The Lost Kingdoms of Africa

Watch online

Gus Casely-Hayford's new series looks at Africa's pre-colonial past and includes a look at its temples and religious beliefs.

Find out more about African religion with the BBC World Service's Story of Africa website.

• Watch episode one: Nubia
• When to watch on TV
• World Service: Beliefs in Nubia
• Nubian history and religion
• Traditional beliefs in Africa

Heart and Soul

In this edition, follow a 'Biblically correct' tour guide in a Denver museum as he teaches a creationist view of fossils - and find out what happens when he meets the museum's evolutionist palaeontologist.

• Listen to Heart and Soul
• Creationism & intelligent design
• Atheism: Discovery of Evolution
• Message board: Creationism/Intelligent design

Podcasts

Diane Louise Jordan's Faith in England is just one of the religious audio digests you can listen to on your computer or mp3 player.

• Faith in England
• All Things Considered
• Roger Bolton: Sunday
• Ernie Rea: Beyond Belief
• All religion and ethics podcasts

January holy days

Find out how a range of faiths mark significant dates and holy days throughout the month.

• Oshogatsu (Shinto)
• Epiphany (Christian)
• Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh (Sikh)
• Christmas Day (Orthodox Christianity)
• Makar Sankrant (Hindu)
• Other January holy days