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The Big Questions
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The Big Questions

Overview

Nicky Campbell hosts a series of moral, ethical and religious debates.

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Seasons

Season 1 (2007)

No overview available.

24 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
2007-09-09

A series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues, hosted by Nicky Campbell. With contributions from panellists Amanda Platell, Dr Alice Roberts, Jonathan Bartley, Jeevan Deol and an invited Oxford audience.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: Episode 2
2007-09-16

Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol host a series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues. This week, owning up, apologising and forgiveness are the subjects under discussion. With contributions from panellists Baroness Julia Neuberger and Peter Hitchens, and an invited Oxford audience.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: Episode 3
2007-09-23

Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol host a series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues. Ann Widdecombe, Julie Bindell and an invited audience from Brighton discuss religious blessing of same-gender partnerships.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: Episode 4
2007-10-07

Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol host a series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues. Joining them in Birmingham are panellists Clare Short, Rabbi Schochet, Dr Raj Pandit Sharma and Nihal.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Episode 5
2007-10-14

Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol host a series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues, live from Bradford as Muslims celebrate Eid. Journalist John Simpson explains why he thinks the world will be a more peaceful place in the future.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: Episode 6
2007-10-21

Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol host this edition of the series of topical moral, ethical and religious debates live from Wychwood School in Oxford, with talk show host James O'Brien, religious commentator Anne Atkins and soprano Katherine Jenkins.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: Episode 7
2007-10-28

Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol host a series of topical moral, ethical and religious debates. This edition comes from Merchant Taylor's Girls' School in Liverpool, with DJ Bobby Friction and the Bishop of Bolton on the panel. Special guest is the veteran foreign correspondent, John Simpson.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: Episode 8
2007-11-04

Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol host this edition of the topical moral and religious debates show live from Samworth Enterprise Academy in Leicester. The multi-faith panel include Muslim magazine editor, Fareena Alam; the Catholic columnist, Cristina Odone; Indarjit Singh, editor of the Sikh Messenger; and Secretary-General of the Hindu Forum, Ramesh Kallidai.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: Episode 9
2007-11-18

Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol host the topical moral and religious debate show live from The Grace Academy in Birmingham. Panellists this week are Lucy Siegle, Dr Sharma, Reverend Rose Hudson Wilkin and Miranda Sawyer, with celebrity guest Benjamin Zephaniah.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: Episode 10
2007-11-25

Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol host a series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues live from Oxford. On the panel are former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey, Professor Richard Dawkins, Ann Widdecombe MP and columnist Libby Purves, joined by special guest John Barrowman.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 11: Episode 11
2007-12-30

A series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues, hosted by Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol. On the panel are Jonathan Bartley, co-director of the think-tank Ekklesia, Diane Abbot MP, Dr Raj Pandi Sharma and the Rev Joanna Jepson.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 12: Episode 12
2008-01-06

A series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues, hosted by Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol from Tonbridge School in Kent. On the panel are Guardian columnist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, talkshow host James O'Brien and Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 13: Episode 13
2008-01-13

A series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues, hosted by Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol from the Samworth Enterprise Academy in Leicester. On the panel are local Iman, Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra, Catholic columnist Cristina Odone, Surrey University chaplain Alexander Goldberg, and the feminist writer Julie Bindell. Toyah Wilcox is the celebrity guest.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 14: Episode 14
2008-01-20

A series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues. Hosted by Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol, with panellists Yorkshire MP Ann Cryer, Father Antony Sutch, Jay Lakhani, Director of the Hindu Academy and Head of the Evangelical Alliance, Reverend Joel Edwards.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 15: Episode 15
2008-01-27

A series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues. Nicky Campbell presents live from Telford College in Edinburgh. Among the panellists are Lord Steel, former leader of the Liberal Democrats, comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli, and theologist Professor Mona Siddiqui from Glasgow University.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 16: Episode 16
2008-02-03

A series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues presented by Nicky Campbell live from the Grace Academy, Birmingham. On the panel are two columnists, Cristina Odone of The Observer and Yasmin Alibhai-Brown of The Independent, Jewish chaplain Alex Goldberg, and Evan Harris MP. The special guest is the French chef, Jean-Christophe Novelli.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 17: Episode 17
2008-02-10

