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The Best Episodes of The Big Questions Season 2

Every episode of The Big Questions Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Big Questions Season 2!

Nicky Campbell hosts a series of moral, ethical and religious debates.
Genres:NewsTalkWar & Politics
Network:BBC One

Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "The Big Questions" season 2. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/28/2008. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".

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    #1 - Episode 1

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 12/28/2008

    Nicky Campbell is at Whitgift School in Croydon to preside over a panel including former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie, Oasis Trust founder Steve Chalke, and Queen's Chaplain the Rev. Rose Hudson-Wilkin.

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    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/4/2009

    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.

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    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/11/2009

    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.

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    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/18/2009

    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.

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    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 1/25/2009

    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.

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    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/1/2009

    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.

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    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2/8/2009

    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.

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    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 2/15/2009

    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.

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    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 2/22/2009

    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.

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    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/1/2009

    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.

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    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 3/8/2009

    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.

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    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 3/15/2009

    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.

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    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 3/22/2009

    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.

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    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 3/29/2009

    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.

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    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 4/19/2009

    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.

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    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 5/3/2009

    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.

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    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 5/10/2009

    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.

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    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 5/17/2009

    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.

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    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 5/24/2009

    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.

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    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 6/7/2009

    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.

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    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 6/14/2009

    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.

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    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 6/21/2009

    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.

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    Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 6/28/2009

    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.

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    Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 7/5/2009

    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.

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    Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 7/12/2009

    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.

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