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Oct 30 Nat Turners Slave Rebellion
Season 10 Episode 30
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The Slave Nat Turner believed that he was divinely inspired to lead an uprising of slaves in Virginia. He would be killed for his eff…
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Oct 29 St Andrew, his relics and Scotland
Season 10 Episode 29
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Today we look at the story of St Regulus being shipwrecked in Scotland with relics of St Andrew. How he became the national saint and…
6 months, 1 week ago
Oct 28 The Good Pope and the Cuban Missile Crisis
Season 10 Episode 28
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John XXIII was born into a simple farming family and was proud of his humble beginnings. He Was mourned after his death as 'Il Papa …
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Oct 27 Constantine, the Edict of Milan and The True Cross
Season 10 Episode 27
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Constantine was the first Roman Emperor to be baptised a Christian, This was an incredible turnaround after many terrible persecutio…
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Oct 26 Alfred the Great - Christianity unites England
Season 10 Episode 26
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When Alfred defeated Guthrum at the Battle of Eddington and then proceeded to be his mentor and oversee his baptism - England was at …
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Oct 25 Chaucer and his Canterbury Tales
Season 10 Episode 25
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Geoffrey Chaucer's stories of pilgrims on their way to the shrine of St Thomas a Becket have lead to him being called the father of E…
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Oct 24 Chartres Cathedral - Jewel of Civilisation
Season 10 Episode 24
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A series of churches and cathedrals have stood in Chartres since the 4th Century. A testament to resilience and perseverance, the cur…
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Oct 23 Chang Kei Shek is baptised in China
Season 10 Episode 23
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Chang Kei Shek was the longest leader of China in the 20th Century - although his later years he spent in Taiwan - escaping from the …
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Oct 22 Tillich - God as the Ground of Being
Season 10 Episode 22
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Paul Tillich became on of Protestantism's most influential thinkers of the 20th Century. His life and career had two parts in Germany…
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Oct 21 Gerard Manley Hopkins - The priest who was a poet
Season 10 Episode 21
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Hopkins has been described as the most influential Victorian Poet with his creative us of language and sprung rhythm. A Jesuit pries…
6 months, 2 weeks ago