The Big Questions Season 2, Episode 1: Episode 1

Episode 2

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.

60 min

Episode 3

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.

60 min

Episode 4

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions from the Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys in Canterbury. Taking part in the live topical debates will be writer and broadcaster Cristina Odone, Jonathan Bartley, director of the religious think-tank Ekklesia, and Dr Raj Pandit Sharma from the Hindu Council UK.

60 min

Episode 5

Topical live debate with Nicky Campbell from Telford College, Edinburgh. Panellists include television presenter and Daily Record columnist Kaye Adams; Revd Alec MacDonald of the Free Church of Scotland; historical novelist and columnist, Katie Grant; and the award-winning science fiction writer, Ken MacLeod.

60 min

Episode 6

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions live from the Ashton Park School in Bristol. Taking part in the topical debates are Alex Goldberg, Chief Executive of the London Jewish Forum; radio talk show host James O'Brien; the Rev Joanna Jepson, chaplain to the London College of Fashion; and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell.

60 min

Episode 7

The topical live debate with Nicky Campbell comes from King Edward VI School in Southampton. Taking part are former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey, crime novelist Minette Walters, dramatist and Guardian columnist Bidisha, and Fareena Alam, editor of Q magazine.

60 min

Episode 8

The topical debate with Nicky Campbell comes from the Grace Academy in Solihull. Guests include novelist and religious commentator Anne Atkins, Rabbi Jonathan Romain from Maidenhead Synagogue, writer and broadcaster Cristina Odone, and actress Nina Wadia, best-known for her roles in Eastenders and Goodness Gracious Me.

60 min

Episode 9

Topical debate with Nicky Campbell at in York. Taking part are: Ann Cryer, Labour MP for Keighley; Douglas Murray, Director of the Centre for Social Cohesion; Majid Nawaz, Director of the Quilliam Foundation; and paralympic athlete Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson.

60 min

Episode 10

Nicky Campbell presents a topical debate from Michaelston Community College in Cardiff. Taking part in the discussions are the Falklands War veteran, Simon Weston; the Reverend Lorraine Kavanagh, chaplain to Cardiff University; the Hindu teacher, Akhandadhi Das; and the agony aunt and counsellor, Jenni Trent Hughes.

60 min

Episode 11

Nicky Campbell presents the Big Questions from Bury Grammar School for Boys. Taking part in the topical debates are Hackney vicar and Queen's Chaplain, Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin; Leicester imam and member of the Muslim Council of Britain, Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra; novelist and broadcaster, Bidisha; and Dame Ann Leslie, the doyenne of foreign correspondents.

60 min

Episode 12

Nicky Campbell presents from the Samworth Enterprise Academy in Leicester. Contributing their views are the radio talk show host James O'Brien; Baroness Verma, businesswoman and Tory spokesperson in the House of Lords for Education, Skills and Health; Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet, from Mill Hill Synagogue; and the young Scottish tenor Nicky Spence.

60 min

Episode 13

The Big Questions comes from the Oasis Academy, Enfield. Joining Nicky Campbell for live debate are Kelvin MacKenzie, columnist on the Sun; Kulveer Ranger, transport adviser to the Mayor of London; psychologist Anjula Mutanda; and the broadcaster, Gloria Hunniford.

60 min

Episode 14

Nicky Campbell presents the topical debate from the Linton Village College in Cambridgeshire, with a panel of guests including Jonathan Bartley, director of the religious think-tank Ekklesia, Benedictine monk Dom Antony Sutch, feminist writer Julie Bindel and comedienne Helen Lederer.

60 min

Episode 15

Nicky Campbell presents the topical debate from Manor CE School in York. Joining him are General Synod member Christina Rees and the Conservative MP David Davis.

60 min

Episode 16

The topical live debate comes from the Bitterne Park School in Southampton. Joining Nicky Campbell are former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey; Druid priestess, Emma Restall Orr; novelist and broadcaster, Anne Atkins; and Oxford science professor, Peter Atkins, who is also a member of the National Secular Society.

60 min

Episode 17

Topical debate with Nicky Campbell, live from Bury Grammar School for Boys. Taking part are Steve Chalke, the founder of the Oasis Trust; journlist and novelist, Cristina Odone; and the broadcaster and journalist, Liz Kershaw.

60 min

Episode 18

The topical live debate with Nicky Campbell comes live from the Samworth Enterprise Academy, Leicester. Taking part are Dame Ann Leslie, veteran foreign correspondent and writer for the Daily Mail; Dr Raj Pandit Sharma of the Hindu Council UK; and Ajmal Masroor, chairman of Communities in Action and a spokesperson for the Islamic Society of Britain.

60 min

Episode 19

Nicky Campbell presents topical debates from Ashton Park School in Bristol. Taking part are radio talk-show host James O'Brien; Alex Goldberg, Chief Executive of the London Jewish Forum; broadcaster Angela Rippon; and Colm O'Gorman, the Executive Director of Amnesty International Ireland and founder of the charity One in Four which represents victims of child abuse.

60 min

Episode 20

Nicky Campbell presents topical debates from Tonbridge School in Tonbridge. Contributing their views are professor of genetics and broadcaster, Steve Jones; Leo McKinstry, Daily Express columnist and author; and Shaun Bailey, co-founder of the charity My Generation that helps young people.

60 min

Episode 21

Nicky Campbell presents the show from Grace Academy in Solihull. Joining in the topical debates are poet Benjamin Zephaniah; Jonathan Bartley, the co-director of the religious think-tank Ekklesia; and the novelist Louise Bagshawe.

60 min

Episode 22

Nicky Campbell presents the show live from Jack Hunt School in Peterborough. Taking part in the topical debates are writer and feminist Professor Germaine Greer, journalist Fareena Alam and the novelist and religious commentator, Anne Atkins.

60 min

Episode 23

Nicky Campbell presents live from the Manor Church of England School in York. The Daily Mail columnist Peter Hitchens; the former Talban hostage who converted to Islam, Yvonne Ridley; school and hospital chaplain, Father Stephen Maughan; and the writer and critic Bidisha contribute to the topical debates.

60 min

Episode 24

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions from Whitgift School, Croydon. Taking part in the topical debates are human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, Independent columnist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, and Christina Rees, member of the General Synod and campaigner for women bishops in the Church of England.

60 min

Episode 25

Nicky Campbell presents the live topical debate from Michaelston Community College, Cardiff. Taking part are Druid priestess Emma Restall Orr, Reverend Martin Reynolds from the Church of Wales, and television presenter and journalist Lowri Turner.

60 min

Episode 26

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions from Bury Grammar School for Boys. Taking part in the topical debates are Rabbi Jonathan Romaine, from Maidenhead Synagogue; Daily Mail columnist, Dame Ann Leslie; and television and radio presenter, Terry Christian.

60 min

Episode 27

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions live from the Oasis Academy, Enfield.

60 min

Episode 28

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions live from the Manor Church of England School in York.

60 min

Episode 29

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions from Jack Hunt School in Peterborough.

60 min

Episode 30

Nicky Campbell presents from Telford College, Edinburgh.

60 min

Episode 31

Nicky Campbell presents the topical debates from Wychwood School in Oxford.

60 min

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