Bishop challenges the BBC on its religious broadcasting
from Christian Today:
A Church of England bishop has called on the BBC to be more imaginative in its religious broadcasting.
The Bishop of Ripon, Helen-Ann Hartley, has called on the BBC to go beyond “preaching to the converted”, to producing documentaries and dramas that challenge and inform people’s world views.
Writing in the Easter edition of Radio Times, Bishop Hartley notes that the BBC is promising “more content than ever before” and that this includes the Archbishop of Canterbury sharing his Easter message from Canterbury Cathedral and the Pope delivering a blessing live from Rome.
But she continues, “This is great news for those who have been denied the chance to worship in-person during the pandemic. But it is also the BBC literally preaching to the converted.
“It’s all very well having more content than ever before, but if most of it fails to get beyond the ‘God slot’ normally reserved for ‘Songs of Praise’, what’s the point, beyond keeping the faithful happy?”
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