BBC All Things Considered

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  Weekly
• Average duration:
  27 minutes

Recent episodes (8)

• Dementia & Spirituality

  Sun, 22 Nov 09

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Roy Jenkins and guests explore the importance of meeting the spiritual needs of people with dementia. Plus we hear why a church in Brecon is sending aid to Hungary.

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• Jonathan Miles Shevet Achim

  Sun, 15 Nov 09

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Roy Jenkins’ guest is American Christian Jonathan Miles founder of the charity Shevet Achim, which arranges for seriously ill Palestinian children to be treated in Israeli hospitals.

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• Faith and the Environment

  Sun, 8 Nov 09

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Looking ahead to the Copenhagen UN Climate Change Conference in December, Roy Jenkins is joined by four guests, each from a different faith community, to explore the extent to which religious beliefs shape our relationships with the natural world? How do they influence how we act on an issue like global warming? And what – if any – is the distinctive contribution which people of faith have to make to one of the most crucial issues of our generation? Recorded during a BBC Wales’ Faith & Environment conference.

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• All Roads Lead to Rome?

  Sun, 1 Nov 09

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Some reckon it could herald a change as dramatic as the Reformation 500 years ago. Even those less excited claim it has significantly damaged both the Anglican Communion and the Archbishop of Canterbury. Roy Jenkins and guests look at Pope Benedict’s decision to open the door to disaffected Anglicans. His proposal for what would effectively be a church within a church has caused fury and delight, expressed at more or less equal volume. What will it all come to? What are the implications for parishes across the country? And how simple will it be for Anglican priests who are now ready to buy a one-way ticket to Rome.

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• Sacred Songs / Funerals

  Sun, 25 Oct 09

  Duration:
  26 mins

  Roy Jenkins hears about Qudduson, a musical venture from The Clerks which blends sacred music of east and west; Roy also looks at the changing nature of funerals.

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• Sue Black – Forensic Anthropologist

  Sun, 18 Oct 09

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Roy Jenkins' guest is Prof. Sue Black, one of the world's leading forensic anthropologists. She has been in mass graves in Kosovo, examined the results of atrocities in Sierra Leone, Iraq, Thailand and various other countries and picked through evidence of the Asian tsunami.

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• Tim Rhys Evans

  Sun, 11 Oct 09

  Duration:
  27 mins

  Roy Jenkins talks to Tim Rhys Evans, founder and musical director of 'Only Men Aloud', the Welsh choir who hit the headlines after winning the BBC series 'Last Choir Standing'. He reflects on the choir’s success and, for the first time in a broadcast interview, talks candidly about his struggle to reconcile his sexuality with his Christian faith.

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• Brighton Bomb / Forgiveness

  Sun, 4 Oct 09

  Duration:
  29 mins

  25 years ago this month, an IRA bomb exploded during the Conservative Party conference. Five people were killed and many were injured. On this edition of All Things Considered there’s another chance to hear Roy Jenkins’ interview with two people whose lives were transformed that day. Jo Berry, whose father Sir Anthony Berrry was killed. And Patrick Magee, the man who planted the Brighton bomb.

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