A series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues presented by Nicky Campbell. Live from the West London Academy, Northolt. On the panel are Kelvin MacKenzie, a former editor of The Sun; Diane Abbott MP; Sir Stephen Wall, the ex-ambassador who now works for Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor; and Jonathan Bartley, Director of Ekklesia, the religious think-tank.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 18: Episode 18
2008-02-17

Nottingham University. On the panel are Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra from the Muslim Council of Britain; Dr Raj Sharma, General Secretary of the Hindu Council of Britain, Hackney vicar and chair of the General Synod, Rev. Rose Hudson-Wilkin, and Jasvinder Sanghera, the founder of the Asian refuge, Karma Nirvana. The special guest is broadcaster and musician, Myleene Klass.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 19: Episode 19
2008-02-24

A series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues presented by Nicky Campbell, live from Ashton Park School in Bristol. On the panel are the journalist and smallholder, Rosie Boycott, the head of the Evangelical Alliance, Rev Joel Edwards, the Jewish chaplain at the University of Surrey, Alex Goldberg, and Martin Palmer, author and Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and Culture.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 20: Episode 20
2008-03-02

A series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues presented by Nicky Campbell, live from Samworth Academy, Leicester. Panellists include Indarjit Singh, the editor of the Sikh Messenger, writer and broadcaster Julie Bindel, and Fareena Alam, editor of Q magazine. With special guest Katie Melua.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 21: Episode 21
2008-03-09

Nicky Campbell presents a series of moral, ethical and religious debates from The Pyramid, Warrington. Panellists include Guardian columnist Decca Aitkenhead; LBC talk-show host James O'Brien; Dr Raj Sharma, from the Hindu Council of the UK; and Bishop Michael Doe from the United Society for the Propogation of the Gospel. The special guest is Phil Redmond, television producer and deputy chair of Liverpool's year as European City of Culture.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 22: Episode 22
2008-03-16

Nicky Campbell presents live from King Edward VI School, Southampton. Panellists include Observer columnist Cristina Odone, Christian writer and broadcaster Anne Atkins, Major-General Tim Cross, and Jonathan Bartley, from the religious think-tank, Ekklesia.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 23: Episode 23
2008-03-30

Nicky Campbell presents live from Grace Academy, Solihull in front of a specially invited audience of young people. The panellists are: Fareena Alam, editor of Q magazine; James O'Brien, the LBC talk-show host; Alex Goldberg, the youngest-ever member of the British Board of Deputies; and Kulveer Ranger, Vice-Chairman for Cities for the Conservative Party. The special guest is singer and presenter of the BBC series What Not To Wear, Mica Paris. Topics for debate are: Does the right to life start from conception? Should faith be banned from schools?; and, Has the time come to lower the voting age to 16?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 24: Episode 24
2008-04-06

Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol host a series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues from the West London Academy, Northolt. Panellists are James O'Brien, LBC talk show host, writer and broadcaster Cristina Odone, A L Kennedy, novelist and winner of the 2007 Costa Prize for Fiction, and Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet from the Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Mill Hill.

Runtime: 60 min
Season 2 (2008)

No overview available.

35 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
2008-12-28

Nicky Campbell is at Whitgift School in Croydon to preside over a panel including former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie, Oasis Trust founder Steve Chalke, and Queen's Chaplain the Rev. Rose Hudson-Wilkin.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: Episode 2
2009-01-04

Nicky Campbell presents from Wychwood School in Oxford. Taking part in the topical debates are Esther Rantzen, Peter Hitchens of the Daily Mail, Zoe Williams of The Guardian and Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet from Mill Hill Synagogue.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: Episode 3
2009-01-11

Topical live debate with Nicky Campbell. Joining him at Samworth Academy in Leicester are life-coach and agony aunt Jenni Trent Hughes, Tim Stevens, the Bishop of Leicester, and Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra, local imam and member of the Muslim Council of Britain.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: Episode 4
2009-01-18

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions from the Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys in Canterbury. Taking part in the live topical debates will be writer and broadcaster Cristina Odone, Jonathan Bartley, director of the religious think-tank Ekklesia, and Dr Raj Pandit Sharma from the Hindu Council UK.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Episode 5
2009-01-25

Topical live debate with Nicky Campbell from Telford College, Edinburgh. Panellists include television presenter and Daily Record columnist Kaye Adams; Revd Alec MacDonald of the Free Church of Scotland; historical novelist and columnist, Katie Grant; and the award-winning science fiction writer, Ken MacLeod.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: Episode 6
2009-02-01

