Religious broadcasting
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Songs for Easter
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Every Easter the Sandford St Martin Trust partners with the Radio Times magazine to host a special competition in which…
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Eid Live on TV
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This spring in celebration of Eid al-Fitr 2025, the BBC broadcast two special programmes from Bradford, the UK City of…
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A Letter from Ukraine
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In addition to a (rather splendid) trophy, the winning production teams in the four categories of our Sandford St Martin…
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Reflecting the Nation: The BBC’s efforts to represent the UK’s diversity
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Ofcom research indicates a steady decline in the hours of Religion & Ethics programming between 2010 and 2022. In short, there…
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Shared language for the soul
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On June 17th – a perfect summer’s evening ‘all soft and still and fair’ – the Sandford St Martin 2024…
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Faith in the Future
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The days of ‘Stars on Sunday’ may be long gone, but a new era of intelligent and enlightening TV programmes…
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Open letter to the Times re: Media Bill Omission
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Sir, Religious literacy is more important than ever in today’s world. But the Media Bill, to be debated in the…
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Keeping the Faith
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Religion still deserves its place on the airwaves, says ‘Sunday’ host Edward Stourton For more than fifty years, BBC Radio…
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In Our Time: One Thousand (and one) Radio Programmes
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Blogging about the Alf Layla wa Layla – or the Thousand and One Nights – for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Dr Shazia Jagot…
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A brief history of religious broadcasting in the UK
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The Sandford St Martin 2023 Awards ceremony was held in Manchester University’s Whitworth Hall. This is an excerpt from the printed…
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What will the draft Media Bill cost public service broadcasting?
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On 29 March, the Department for Culture Media and Sport took significant steps in making good the Government’s intention to…
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Doing God
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It was 20 years ago, in May 2003, that Tony Blair’s spokesman Alastair Campbell famously said “We don’t do God”. He…