The Big Questions (Season 12)

Nicky Campbell hosts a series of moral, ethical and religious debates.

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    Episode 1 (Episode 1)

    Air date: 2019-01-06

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: 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?

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    Episode 2 (Episode 2)

    Air date: 2019-01-13

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: 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?

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    Episode 3 (Episode 3)

    Air date: 2019-01-20

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: 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?

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    Episode 4 (Episode 4)

    Air date: 2019-01-27

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Nicky Campbell presents topical debate live from Oasis Academy, Salford. Are private schools immoral? And should Britain be afraid of its far right?

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    Episode 5 (Episode 5)

    Air date: 2019-02-03

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Rachel Burden presents topical debate live from The Attenborough Centre at the University of Sussex in Brighton. Has social media ruined childhood? Is feminism in crisis?

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    Episode 6 (Episode 6)

    Air date: 2019-02-10

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Nicky Campbell presents topical debate live from Lliswerry High School in Newport. Should surrogacy become a commercial business? And is religion good for mental health?

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    Episode 7 (Episode 7)

    Air date: 2019-02-17

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Nicky Campbell presents topical debate live from Hutcheson Grammar School in Glasgow. He asks the audience if they are defined by their country or their faith.

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    Episode 8 (Episode 8)

    Air date: 2019-02-24

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Nicky Campbell presents topical debate live from Leicester Grammar School. Nicky asks: have some of us been here before? And is environmentalism the new religion?

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    Episode 9 (Episode 9)

    Air date: 2019-03-03

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions live from Oasis Academy, Salford. He asks if faiths need to adapt to survive. And has Britain become a less tolerant society?

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    Episode 10 (Episode 10)

    Air date: 2019-03-10

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: The Big Questions comes live from Heartlands Academy in Birmingham. Nicky Campbell asks just one Big Question: Is Islam more divided than united?

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