Religion in the Media
1. a. Describe the variety of specifically religious programmes on the four main television channels.
The four main types of religious programmes are mainly Christian. The BBC is the main channel for religious programs, there are more and more programs that are based on Christianity and now they are trying to make some comedies like The Vicar of Dibley and Father Ted. The vicar of Dibley is on the BBC and Father Ted is on channel 4, they contain actual Christian things that happen in church. They are both filmed in actual churches and get a lot more viewers than most other programmes. These are on most weeks and are trying to attract a younger audience and keep the viewing ratings high. There are some movies that are based on comedy in religion like Bruce Almighty and Life of Brian. The religious programmes are mainly on the BBC like Songs of Praise and The Big Question and The One Show. These are more religious based programmes. The Songs of Praise is just singing in church and is one of the first programmes. The others are trying to get a younger audience. They are all in the god slot, on a Sunday afternoon/early evening. It is the time when most religious programmes are on the TV. British broadcasting is multi faith nature. It is mainly Christian as that is the actual religion of Britain. Religion is discussed on TV and now there is an actual radio station and newspapers. In the ‘god slot’ there are programmes like Highway ad songs of praise. They have now got younger presenters and stations have to include religious programmes to cater for all the public interests because there is more people who attend church than those who go to football matches. There ...