Vote in the 2024 Sandford St Martin Radio Times Readers’ Award
Every year the Radio Times and the Sandford St Martin Trust partner together to host an annual Readers’ Award where members of the public can vote for their favourite programme touching on faith, belief or ethics.
The nominees for this year’s RT Award are an eclectic lot featuring drama, documentary; stories from close to home, others from further away; some looking back in time and others very much about what’s happening in the world today. What they have in common is that each one of them is an exploration of how religion or belief informs people’s sense of self, impacts on the lives they live and the choices they make.
Which from the list of six nominees below was your favourite? You can find out more about each of them and vote at radio times.com. Polls will close at 11.59 on 20 May, 2024.
2024 Finalists
ONCE UPON A TIME IN NORTHERN IRELAND
KEO films and Walk on Air Films for BBC Two
Twenty-five years on from a peace agreement being reached, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland shares intimate, unheard testimonies from all sides of the conflict.
CTVC for BBC Two
Every year seven well-known personalities, with differing faiths and beliefs, hit the road on shared journey of self-discovery, communion and conversation.
PRUE AND DANNY’S DEATH ROAD TRIP
Love Productions for Channel 4
“Thou Shall Not Kill” said God to Moses and this remains a core belief of Christian, Muslim and Jewish faiths and the wider world. Yet what if it’s to end suffering? This programme explores whether we should legalise assisted dying in the UK and follows Prue Leith and son Danny Kruger MP, who are diametrically opposed on it, traveling to parts of North America, where assisted death is legal.
BBC Religion & Ethics for BBC Radio 4
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has deep conversations with people who have made a significant contribution to public life about what they believe.
THE HOLY LAND AND US – OUR UNTOLD STORIES
Wall to Wall Media for BBC Two
Personal, profound and deeply moving. Rob Rinder and Sarah Agha explore how their family’s histories, and others, were changed forever by the 1948 founding of the state of Israel.
Wild Mercury and Truevision for BBC One
An inspirational teacher is courted by a student, triggering a complex criminal case. A sinister real-life story starring Timothy Spall and Anne Reid.