Am I Normal?

Part 3 - Spirituality

BBC2 Mon 28 Apr 2008 9:00pm 60mins

Reports suggest fewer people in Britain today follow a religion than ever before. Yet many still cling to the idea of life after death, spirits and the supernatural. Why are some often judged as true believers and others as religious nuts? And what happens when the worlds of hard scientific fact and pure faith collide? In this documentary, clinical psychologist Dr Tanya Byron explores what some consider as the fine line between religious devotion and psychiatric disorder. She sees what happens when rational scientists try to analyse religious phenomena like Speaking in Tongues and Hearing Voices, and considers the beliefs of faith healers who claim miracles happen.

Wonderland: The End of the World Bus Tour
13 Feb 2008 BBC2

Documentary series about everyday dramas. Sharon is leading a group of tourists who believe the Apocalypse is due in a few years. Her customers are going to Israel to take a last look at the valley of Armageddon before it is awash with the blood of unbelievers. They will be baptised and will spend a day helping out at an Israeli military base. As the passengers relate their beliefs, some of which seem to have come straight out of science fiction, they clamour to rescue the film makers' souls.

Carl Sagan's 'Planets' series of Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, Broadcast 1st-6th January 1978 BBC2.

Lecture 1: The Earth as a Planet
Starts here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu51qfhAAfw

Lecture 2: The Outer Solar System and Life
Starts here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5jpDGa4h24

Lecture 3: The History of Mars
Starts here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtJfJQqw7GI

Lecture 4: Mars Before Viking
Starts here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxMHKmN1f2U

Lecture 5: Mars After Viking
Starts here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQCxrXuzluQ

Lecture 6: Planetary Systems Beyond The Sun
Starts here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okxkb58yV0U