The Big Questions

Season 4, Episode 15

Episode Title: Is the Bible still relevant today?

Air Date: 2011-05-08

Overview:

Nicky Campbell presents a special edition of The Big Questions recorded at Bury Grammar School Boys. To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible, the programme debates just one topic: is the Bible still relevant? Contributing their views from the panel are: the Right Reverend Michael Nazir Ali, the former Bishop of Rochester; the scientist and atheist campaigner, Professor Richard Dawkins; Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner from the North Western Reform Synagogue; and the Bible scholar Dr Francesca Stavrakopoulou, who presented the BBC Two series, The Bible's Buried Secrets.