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions live from the Ashton Park School in Bristol. Taking part in the topical debates are Alex Goldberg, Chief Executive of the London Jewish Forum; radio talk show host James O'Brien; the Rev Joanna Jepson, chaplain to the London College of Fashion; and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: Episode 7
2009-02-08

The topical live debate with Nicky Campbell comes from King Edward VI School in Southampton. Taking part are former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey, crime novelist Minette Walters, dramatist and Guardian columnist Bidisha, and Fareena Alam, editor of Q magazine.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: Episode 8
2009-02-15

The topical debate with Nicky Campbell comes from the Grace Academy in Solihull. Guests include novelist and religious commentator Anne Atkins, Rabbi Jonathan Romain from Maidenhead Synagogue, writer and broadcaster Cristina Odone, and actress Nina Wadia, best-known for her roles in Eastenders and Goodness Gracious Me.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: Episode 9
2009-02-22

Topical debate with Nicky Campbell at in York. Taking part are: Ann Cryer, Labour MP for Keighley; Douglas Murray, Director of the Centre for Social Cohesion; Majid Nawaz, Director of the Quilliam Foundation; and paralympic athlete Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: Episode 10
2009-03-01

Nicky Campbell presents a topical debate from Michaelston Community College in Cardiff. Taking part in the discussions are the Falklands War veteran, Simon Weston; the Reverend Lorraine Kavanagh, chaplain to Cardiff University; the Hindu teacher, Akhandadhi Das; and the agony aunt and counsellor, Jenni Trent Hughes.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 11: Episode 11
2009-03-08

Nicky Campbell presents the Big Questions from Bury Grammar School for Boys. Taking part in the topical debates are Hackney vicar and Queen's Chaplain, Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin; Leicester imam and member of the Muslim Council of Britain, Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra; novelist and broadcaster, Bidisha; and Dame Ann Leslie, the doyenne of foreign correspondents.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 12: Episode 12
2009-03-15

Nicky Campbell presents from the Samworth Enterprise Academy in Leicester. Contributing their views are the radio talk show host James O'Brien; Baroness Verma, businesswoman and Tory spokesperson in the House of Lords for Education, Skills and Health; Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet, from Mill Hill Synagogue; and the young Scottish tenor Nicky Spence.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 13: Episode 13
2009-03-22

The Big Questions comes from the Oasis Academy, Enfield. Joining Nicky Campbell for live debate are Kelvin MacKenzie, columnist on the Sun; Kulveer Ranger, transport adviser to the Mayor of London; psychologist Anjula Mutanda; and the broadcaster, Gloria Hunniford.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 14: Episode 14
2009-03-29

Nicky Campbell presents the topical debate from the Linton Village College in Cambridgeshire, with a panel of guests including Jonathan Bartley, director of the religious think-tank Ekklesia, Benedictine monk Dom Antony Sutch, feminist writer Julie Bindel and comedienne Helen Lederer.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 15: Episode 15
2009-04-19

Nicky Campbell presents the topical debate from Manor CE School in York. Joining him are General Synod member Christina Rees and the Conservative MP David Davis.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 16: Episode 16
2009-05-03

The topical live debate comes from the Bitterne Park School in Southampton. Joining Nicky Campbell are former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey; Druid priestess, Emma Restall Orr; novelist and broadcaster, Anne Atkins; and Oxford science professor, Peter Atkins, who is also a member of the National Secular Society.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 17: Episode 17
2009-05-10

Topical debate with Nicky Campbell, live from Bury Grammar School for Boys. Taking part are Steve Chalke, the founder of the Oasis Trust; journlist and novelist, Cristina Odone; and the broadcaster and journalist, Liz Kershaw.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 18: Episode 18
2009-05-17

The topical live debate with Nicky Campbell comes live from the Samworth Enterprise Academy, Leicester. Taking part are Dame Ann Leslie, veteran foreign correspondent and writer for the Daily Mail; Dr Raj Pandit Sharma of the Hindu Council UK; and Ajmal Masroor, chairman of Communities in Action and a spokesperson for the Islamic Society of Britain.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 19: Episode 19
2009-05-24

Nicky Campbell presents topical debates from Ashton Park School in Bristol. Taking part are radio talk-show host James O'Brien; Alex Goldberg, Chief Executive of the London Jewish Forum; broadcaster Angela Rippon; and Colm O'Gorman, the Executive Director of Amnesty International Ireland and founder of the charity One in Four which represents victims of child abuse.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 20: Episode 20
2009-06-07

