Series 9

Season 9 · 2016 · 20 episodes

Episodes

1Episode 1Nicky 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.
2Episode 2Nicky 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?
3Episode 3Nicky 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?
4Episode 4Nicky Campbell presents live moral, ethical and religious debate from Bradford Grammar, Bradford. This time he asks just one big question: Do we need a British Islam?
5Episode 5Nicky Campbell presents live moral, ethical and religious debate from King Edward VI School, Southampton. He asks:- Is Britain's stance on refugees "morally unacceptable" ? Are some sins unforgivable? And, should we shop on Sundays?
6Episode 6Nicky Campbell hosts moral, ethical and religious debate from Leicester Grammar School. Does defeating IS mean boots on the ground? And, is Buddhism too much about the self?
7Episode 7Nicky Campbell hosts moral, ethical and religious debate from Netherhall School in Cambridge. Is the Catholic Church serious about confronting child abuse? Is it your duty to look after your elderly relatives? Is atheism the rational choice?
8Episode 8Nicky Campbell presents live moral, ethical and religious debate from Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne. He asks: Does inequality work? Can ethical shopping change the world? Should religions tout for business?
9Episode 9Nicky Campbell presents live moral, ethical and religious debate from Michaelston Community College, Cardiff. He asks: Should animals be used in entertainment? Is it the mothering or the mother that matters? Is raising the pension age fair?
10Episode 10At Hutchesons' Grammar School in Glasgow, Nicky Campbell asks: Will the 'Snoopers' Charter' make people safer? Should there be a legal supply of cannabis? Do religions need a carrot and a stick?
11Episode 11Nicky Campbell presents live moral, ethical and religious debate from Patcham High School in Brighton. Should a society be judged by how it treats its less fortunate members? Has the time come to take climate change seriously? Should more religions have a voice in Parliament?
12Episode 12Live from Manor Church of England Academy in York Nicky Campbell asks: Is a minimum wage a mixed blessing? Is the PREVENT strategy stifling freedom of speech in schools? And, do we misunderstand witchcraft?
13Episode 13Nicky Campbell presents a specially recorded programme from Manor CE Academy, York. In honour of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death, he asks: Is there more truth in Shakespeare than the Bible?
14Episode 14Nicky Campbell presents topical debate live from Bath Spa University, Bath. Do public figures have a right to privacy? Does the Vatican need to give more power to women? Does God care what you wear?
15Episode 15Nicky Campbell presents the moral, ethical and religious discussion series live from Oasis Academy, Salford. Is anti-Zionism anti-Semitic? And does religion need more humour?
16Episode 16Nicky Campbell presents the moral, ethical and religious discussion series live from Oasis Academy, Salford. In this episode Nicky asks: Should we be proud of the British Empire?
17Episode 17Nicky Campbell presents live discussion from Wychwood School in Oxford. Is countering extremism compatible with freedom of religion? Should the law on abortion be changed?
18Episode 18Nicky Campbell presents moral, ethical and religious debate from Wychwood School, Oxford. The one question this week: did man create God?
19Episode 19Nicky Campbell presents moral, ethical and religious debates from Brunel University, Uxbridge. Are white working-class boys discriminated against? And, should the UK's commitment to foreign aid be scrapped?
20Episode 20Nicky Campbell presents moral, ethical and religious debates from Brunel University London, Uxbridge. Nicky asks the question: Are we facing the end of the world?