Series 9
20 episodes · Jan 10, 2016
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Episode 1
Jan 10, 201660mNicky Cambell returns for the ninth series of The Big Questions. Live from University of Kent, Canterbury, the audience and guests debate whether doctors should have the right to strike, freedom of speech on university campuses and the future of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
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Episode 2
Jan 17, 201660mNicky Campbell presents live moral, ethical and religious debate from Harris Academy, Peckham. Amongst the questions Nicky asks are: should crimes die with the accused?; can all religions be right?; and does social media reveal men's hatred for women?
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Episode 3
Jan 24, 201660mNicky Campbell presents live moral, ethical and religious debate with an audience and invited guests from Leith Academy, Edinburgh. Should sugar be treated like a dangerous drug? Is it right to alter embryos' genes? And, do religions get in the way of beliefs?
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Episode 4
Jan 31, 201660mNicky Campbell presents live moral, ethical and religious debate from Bradford Grammar, Bradford. This time he asks just one big question: Do we need a British Islam?
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Episode 5
Feb 7, 201660mNicky Campbell presents live moral, ethical and religious debate from King Edward VI School, Southampton. He asks:- Is Britain's stance on refugees "morally unacceptable" ? Are some sins unforgivable? And, should we shop on Sundays?
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Episode 6
Feb 14, 201660mNicky Campbell hosts moral, ethical and religious debate from Leicester Grammar School. Does defeating IS mean boots on the ground? And, is Buddhism too much about the self?
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Episode 7
Feb 21, 201660mNicky Campbell hosts moral, ethical and religious debate from Netherhall School in Cambridge. Is the Catholic Church serious about confronting child abuse? Is it your duty to look after your elderly relatives? Is atheism the rational choice?
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Episode 8
Feb 28, 201660mNicky Campbell presents live moral, ethical and religious debate from Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne. He asks: Does inequality work? Can ethical shopping change the world? Should religions tout for business?
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Episode 9
Mar 6, 201660mNicky Campbell presents live moral, ethical and religious debate from Michaelston Community College, Cardiff. He asks: Should animals be used in entertainment? Is it the mothering or the mother that matters? Is raising the pension age fair?
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Episode 10
Mar 13, 201660mAt Hutchesons' Grammar School in Glasgow, Nicky Campbell asks: Will the 'Snoopers' Charter' make people safer? Should there be a legal supply of cannabis? Do religions need a carrot and a stick?
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Episode 11
Mar 20, 201660mNicky Campbell presents live moral, ethical and religious debate from Patcham High School in Brighton. Should a society be judged by how it treats its less fortunate members? Has the time come to take climate change seriously? Should more religions have a voice in Parliament?
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Episode 12
Apr 3, 201660mLive from Manor Church of England Academy in York Nicky Campbell asks: Is a minimum wage a mixed blessing? Is the PREVENT strategy stifling freedom of speech in schools? And, do we misunderstand witchcraft?
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Episode 13
Apr 10, 201660mNicky Campbell presents a specially recorded programme from Manor CE Academy, York. In honour of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death, he asks: Is there more truth in Shakespeare than the Bible?
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Episode 14
Apr 17, 201660mNicky Campbell presents topical debate live from Bath Spa University, Bath. Do public figures have a right to privacy? Does the Vatican need to give more power to women? Does God care what you wear?
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Episode 15
May 1, 201660mNicky Campbell presents the moral, ethical and religious discussion series live from Oasis Academy, Salford. Is anti-Zionism anti-Semitic? And does religion need more humour?
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Episode 16
May 8, 201660mNicky Campbell presents the moral, ethical and religious discussion series live from Oasis Academy, Salford. In this episode Nicky asks: Should we be proud of the British Empire?
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Episode 17
May 22, 201660mNicky Campbell presents live discussion from Wychwood School in Oxford. Is countering extremism compatible with freedom of religion? Should the law on abortion be changed?
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Episode 18
May 29, 201660mNicky Campbell presents moral, ethical and religious debate from Wychwood School, Oxford. The one question this week: did man create God?
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Episode 19
Jun 5, 201660mNicky Campbell presents moral, ethical and religious debates from Brunel University, Uxbridge. Are white working-class boys discriminated against? And, should the UK's commitment to foreign aid be scrapped?
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Episode 20
Jun 12, 201660mNicky Campbell presents moral, ethical and religious debates from Brunel University London, Uxbridge. Nicky asks the question: Are we facing the end of the world?