The Big Questions
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The Big Questions title sequence
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| Genre | Religion and ethics |
| Presented by |
Nicky Campbell Sonia Deol (co-host, Series 1) Kaye Adams (cover host, Series 3) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 227 (as of 9 Apr 2017) |
| Production company(s) | Mentorn Media |
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| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 9 September 2007 – present |
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| Related shows | Question Time |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Big Questions is a faith and ethics television programme usually presented by Nicky Campbell. It is broadcast live on BBC One between 10:00am and 11:00am on Sunday, replacing The Heaven and Earth Show as the BBC's religious discussion programme.
The format is loosely based on BBC1's political discussion show, Question Time, though it also contains elements that are more familiar to daytime chat shows. In the first four series, each show featured four panellists from a range of different religious and ethical perspectives, as well as a number of contributors from the live studio audience. In Series 5, the panel was dropped, and the debates took place entirely within the audience, which still featured a number of contributors.
Each week, panel and audience debate three ethical, moral or religious topics which featured in the week's news.
Panellists have included notable atheistRichard Dawkins, convert to Roman Catholicism Ann Widdecombe, Imam Ibrahim Mogra, Muslim commentator Mohammed Ansar, Scottish philosopher John Joseph Haldane, Bible scholar Francesca Stavrakopoulou, Lord Carey, Jonathan Bartley, Peter Hitchens, Alexander Goldberg, Ian McMillan, Andrew Pinsent, Stephen Law, Tommy Robinson, Michael Nazir-Ali, Samuel Westrop and Decca Aitkenhead.
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