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Kaleidoscope: Saints & Sinners
Midlands Arts CentreCannon Hill Park, Birmingham
Sat 5 Sept · 10:00
About this event
TV archivists Kaleidoscope present a unique cultural retrospective of how television has portrayed state religion over the past few decades. 10am: Seven Deadly Sins - A Cold Heart. Rediffusion’s ground breaking series of plays about the seven deadly sins depicted by the early Christian church. 10.45am: Blue Peter Special Assignment – Rome Val, John and Peter explore the origins of the Christian religion in the Roman Empire. 11.15am: Seven Deadly Sins - The Erpingham Pride Another classic play about the sin of pride as defined by the early Christian church. 12.15am: Lunch 12.45pm: Joseph & His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat The Old Vic version of the musical. 1.30pm: Robin Hood Untransmitted pilot and introduction by its director Andrew Walkington. 2.15pm: The News on Good Friday. 2.30pm: Jamie Medhurst Q&A An expert in pre-war television, Jamie also lectures at the University of Aber and will be discussing how early television depicted faith 3.30pm: Afternoon Tea 4pm: Frost on Sin Frost, Cleese, et al poke fun at Britain’s obsession with sin.
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