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| Archive Hour, The | ...Jean Seaton explores how the BBC has faced the task of trying to accommodate, explain and negotiate religious beliefs. From director general Lord Reith's reading of Blake's poem Jerusalem on the day the General Strike ended in 1926 to the controversy surrounding the decision to screen JERRY SPRINGER: The Opera, the corporation has always had to tread carefully with regard to the nation's religious sensitivities.... |
| Banned History Of Rock'n'roll, The | ...The Beatles famously claimed to be 'bigger than Jesus', Hendrix promoted the plight of black America in How Would you Feel and most recently, JERRY SPRINGER The Opera challenged traditional Christian belief. So can rock music and matters of race and religion live together in perfect harmony?... |
| Chain Reaction | ...Johnny Vegas talks to Stewart Lee on such diverse subjects as JERRY SPRINGER the Opera and being the most middle-class person in Britain.... |
| Comic To Comic | ...Bruce Morton talks to Stewart Lee about surviving JERRY SPRINGER the Opera, and getting mistaken for the lead singer of UB40.... |
| Confessions Of A Chat Show Host | ...The TV confessional, from JERRY SPRINGER to Oprah, has become part of the television landscape. Dawn Ellis gives the inside story of the challenges and pressures involved in persuading people to bare their souls to the viewing public.... |
| Dead Ringers | ...Yogi Bear goes on The JERRY SPRINGER Show and Brian Sewell books a table at The Savoy.... |
| Desert Island Discs | ...JERRY SPRINGER... |
| Latin Americans, The | ...This week looking at Laura Bozzo who is queen of trash television and Peru's answer to JERRY SPRINGER.... |
| Music Matters | ...Plus, Judith Weir, one of Britain's most wide ranging composers, looks back on her prolific career on the occasion of her 50th birthday, and the Battersea Arts Centre, pioneers of the phenomenally successful JERRY SPRINGER the Opera, celebrate the beginning of their opera festival.... |
| Whispers | ...Lock up your daughters, Charles Collingwood (a.k.a. Brian Aldridge) is on Whispers this week. Along with Simon Fanshawe he'll be delving into the darkest recesses of the famous and infamous throughout history. Team captains Lucy Moore and Anthony Holden lead the way, guided by host Gyles Brandreth. Amongst the topics on offer this week are Fergie's knickers, Agatha Christie's car and JERRY SPRINGER's cheque book.... |