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Everyman is a British television documentary series that aired on BBC One in a late-night slot on Sunday evenings between 1977 and 2005. Its subject matter tended to be focused on moral and religious issues, often in the form of a film in which individuals would discuss their thoughts. One edition from 1990, A Game of Soldiers concerned a group of soldiers exploring their feelings about being trained to kill. Throughout much of its time on air, series of Everyman aired alternately with Heart of the Matter, a debate series which featured somewhat similar topics. Both series were cancelled in the 2000s after the BBC revamped the output of its religious programming.
1977
Vanya Kewley reports from Southern California on the world's largest walk-in, drive-in 'Inspiration Centre', run by the man critics dub the 'Henry Ford of Organised Religion'. Everyman explores the multi-million dollar operation Dr Robert Schuller calls a 'shopping centre for Jesus Christ', and investigates the appeal of Schuller's weekly TV religious spectacular. In the year a devout Baptist became President of the United States, how do Americans rate a minister of religion who uses media technology to preach a gospel of success?
In this report Peter France meets Christians who believe it is possible to be gay, despite the Church's pronouncement that homosexuality is a 'grievous sin'.
Performer David Kossoff talks from the heart about how it feels when life throws you off kilter and you have to bury your own child. He uses his unique blend of wisdom and humour in order to help himself and others to get through.
1977
A re-enactment of the Whitehouse v Lemon court case. In 1976, British magazine Gay News publishes a poem, 'The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name', describing Jesus as a practising homosexual, and Christian activist Mary Whitehouse brings a private prosecution for blasphemy against its editor Denis Lemon.
1978
A profile of the close religious community of the Scottish isle of Lewis.
1980
1979
1984
BBC documentary about St Joseph's College Junior Seminary, also known as Upholland College in Lancashire UK. This programme captured the day-to-day life of students at the College, many of whom were preparing to go on to become Roman Catholic priests.
1982
Ingenious two man play at Jesus Christ's second coming to South Africa.
1985
Broadcast five years after John Lennon was shot, this programme combines TV production techniques with Lennon's own words and his music, and the recollections of his friends to give a unique insight into the man behind the legend.
An interview with Fritjof Capra, the author of "The Tao of Physics" published 1975. Capra based his work on the Danish theoretical physicist Niels Bohr, who included the Chinese t'ai chi symbol in his coat of arms.
1986
Following Haji Latif, the Lion of Kandahar, and his men, this documentary shows the battles and lives of Afghanistan's Holy Warriors in their war with the Soviet Union.
Documentary tracing the development of the Frankenstein myth, which combines dramatization, film extracts, documentary sequences and interview.
Acid LSD " It's the realm of mystical experience. And those who've been there describe the visit as the most significant event of their lifes. Until recent times that was a world known only to holy men, to saints, or perhaps to the insane. Then a generation ago this drug, LSD, escaped from the laboratory. It was consumed by millions of young people. To some it's a doorway to the mystical universe, enlightenment in a bottle. To others it could open the darker side of their own selves hidden beneath the sub-conscious."
This refreshingly frank and impartial study of the discovery and development of the notorious hallucinogenic drug is notably free of moral judgmental, and features contributions from such legendary heroes of psychedelia as Albert Hoffman - the Swiss scientist who discovered the drug - Aldous Huxley - author of 'The Doors of Perception' - Ken Kesey - author of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
The story of the pioneers who sailed to America on the Mayflower, and their very different dreams of what the 'New World' could be.
1987
1988
1991
The film is a documentary in which a disciple searches for the child who is the reincarnation of the late Khenshur Rinpoche. Once found, the cheerily boisterous child is initiated into religious life.
Mary Grayson , a retired music teacher, and Ray Clark , a convicted murderer on Death Row, Florida, wrote to each other for the two months leading up to Ray's execution. Their letters, and this film, record an extraordinary friendship.
Life observed in a Shanty Town in Davao City, in the Philippines, where people live on or below the poverty line.
1983
A profile of the life of Nirad Chaudhuri.
A documentary about Coleg Elidyr, a residential college for adults with learning disabilities in Rhandirmwyn, Wales. The documentary is narrated by Birthe Hougaard.
1988
1990
An examination of Christianity's perception of disability, including a visit to Lourdes to see if healing will happen.
1984
1990
1981
Conversations with Cliff Richard.
1994
About Jeffrey Dahmer featuring his father Lionel, the stepmother Shari, a friend from school, a couple of detectives, and a relative of a victim. Jeffrey didn't have much going for him. His future was blank.
1996
A history of God on television.
1989
A feature documentary broadcast about Vietnam Veterans and their thoughts about their involvement in the war.
Documentary of British children sent to U.S. and Canada, out of harm's way during WWII. Interviews of these grown children, their parents and foster parents. Narrated by actress Claire Bloom, herself a child evacuee.
1988
1997
The old saying in Rome is that he who enters a conclave as pope exits as a cardinal, meaning there's no guarantee one of these men actually will be chosen. They are, however, the leading names drawing buzz in Rome these days.
Nigel Hawthorne follows the mission route taken by Saint Augustine from Rome to Canterbury in the 6th century.
1991
1989
1999
Inspired by his own experiences, John Hipkin stages silent vigils throughout Britain, Ireland, Canada and the USA hoping to secure pardons for over 300 British soldiers executed by their own comrades during the First World War.
1992
1995
In 1642, the first ever juvenile, Thomas Graunger, was sentenced to death in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts for bestiality. Ever since then, 361 other juveniles have been sentenced to the death penalty as well.
The Turin Shroud - a revered catholic icon since the Renaissance - is examined by historian, photographic, and christian perspectives.
1992
2000
Shaun Walters was ordained at the age of eight and mesmerized audiences with his preaching as he travelled across the United States with his father.
Story of three young people who have converted to Buddhists and who undertake life-changing journeys.
1998
1993
Examination of the late twentieth-century obsession with fame, which reflects two of our deepest cravings - the need to worship heroes and the need to identify with them.
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1993
Examines how two British women became involved in the cult surrounding the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. They were key figures in the Bhagwan's inner circle in 1981 when the cult set up a new religious retreat in Oregon despite opposition from the local authorities. They now face extradition to America for their part in the conflict which arose.
Film of the busy Samaritans office in Birmingham. The programme follows events over a busy Saturday night.
After the Jamie Bulger case, Everyman visited schools in Liverpool, Birmingham and Oxford conducting revealing interviews with 11 and 12 year old boys and girls, what their influences were, who they looked up to and what futures they envisioned for themselves.
Examines the role that celibacy plays in an increasing number of lives, revealing that, contrary to popular belief, it is not restricted to certain strict religious orders.