Nicky Campbell presents topical debates from Tonbridge School in Tonbridge. Contributing their views are professor of genetics and broadcaster, Steve Jones; Leo McKinstry, Daily Express columnist and author; and Shaun Bailey, co-founder of the charity My Generation that helps young people.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 21: Episode 21
2009-06-14

Nicky Campbell presents the show from Grace Academy in Solihull. Joining in the topical debates are poet Benjamin Zephaniah; Jonathan Bartley, the co-director of the religious think-tank Ekklesia; and the novelist Louise Bagshawe.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 22: Episode 22
2009-06-21

Nicky Campbell presents the show live from Jack Hunt School in Peterborough. Taking part in the topical debates are writer and feminist Professor Germaine Greer, journalist Fareena Alam and the novelist and religious commentator, Anne Atkins.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 23: Episode 23
2009-06-28

Nicky Campbell presents live from the Manor Church of England School in York. The Daily Mail columnist Peter Hitchens; the former Talban hostage who converted to Islam, Yvonne Ridley; school and hospital chaplain, Father Stephen Maughan; and the writer and critic Bidisha contribute to the topical debates.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 24: Episode 24
2009-07-05

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions from Whitgift School, Croydon. Taking part in the topical debates are human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, Independent columnist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, and Christina Rees, member of the General Synod and campaigner for women bishops in the Church of England.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 25: Episode 25
2009-07-12

Nicky Campbell presents the live topical debate from Michaelston Community College, Cardiff. Taking part are Druid priestess Emma Restall Orr, Reverend Martin Reynolds from the Church of Wales, and television presenter and journalist Lowri Turner.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 26: Episode 26
2009-07-19

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions from Bury Grammar School for Boys. Taking part in the topical debates are Rabbi Jonathan Romaine, from Maidenhead Synagogue; Daily Mail columnist, Dame Ann Leslie; and television and radio presenter, Terry Christian.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 27: Episode 27
2009-07-26

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions live from the Oasis Academy, Enfield.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 28: Episode 28
2009-08-02

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions live from the Manor Church of England School in York.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 29: Episode 29
2009-08-09

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions from Jack Hunt School in Peterborough.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 30: Episode 30
2009-08-16

Nicky Campbell presents from Telford College, Edinburgh.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 31: Episode 31
2009-08-23

Nicky Campbell presents the topical debates from Wychwood School in Oxford.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 32: Series 2, Show 32
2009-08-30

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 33: Series 2, Show 33
2009-09-06

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 34: Series 2, Show 34
2009-09-13

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 39: Series 2, Show 39
2009-10-25

Runtime: 60 min
Season 6 (2013)

No overview available.

17 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
2013-01-06

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: Episode 2
2013-01-13

Is it time for all religions to accept evolution as fact? Nicky Campbell hosts the debate.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: Episode 3
2013-01-20

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions live from Hutchesons' Grammar School in Glasgow.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: Episode 4
2013-01-27

With Nicky Campbell in Salford.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Episode 5
2013-02-03

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions from the Samworth Enterprise Academy, Leicester.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: Episode 6
2013-02-10

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions from Michaelston Community College in Cardiff.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: Episode 7
2013-02-17

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: Episode 8
2013-02-24

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions from King Edward VI School, Southampton.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: Episode 9
2013-03-02

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: Episode 10
2013-03-10

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 11: Episode 11
2013-03-17

Nicky Campbell presents from the Manor CE School in York.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 12: Episode 12
2013-03-24

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 13: Episode 13
2013-04-07

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions live from Wychwood School in Oxford.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 14: Episode 14
2013-04-14

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions live from the Perse School in Cambridge.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 15: Episode 15
2013-04-28

Nicky Campbell presents live from King Edward VI Handsworth School in Birmingham.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 16: Episode 16
2013-05-05

Nicky Campbell presents from Birmingham, and asks whether religions are fair to women.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 17: Episode 17

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions live from Leith Academy in Edinburgh. The three debates are: Should governments pledge a percentage to foreign aid? Should you mind your neighbour's business? Do humans need the idea of heaven?

Runtime: 60 min
Season 8 ()

No overview available.

0 episodes

Season 9 (2016)

No overview available.

