BBC to celebrate Easter as ‘most significant and holiest of times’ with boosted coverage

Mar 16, 2018 by Jill

by Harry Farley, Christian Today:

The BBC will celebrate Easter this year with host of new religious programming ‘to mark the most significant and holiest of times in the Christian calendar’, it announced today.

As well as the traditional live services, a three-part documentary will follow seven celebrities along the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage with the final episode on Good Friday.

It comes after criticism of the national broadcaster for allegedly sidelining Christianity in favour of other faiths.

However in a review published last year the BBC promised to ‘raise our game’ and improve it’s religion content. The corporation said it would introduce a religion editor and boost its coverage of religious affairs news.

Pilgrimage: The Road to Santiago, which starts on BBC Two on Friday, documents the ‘eye-opening’ 500-mile journey from Saint Jean Pied de Port to Santiago de Compostela. The group includes Kate Bottley, Anglican vicar and Gogglebox star; actor Neil Morrissey; M People singer Heather Small; comedian Ed Byrne; performer Debbie McGee; journalist Raphael Rowe and TV presenter JJ Chalmers, a former Royal Marine who survived a bomb blast serving in Afghanistan.

‘It made me think differently about myself, about other people, about religion and faith. I learnt more about religion [on the camino] than I ever have in my life,’ said Rowe in an interview with the Guardian.

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