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Dec 22 The Father and Son who were Popes
Dec 22 The Father and Son who were Popes

Season 12 Episode 22

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Today we look at the papacy of Saint Innocent  I who according to St Jerome was the son of the previous pope, which was not a cause f…

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Dec 21 The Wartime radio drama - The man born to be King
Dec 21 The Wartime radio drama - The man born to be King

Season 12 Episode 21

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Dorothy Sayers wrote a cycle of radio plays about the life of Jesus Christ that has been repeated and reproduced on multiple occasions

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Dec 20 Rev Adam Buddle and the Buddleia
Dec 20 Rev Adam Buddle and the Buddleia

Season 12 Episode 20

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The Buddleia or butterfly bush has become prolific, whilst many countries consider it an invasive species.  It was named by Carl Linn…

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Dec 19 Westminster Abbey
Dec 19 Westminster Abbey

Season 12 Episode 19

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Westminster Abbey has become one of the most iconic and important churches in England, the site of many coronations, weddings and bur…

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Dec 18 Hans Kung stripped of the right to teach
Dec 18 Hans Kung stripped of the right to teach

Season 12 Episode 18

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The Swiss theologian Hans Kung was very influential as the youngest 'periti' or expert  of Vatican 2. As he his theology became more …

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Dec 17 The Nun who helped invent BASIC
Dec 17 The Nun who helped invent BASIC

Season 12 Episode 17

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Today we look at the life of Sister Mary Keller - the first person to be awarded a PHD in computer science in America alongside Irvin…

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Dec 16 The Ten Booms - Righteous amongst nations
Dec 16 The Ten Booms - Righteous amongst nations

Season 12 Episode 16

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Today we remember the death of Elizabeth Ten Boom in a concentration camp. Just before she died she told her sister Corrie "There is …

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Dec 15 Freeman Dyson and the two windows of faith and science
Dec 15 Freeman Dyson and the two windows of faith and science

Season 12 Episode 15

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One of the most creative minds of recent times was the mathematical physicist Freeman Dyson, who was given the nickname the cosmic ge…

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Dec 14 John of the Cross - a suffering reformer
Dec 14 John of the Cross - a suffering reformer

Season 12 Episode 14

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St John of the Cross is now famous for his Dark Night.  He believed that God was nothing and everything, this is the story of the Car…

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Dec 13 Saint Lucy
Dec 13 Saint Lucy

Season 12 Episode 13

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Saint Lucy was one of the most popular saints in the early church and devotion to her still lasts in many parts of the world 

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