The Big Questions

A series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues, hosted by Nicky Campbell. With contributions from panellists Amanda Platell, Dr Alice Roberts, Jonathan Bartley, Jeevan Deol and an invited Oxford audience.

Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol host a series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues. This week, owning up, apologising and forgiveness are the subjects under discussion. With contributions from panellists Baroness Julia Neuberger and Peter Hitchens, and an invited Oxford audience.

Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol host a series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues. Ann Widdecombe, Julie Bindell and an invited audience from Brighton discuss religious blessing of same-gender partnerships.

Nicky Campbell is at Whitgift School in Croydon to preside over a panel including former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie, Oasis Trust founder Steve Chalke, and Queen's Chaplain the Rev. Rose Hudson-Wilkin.

Nicky Campbell presents from Wychwood School in Oxford. Taking part in the topical debates are Esther Rantzen, Peter Hitchens of the Daily Mail, Zoe Williams of The Guardian and Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet from Mill Hill Synagogue.

Topical live debate with Nicky Campbell. Joining him at Samworth Academy in Leicester are life-coach and agony aunt Jenni Trent Hughes, Tim Stevens, the Bishop of Leicester, and Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra, local imam and member of the Muslim Council of Britain.

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.

Is it time for all religions to accept evolution as fact? Nicky Campbell hosts the debate.

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions live from Hutchesons' Grammar School in Glasgow.

Just the one very big question this week: Should the British stop tolerating intolerance?

Nicky Cambell returns for the ninth series of The Big Questions. Live from University of Kent, Canterbury, the audience and guests debate whether doctors should have the right to strike, freedom of speech on university campuses and the future of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

Nicky Campbell presents live moral, ethical and religious debate from Harris Academy, Peckham. Amongst the questions Nicky asks are: should crimes die with the accused?; can all religions be right?; and does social media reveal men's hatred for women?

Nicky Campbell presents live moral, ethical and religious debate with an audience and invited guests from Leith Academy, Edinburgh. Should sugar be treated like a dangerous drug? Is it right to alter embryos' genes? And, do religions get in the way of beliefs?

Nicky Cambell returns for the tenth series of The Big Questions, with moral, ethical and religious debates from Brunel University, Uxbridge. Are some people paid too much? Should industrial action only target employers? Would today's 'wise men' believe in God?

A special edition of The Big Questions recorded at London's Brunel University, with the audience and invited contributors debating just one issue: is digital media good for democracy?

Nicky Campbell presents the Big Questions live from Bradford's Appleton Academy and asks: Is the system still stacked against women? Does prison work? And, should religion have any role in politics?

Nicky Campbell is at the University of East London asking is free speech under threat at universities, should meat be taxed to save the planet and has the West misunderstood Buddhism?

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate from Appelton Academy, Bradford. Is time up for flirting at work? Should persecuted Christians jump the UK asylum queue? Would higher council taxes on empty and second homes be fair?

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate from Netherhall School, Cambridge, with discussion on whether President Trump has been good for the world. Plus, is inequality a vital incentive?

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate from James Allen's Girls' School, London. Nicky asks the panel: Should drugs be treated like alcohol? And, is London now only for the rich?

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate live from Heartlands Academy, Birmingham. He asks: Is it right to design babies?; and Should museums give back other nations' treasures?

Nicky Campbell presents topical debate live from Appleton Academy, Bradford. He asks: should gambling be made socially unacceptable? And, do some communities ignore human rights law?

Nicky Campbell hosts a live debate from James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich, London. Is Britain failing white, working class boys? Plus is the justice system unfair to rape victims?

This week, The Big Questions comes live from Oasis Academy MediaCityUK in Salford. Nicky Campbell asks: Will capitalism save the planet? And, is what you do more important than what you believe?

Nicky Campbell hosts The Big Questions live from Leicester Grammar School. This week he asks his guests and audience: Should Britain be ashamed of its deportation policies? And, will defining Islamophobia undermine free speech?

Nicky Campbell hosts a live debate from Manchester with a remote audience from London, where he asks: is lockdown punishing too many for the greater good? And, have young people been disproportionally neglected during this crisis?

Nicky Campbell hosts a live debate from Manchester with a remote audience from North West England, where he asks: does social media reveal who we really are? And, will COVID revive faith?

Nicky Campbell hosts a live debate from Manchester with a remote audience from South West England, where he asks: will COVID help us save the planet? And, if Jesus wasn't the son of God, would we take more notice of him?