20 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
2016-01-10

Nicky Cambell returns for the ninth series of The Big Questions. Live from University of Kent, Canterbury, the audience and guests debate whether doctors should have the right to strike, freedom of speech on university campuses and the future of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: Episode 2
2016-01-17

Nicky Campbell presents live moral, ethical and religious debate from Harris Academy, Peckham. Amongst the questions Nicky asks are: should crimes die with the accused?; can all religions be right?; and does social media reveal men's hatred for women?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: Episode 3
2016-01-24

Nicky Campbell presents live moral, ethical and religious debate with an audience and invited guests from Leith Academy, Edinburgh. Should sugar be treated like a dangerous drug? Is it right to alter embryos' genes? And, do religions get in the way of beliefs?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: Episode 4
2016-01-31

Nicky Campbell presents live moral, ethical and religious debate from Bradford Grammar, Bradford. This time he asks just one big question: Do we need a British Islam?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Episode 5
2016-02-07

Nicky Campbell presents live moral, ethical and religious debate from King Edward VI School, Southampton. He asks:- Is Britain's stance on refugees "morally unacceptable" ? Are some sins unforgivable? And, should we shop on Sundays?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: Episode 6
2016-02-14

Nicky Campbell hosts moral, ethical and religious debate from Leicester Grammar School. Does defeating IS mean boots on the ground? And, is Buddhism too much about the self?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: Episode 7
2016-02-21

Nicky Campbell hosts moral, ethical and religious debate from Netherhall School in Cambridge. Is the Catholic Church serious about confronting child abuse? Is it your duty to look after your elderly relatives? Is atheism the rational choice?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: Episode 8
2016-02-28

Nicky Campbell presents live moral, ethical and religious debate from Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne. He asks: Does inequality work? Can ethical shopping change the world? Should religions tout for business?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: Episode 9
2016-03-06

Nicky Campbell presents live moral, ethical and religious debate from Michaelston Community College, Cardiff. He asks: Should animals be used in entertainment? Is it the mothering or the mother that matters? Is raising the pension age fair?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: Episode 10
2016-03-13

At Hutchesons' Grammar School in Glasgow, Nicky Campbell asks: Will the 'Snoopers' Charter' make people safer? Should there be a legal supply of cannabis? Do religions need a carrot and a stick?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 11: Episode 11
2016-03-20

Nicky Campbell presents live moral, ethical and religious debate from Patcham High School in Brighton. Should a society be judged by how it treats its less fortunate members? Has the time come to take climate change seriously? Should more religions have a voice in Parliament?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 12: Episode 12
2016-04-03

Live from Manor Church of England Academy in York Nicky Campbell asks: Is a minimum wage a mixed blessing? Is the PREVENT strategy stifling freedom of speech in schools? And, do we misunderstand witchcraft?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 13: Episode 13
2016-04-10

Nicky Campbell presents a specially recorded programme from Manor CE Academy, York. In honour of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death, he asks: Is there more truth in Shakespeare than the Bible?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 14: Episode 14
2016-04-17

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate live from Bath Spa University, Bath. Do public figures have a right to privacy? Does the Vatican need to give more power to women? Does God care what you wear?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 15: Episode 15
2016-05-01

Nicky Campbell presents the moral, ethical and religious discussion series live from Oasis Academy, Salford. Is anti-Zionism anti-Semitic? And does religion need more humour?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 16: Episode 16
2016-05-08

Nicky Campbell presents the moral, ethical and religious discussion series live from Oasis Academy, Salford. In this episode Nicky asks: Should we be proud of the British Empire?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 17: Episode 17
2016-05-22

Nicky Campbell presents live discussion from Wychwood School in Oxford. Is countering extremism compatible with freedom of religion? Should the law on abortion be changed?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 18: Episode 18
2016-05-29

Nicky Campbell presents moral, ethical and religious debate from Wychwood School, Oxford. The one question this week: did man create God?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 19: Episode 19
2016-06-05

Nicky Campbell presents moral, ethical and religious debates from Brunel University, Uxbridge. Are white working-class boys discriminated against? And, should the UK's commitment to foreign aid be scrapped?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 20: Episode 20
2016-06-12

Nicky Campbell presents moral, ethical and religious debates from Brunel University London, Uxbridge. Nicky asks the question: Are we facing the end of the world?

Runtime: 60 min
Season 10 (2017)

No overview available.

