The living planet : a portrait of the earth: worlds apart
Despite their often-small size and isolation many islands are inhabited by wildlife. How do plants and animals arrive at such remote locations and how do they survive when they get there? David Attenborough lands on Alda..
The long search with Ronald Eyre: 330 million gods
Traces the Indian religious experience in two highly contrasting locations: the bustling city of Benares where millions come to bathe in the holy waters of the Ganges, and the small village of Bhith Bhagwanpur, unvisited..
The long search with Ronald Eyre: Protestant spirit USA
In the 1100 churches of Indianapolis, we see bewildering multiplicity of Protestantism. Churches with the seating and styling of deluxe first-run theaters. Services conducted with the professionalism of television specta..
The long search with Ronald Eyre: Rome, Leeds and the desert
Catholicism, especially since Vatican II, has undergone many changes. In this episode filmed in Rome, Spain and England, we discover the diversity and the unity of the religious experience labeled the Holy Catholic Churc..
The long search with Ronald Eyre: West meets East
The spiritual impulse of the time steps beyond the boundaries of religious tradition - so wrote Theodore Roszak, spokesman for the counter-culture, who is Ronald Eyre's guide to the new religious concerns of people livin..
The long search with Ronald Eyre: Zulu Zion
Visits the Zulu Independent Churches in South Africa to explore the Black African response to Christianity. When Christian missionaries took the Gospel to Africa they also tried to suppress African religion and subvert A..
The long search with Ronald Eyre: a question of balance
In our search for Chinese religious experience, we go to Taiwan. A whole pantheon of gods both local and imported from the mainland are worshipped in thousands of Buddhist and Taoist temples. Several strands make up the ..
The long search with Ronald Eyre: footprint of the Buddha
To Sri Lanka (Ceylon) and India to discover the type of Buddhism practiced throughout southeast Asia. Among those we meet are Buddhist monks - including one American, school children, novices and housewives. Each offers ..
The long search with Ronald Eyre: reflections on The long search : loose ends
In this episode, Ronald Eyre asks himself some questions. It is not a film in which he hands out diplomas to believers of the religion that pleased him best. The search, for him, began long before this series got off the..
The long search with Ronald Eyre: the Romanian solution
The Orthodox churches in Eastern Europe seem to be bound to the Communist states in essentially loveless marriages, except in Rumania. The Rumanian Orthodox Church is still seen as an important aspect of Rumania's cultur..