 2
Sunday morning debates about topical issues with a religious slant.
Where to Watch The Big Questions • Series 2
35 Episodes
- Episode 4E4
Episode 4Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions from the Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys in Canterbury. Taking part in the live topical debates will be writer and broadcaster Cristina Odone, Jonathan Bartley, director of the religious think-tank Ekklesia, and Dr Raj Pandit Sharma from the Hindu Council UK. - Episode 5E5
Episode 5Topical live debate with Nicky Campbell from Telford College, Edinburgh. Panellists include television presenter and Daily Record columnist Kaye Adams; Revd Alec MacDonald of the Free Church of Scotland; historical novelist and columnist, Katie Grant; and the award-winning science fiction writer, Ken MacLeod. - Episode 6E6
Episode 6Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions live from the Ashton Park School in Bristol. Taking part in the topical debates are Alex Goldberg, Chief Executive of the London Jewish Forum; radio talk show host James O'Brien; the Rev Joanna Jepson, chaplain to the London College of Fashion; and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. - Episode 8E8
Episode 8The topical debate with Nicky Campbell comes from the Grace Academy in Solihull. Guests include novelist and religious commentator Anne Atkins, Rabbi Jonathan Romain from Maidenhead Synagogue, writer and broadcaster Cristina Odone, and actress Nina Wadia, best-known for her roles in Eastenders and Goodness Gracious Me. - Episode 10E10
Episode 10Nicky Campbell presents a topical debate from Michaelston Community College in Cardiff. Taking part in the discussions are the Falklands War veteran, Simon Weston; the Reverend Lorraine Kavanagh, chaplain to Cardiff University; the Hindu teacher, Akhandadhi Das; and the agony aunt and counsellor, Jenni Trent Hughes. - Episode 11E11
Episode 11Nicky Campbell presents the Big Questions from Bury Grammar School for Boys. Taking part in the topical debates are Hackney vicar and Queen's Chaplain, Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin; Leicester imam and member of the Muslim Council of Britain, Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra; novelist and broadcaster, Bidisha; and Dame Ann Leslie, the doyenne of foreign correspondents. - Episode 12E12
Episode 12Nicky Campbell presents from the Samworth Enterprise Academy in Leicester. Contributing their views are the radio talk show host James O'Brien; Baroness Verma, businesswoman and Tory spokesperson in the House of Lords for Education, Skills and Health; Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet, from Mill Hill Synagogue; and the young Scottish tenor Nicky Spence. - Episode 14E14
Episode 14Nicky Campbell presents the topical debate from the Linton Village College in Cambridgeshire, with a panel of guests including Jonathan Bartley, director of the religious think-tank Ekklesia, Benedictine monk Dom Antony Sutch, feminist writer Julie Bindel and comedienne Helen Lederer. - Episode 16E16
Episode 16The topical live debate comes from the Bitterne Park School in Southampton. Joining Nicky Campbell are former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey; Druid priestess, Emma Restall Orr; novelist and broadcaster, Anne Atkins; and Oxford science professor, Peter Atkins, who is also a member of the National Secular Society. - Episode 18E18
Episode 18The topical live debate with Nicky Campbell comes live from the Samworth Enterprise Academy, Leicester. Taking part are Dame Ann Leslie, veteran foreign correspondent and writer for the Daily Mail; Dr Raj Pandit Sharma of the Hindu Council UK; and Ajmal Masroor, chairman of Communities in Action and a spokesperson for the Islamic Society of Britain. - Episode 19E19
Episode 19Nicky Campbell presents topical debates from Ashton Park School in Bristol. Taking part are radio talk-show host James O'Brien; Alex Goldberg, Chief Executive of the London Jewish Forum; broadcaster Angela Rippon; and Colm O'Gorman, the Executive Director of Amnesty International Ireland and founder of the charity One in Four which represents victims of child abuse. - Episode 20E20
Episode 20Nicky Campbell presents topical debates from Tonbridge School in Tonbridge. Contributing their views are professor of genetics and broadcaster, Steve Jones; Leo McKinstry, Daily Express columnist and author; and Shaun Bailey, co-founder of the charity My Generation that helps young people. - Episode 23E23
Episode 23Nicky Campbell presents live from the Manor Church of England School in York. The Daily Mail columnist Peter Hitchens; the former Talban hostage who converted to Islam, Yvonne Ridley; school and hospital chaplain, Father Stephen Maughan; and the writer and critic Bidisha contribute to the topical debates. - Episode 24E24
Episode 24Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions from Whitgift School, Croydon. Taking part in the topical debates are human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, Independent columnist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, and Christina Rees, member of the General Synod and campaigner for women bishops in the Church of England.