20 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
2017-01-08

Nicky Cambell returns for the tenth series of The Big Questions, with moral, ethical and religious debates from Brunel University, Uxbridge. Are some people paid too much? Should industrial action only target employers? Would today's 'wise men' believe in God?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: Episode 2
2017-01-15

A special edition of The Big Questions recorded at London's Brunel University, with the audience and invited contributors debating just one issue: is digital media good for democracy?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: Episode 3
2017-01-22

Nicky Campbell presents the Big Questions live from Bradford's Appleton Academy and asks: Is the system still stacked against women? Does prison work? And, should religion have any role in politics?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: Episode 4
2017-01-29

Nicky Campbell presents the Big Questions live from Hutchesons' Grammar School in Glasgow. In this show he asks: Is Scotland still owed a say over Brexit? Should the state give everyone a basic income? And should today's generation make amends for slavery?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Episode 5
2017-02-05

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate live from Oasis Academy Lord's Hill, Southampton. Nicky Campbell asks: Will more children be raised in poverty? Should we have the right to decide our own gender? And, can Britain be proud of its aid to asylum seekers?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: Episode 6
2017-02-12

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate live from Leicester Grammar School. Should the UK trade with Israel now settlements are recognised? Has the time come to raise taxes to cover social care? Is monogamy bad for marriage?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: Episode 7
2017-02-19

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions live from Leith Academy, Edinburgh. He asks whether Russian cyber warfare is undermining the west, whether more police should be armed, and whether God can see our sins.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: Episode 8
2017-02-26

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions live from Heartlands Academy, Birmingham. He asks: Do we misrepresent Islam? Have we all been here before? And is marriage what you make it?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: Episode 9
2017-03-05

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions live from Northumbria Students' Union in Newcastle upon Tyne. He asks: Should pornography be on the school curriculum? Is your image public property? And does the planet need the Vatican to accept contraception?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: Episode 10
2017-03-12

Nicky Campbell presents live debate from the University of Kent in Canterbury. He asks: Do the brightest do better at grammar schools? Is using drones ethical? And should the Church of England be cut down to size?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 11: Episode 11
2017-03-19

Nicky Campbell presents live debate from Michaelston Activity Centre in Cardiff. He asks: Are Europe's powerless taking control?; Does a nation's happiness matter?; Does forgiving set you free?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 12: Episode 12
2017-03-26

Nicky Campbell presents live debate from St Edward's School, Oxford, and asks: Are we right to give terrorists the oxygen of publicity?; and Should the secrecy of the confessional be sacrosanct?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 13: Episode 13
2017-04-02

Nicky Campbell presents live debate from Patcham High School, Brighton. Does Mrs May have a mandate for a hard Brexit? Has the time come to decriminalise sex work? And do we underestimate the wisdom of the ancients?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 14: Episode 14
2017-04-09

Nicky Campbell presents live debate from Netherhall School, Cambridge and asks: Should we trade with countries that abuse human rights? Would gender-neutral language be better for mankind? Have we lost the real meaning of Easter?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 15: Episode 15
2017-04-30

Nicky Campbell presents live debate from Manor Church of England Academy in York. Should the NHS ration according to lifestyle? Is welfare reform working? Are your actions more important than your beliefs?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 16: Episode 16
2017-05-07

Nicky Campbell presents a special edition from Manor CE Academy in York, debating the effectiveness of humanitarian interventions across the globe.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 17: Episode 17
2017-05-14

Nicky Campbell presents a special edition from Oasis Academy MediaCityUK, Salford. He asks: Is it right to take more than 50% in tax? Do we have a right not to be offended? Is death easier if you believe in God?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 18: Episode 18
2017-05-21

Nicky Campbell presents debate from Oasis Academy Media City, Salford, and asks just one question: Will globalisation make the world a better place?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 19: Episode 19
2017-05-28

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate live from Harris Academy, Peckham. He asks: Is the private sector helping the NHS? Can white people be the victims of racism? And does morality come from religion or evolution?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 20: Episode 20
2017-06-11

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate from Harris Academy, Peckham, and asks if interfering with genes is ethical.

Runtime: 60 min
Season 11 (2018)

No overview available.

