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Season 1

  • S01E01 Creation

    • January 24, 2010
    • Channel 4

    Leading British novelist Howard Jacobson tries to find a path between religious and atheistic fundamentalists.

  • S01E02 Abraham

    • January 31, 2010
    • Channel 4

    War correspondent Rageh Omaar, who was brought up as a Muslim, examines Abraham, one of the most revered patriarchs of both the Jewish and Christian Bible and of the Muslim Holy Qur'an.

  • S01E03 Moses and the Law

    • February 7, 2010
    • Channel 4

    Conservative MP and Christian Ann Widdecombe goes in search of the law of Moses, tracing the historical origins of the Ten Commandments and their profound influence on British society for over two millennia.

  • S01E04 The Daughters of Eve

    • February 14, 2010
    • Channel 4

    Historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes meets the feisty women figures of the Bible.

  • S01E05 Jesus

    • February 21, 2010
    • Channel 4

    Gerry Adams, politician and supporter of the IRA throughout years of sectarian conflict and the subsequent peace process, investigates the life and death of Jesus Christ, against the backdrop of his own life and career.

  • S01E06 St Paul

    • February 28, 2010
    • Channel 4

    Tom Holland, historian and award-winning author on the classical world, examines the significance of St Paul.

  • S01E07 Revelation: The Last Judgement

    • March 7, 2010
    • Channel 4

    Since it was written in the first century AD, the Book of Revelation has been seen as one of the most controversial books in the entire Bible. Its narrative circles round and round, layering images and symbols on top of one another to create a text so complex that scholars still debate what it means.