Belief

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Belief now has a new homepage on bbc.co.uk/programmes.

For now, we have left this page up as an archive. In future, the archives may be made available from the new Belief homepage, at which point this page will be removed.

About Belief

Joan Bakewell explores areas of belief with artists, thinkers and other public figures in a returning series of programmes on Radio 3.

In a society where the arena of belief has become increasingly personal and subjective, religion remains a significant influence in society. Joan Bakewell explores in conversation with her guests the influences that have shaped them, the ideas they have about life's big questions and how what they believe affects both their personal and working lives.

Read transcripts of previous programmes

-- 2008 1 Jan - Daljit Nagra 4 Jan - Baroness Ruth Deech -- 2007 26 Dec - June Osborne 27 Dec - Jim Crace 28 Dec - Peter Sanders 5 Apr - Dr Janet Soskice 4 Apr - Nasser Mansour 3 Apr - Professor Simon Conway Morris 2 Apr - Theodore Zeldin -- 2006 29 Dec - Howard Brenton 28 Dec - Sir John Houghton 27 Dec - Rabbi Elizabeth Tikvah Sarah 26 Dec - Charles Jencks 25 Dec - Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor 14 Apr - John O'Donohue 13 Apr - Lord Martin Rees 12 Apr - Baroness Mary Warnock 11 Apr - Lord Dholakia 10 Apr - Sue Blackmore 6 Jan - Debjani Chatterjee 5 Jan - Antony Gormley 4 Jan - Howard Jacobson 3 Jan - Michael Symmons Roberts 2 Jan - Jocelyn Bell Burnell -- 2005 30 Dec - Tom Shakespeare 29 Dec - Camila Batmanghelidjh 28 Dec - Alister McGrath 27 Dec - David Greig 26 Dec - Tariq Ramadan 25 Mar - Michael Symmons Roberts 24 Mar - Harry Kroto 23 Mar - Haleh Afshah 22 Mar - Antony Flew 21 Mar - Benjamin Zephaniah 6 Jan - Sir Crispin Tickell 5 Jan - Amy Tan 4 Jan - Steven Rose 3 Jan - Ziauddin Sardar -- 2004 30 Dec - Howard Jacobson 29 Dec - Debjani Chatterjee 28 Dec - Hanif Kureishi 27 Dec - Tom Wright 9 Apr - John O'Donohue 8 Apr - Julia Neuberger 7 Apr - Crispin Tickell 6 Apr - Wendy Cope 5 Apr - Richard Dawkins

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