19 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
2018-01-07

Nicky Campbell is at the University of East London asking is free speech under threat at universities, should meat be taxed to save the planet and has the West misunderstood Buddhism?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: Episode 2
2018-01-14

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate from Appelton Academy, Bradford. Is time up for flirting at work? Should persecuted Christians jump the UK asylum queue? Would higher council taxes on empty and second homes be fair?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: Episode 3
2018-01-21

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate from Netherhall School, Cambridge, with discussion on whether President Trump has been good for the world. Plus, is inequality a vital incentive?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: Episode 4
2018-01-28

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate from Northumbria Students' Union, Newcastle. The panel discuss if the left has a problem with anti-Semitism, whether porn is damaging to society and if there should be official safe places to take drugs.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Episode 5
2018-02-04

Nicky Campbell presents debate from Oasis Academy Lord's Hill, Southampton. The panel discuss if women are holding themselves back and if evidence is a problem for religion.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: Episode 6
2018-02-11

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate from St Edward's School, Oxford. Is Britain still racist? And, is the higher education system fit for purpose?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: Episode 7
2018-02-18

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate from Leicester Grammar School. Should all Islamic State returnees to Britain be punished? Should schools select exclusively by faith?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: Episode 8
2018-02-25

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate from Bath Spa University, Bath. Is social media beyond control? Should we presume consent for organ donation in England?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: Episode 9
2018-03-11

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate from Lliswerry High School, Newport. Should Britain be proud of its arms trade? Plus is obesity a matter of personal responsibility?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: Episode 10
2018-03-18

The Big Questions comes live from the University of Sussex in Brighton with Nicky Campbell asking: Should the people have the final say on the terms of Brexit? Should doctors decide when to withdraw life-saving treatment from children?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 11: Episode 11
2018-03-25

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate from Hutchesons' Grammar School, Glasgow. He asks: Are today's jobs bad for the soul?; Should it be illegal to smack your child?; and Would Jesus be labelled an extremist today?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 12: Episode 12
2018-04-08

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate live from Manor CE Academy, York. Are we all complicit in modern slavery? Should men and women be treated equally by courts? Plus is peace in Northern Ireland under threat?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 13: Episode 13
2018-04-15

The Big Questions comes from Manor CE Academy in York. Nicky Campbell asks just one very big question - is the NHS still fit for purpose?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 14: Episode 14
2018-04-29

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate live from Oasis Academy MediaCityUK in Salford. Does carrying an offensive weapon deserve a prison sentence? Should performance-enhancing drugs be allowed in sport?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 15: Episode 15
2018-05-06

Nicky Campbell presents a special edition from Oasis Academy MediaCityUK in Salford, asking 'is there a crisis in masculinity?'.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 16: Episode 16
2018-05-13

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate live from Heartlands Academy, Birmingham. Has the government let the press off the hook? And can you be a Christian without God?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 17: Episode 17
2018-05-27

Nicky Campbell presents a special edition from Heartlands Academy in Birmingham and asks just one very big question: Could robots and artificial intelligence do more harm than good?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 18: Episode 18
2018-06-03

The 250th edition of The Big Questions comes live from Brunel University London in Uxbridge. Nicky Campbell asks: Is it ethical to take part in the World Cup? Should you be able to self-declare your gender? And, can the British High Street be saved?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 19: Episode 19
2018-06-10

Nicky Campbell presents a special edition from Brunel University London in Uxbridge. He asks just one very big question: Is the liberal world order in crisis?

Runtime: 60 min
Season 12 poster
Season 12 (2019)

No overview available.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
2019-01-06

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate from James Allen's Girls' School, London. Nicky asks the panel: Should drugs be treated like alcohol? And, is London now only for the rich?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: Episode 2
2019-01-13

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate live from Heartlands Academy, Birmingham. He asks: Is it right to design babies?; and Should museums give back other nations' treasures?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: Episode 3
2019-01-20

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate live from Appleton Academy, Bradford. He asks: should gambling be made socially unacceptable? And, do some communities ignore human rights law?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: Episode 4
2019-01-27

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate live from Oasis Academy, Salford. Are private schools immoral? And should Britain be afraid of its far right?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Episode 5
2019-02-03

Rachel Burden presents topical debate live from The Attenborough Centre at the University of Sussex in Brighton. Has social media ruined childhood? Is feminism in crisis?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: Episode 6
2019-02-10

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate live from Lliswerry High School in Newport. Should surrogacy become a commercial business? And is religion good for mental health?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: Episode 7
2019-02-17

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate live from Hutcheson Grammar School in Glasgow. He asks the audience if they are defined by their country or their faith.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: Episode 8
2019-02-24

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate live from Leicester Grammar School. Nicky asks: have some of us been here before? And is environmentalism the new religion?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: Episode 9
2019-03-03

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions live from Oasis Academy, Salford. He asks if faiths need to adapt to survive. And has Britain become a less tolerant society?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: Episode 10
2019-03-10

The Big Questions comes live from Heartlands Academy in Birmingham. Nicky Campbell asks just one Big Question: Is Islam more divided than united?

Runtime: 60 min
Season 13 (2020)

Originally scheduled for 10 episodes, series 13 was cut short after the 8th episode due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

8 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
2020-02-02

Nicky Campbell hosts a live debate from James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich, London. Is Britain failing white, working class boys? Plus is the justice system unfair to rape victims?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: Episode 2
2020-02-09

This week, The Big Questions comes live from Oasis Academy MediaCityUK in Salford. Nicky Campbell asks: Will capitalism save the planet? And, is what you do more important than what you believe?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: Episode 3
2020-02-16

Nicky Campbell hosts The Big Questions live from Leicester Grammar School. This week he asks his guests and audience: Should Britain be ashamed of its deportation policies? And, will defining Islamophobia undermine free speech?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: Episode 4
2020-02-23

Nicky Campbell hosts a live debate from Northumbria University’s Students' Union in Newcastle where he asks: Is racism a legacy of the Empire? And is wokeness a new religion?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Episode 5
2020-03-01

Nicky Campbell hosts The Big Questions live from The Deanery CE Academy in Swindon where he asks: Homelessness: how do we fix it? And, do women still need to fight for rights?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: Episode 6
2020-03-08

Nicky Campbell hosts a live debate from Oasis Academy MediaCityUK in Salford where he asks: Should we put redemption for prisoners before retribution? And, do we place too much faith in technology?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: Episode 7
2020-03-15

The Big Questions comes live from Patcham High School in Brighton. Nicky Campbell asks, does the new law on domestic abuse go far enough? And could mindfulness be doing more harm than good?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: Episode 8
2020-03-22

Nicky Campbell hosts a live debate from Cardiff where he asks: Should fat-shaming be against the law? And, are there deal breakers in religion? Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this was the premature final episode of season 13.

Runtime: 60 min
Season 14 (2021)

No overview available.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
2021-01-17

Nicky Campbell hosts a live debate from Manchester with a remote audience from London, where he asks: is lockdown punishing too many for the greater good? And, have young people been disproportionally neglected during this crisis?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: Episode 2
2021-01-24

Nicky Campbell hosts a live debate from Manchester with a remote audience from North West England, where he asks: does social media reveal who we really are? And, will COVID revive faith?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: Episode 3
2021-01-31

Nicky Campbell hosts a live debate from Manchester with a remote audience from South West England, where he asks: will COVID help us save the planet? And, if Jesus wasn't the son of God, would we take more notice of him?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: Episode 4
2021-02-07

Nicky Campbell hosts a live debate from Manchester with a remote audience from Scotland, where he asks: is feeling British over? And, do we have a right to happiness?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Episode 5
2021-02-14

Nicky Campbell hosts a live debate from Manchester with a remote audience from the West Midlands, where he asks: is Britain losing the fight against racism? And, would belief in reincarnation make the world a better place?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: Episode 6
2021-02-21

Nicky Campbell hosts a live debate from Manchester with a remote audience from the East Midlands, where he asks: do Britain's poor need a new deal? And, should actors expect to play any identity?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: Episode 7
2021-02-28

Nicky Campbell hosts a live debate from Manchester with a remote audience from Wales, where he asks: do we need to change our relationship with alcohol? And, has religion let us down during lockdown?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: Episode 8
2021-03-07

Nicky Campbell hosts a live debate from Manchester with a remote audience from Cambridgeshire, where he asks: will women ever achieve equality? And, is Shamima Begum Britain's moral responsibility?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: Episode 9
2021-03-14

Nicky Campbell hosts a live debate from Manchester with a virtual audience from North East England, where he asks: is science undermining religion? And, do our genes define us?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: Episode 10
2021-03-21

Nicky Campbell hosts a live debate from Manchester with a virtual audience from Sussex, where he asks: is more protection for women the answer to male violence? And, has religion had its day?

Runtime: 60 min

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