VIDEO: "A BRIEF HISTORY OF DISBELIEF."
NOTE: Some Links Below May Need To Be Updated.
PBS-TV recently presented an excellent three-part BBC Documentary Series by Dr. Jonathan Miller called "A BRIEF HISTORY OF DISBELIEF." (References: Wikipedia, Internet Movie DataBase/IMDB.)
(Click Here To Watch A Very Short PREVIEW VIDEO of the Series.)
Bill Moyers of PBS-TV had suggested the British Series be shown in the United States - perhaps because many of the major players in the "History Of Disbelief" were, in fact, Founding Fathers of the United States (including Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, Paine and others).
As it turned out, the BBC Series was broadcast in the United States - but restricted to only a few PBS-TV Stations and only after being significantly censored and shortened.
*All* original *uncensored* Videos for this awesome PBS-TV Documentary Series (about 3 hours total) *may* now be available on YouTube Video. In addition, the original raw and uncut original Interview Tapes (about 3 hours total) *may* also be available on these WebSites as well as on DVD.
UPDATE (06/29/2020): At the moment, the entire 3-Episode (180-minutes total) film series seems to be available on YouTube Video - Also, My Related "Notes" Are Posted On FaceBook If Interested.
NOTE: TO SEARCH FOR NEWLY AVAILABLE VIDEO LINKS, CLICK THE FOLLOWING: YOUTUBE VIDEO.
BBC/PBS-TV THREE-PART SERIES - OVERVIEW
"JONATHAN MILLER'S BRIEF HISTORY OF DISBELIEF"
In this first-ever television history of disbelief, Dr. Jonathan Miller goes on a journey exploring the origins of his own lack of belief and uncovering the hidden history of disbelief over the centuries.
EPISODE 1 - "SHADOWS OF DOUBT"
2,500 years ago, the ancient Greek philosophers expressed doubts about the supernatural. However, when Christianity succeeded in taking over the Roman Empire, it also closed down the great Greek schools of philosophy and ushered in what became known as the Dark Ages. Jonathan Miller visits the absent Twin Towers to consider the religious implications of 9/11 and meets Arthur Miller and the philosopher Colin McGinn. He searches for evidence of the first 'unbelievers' in Ancient Greece and examines some of the modern theories around why people have always tended to believe in mythology and magic.
EPISODE 2 - "NOUGHTS AND CROSSES"
Jonathan Miller examines the religious imagery that dominated the medieval mind and investigates the role that the emerging science of men like Copernicus, Vesalius and Galileo had upon Christianity. Such was the power of the church, however, that it was not until the late 18th century in France that confident modern atheism finally emerged. With the domination of Christianity from 500 AD, he wonders how disbelief began to re-emerge in the 15th and 16th centuries. He discovers that division within the Church played a more powerful role than the scientific discoveries of the period. He also visits Paris, the home of the 18th century atheist, Baron D'Holbach, and shows how politically dangerous it was to undermine the religious faith of the masses.
EPISODE 3 - "THE FINAL HOUR"
Once atheism emerged, it began to challenge the moral authority of both the Church and the State. Religious doubt inspired the American War of Independence and the French Revolution, while in England the growing campaign for the rights of the working class was led by radical atheist reformers whose work helped to give birth to Socialism. The history of disbelief continues with the ideas of self-taught philosopher Thomas Paine, the revolutionary studies of geology and the evolutionary theories of Darwin. Jonathan Miller looks at the Freudian view that religion is a 'thought disorder'. He also examines his motivation behind making the series touching on the issues of death and the religious fanaticism of the 21st century.
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Broadcast History of Series:
First shown on BBC Four (as "A Rough History Of Disbelief")
10/30/2004 - 11/02/2004
Second showing on BBC Two (as "A Rough History Of Disbelief")
10/31/2005 - 11/14/2005
American Broadcast (as "A Brief History Of Disbelief")
05/10/2007 - 05/24/2007
-
Related Links:
http://www.richarddawkins.net/
-
"A BRIEF HISTORY OF DISBELIEF (2004)" (175:30 total)
BBC-TV/PBS-TV
VIDEOS - YouTube Links (Full-Screen) - (All Noted Links Below Seemed OK When Posted.)
NOTE: TO SEARCH FOR NEWLY AVAILABLE VIDEO LINKS, CLICK THE FOLLOWING: YOUTUBE VIDEO.
"SERIES PREVIEW" (03:20)
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/video_popups/pop_vid_disbelief.html
"INTRODUCTION and SPONSORS" (01:21)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc2n4r-0sLU
"SHADOWS OF DOUBT" - EPISODE 1 of 3 (58:53)
1-Shadows Of Doubt, Part-1 (10:25)
http://www.youtube.com/v/uhsMKQF1ROE
1-Shadows Of Doubt, Part-2 (09:59)
http://www.youtube.com/v/9rkW0i1tm7I
1-Shadows Of Doubt, Part-3 (09:53)
http://www.youtube.com/v/s6h-bsoMxhA
1-Shadows Of Doubt, Part-4 (09:59)
http://www.youtube.com/v/_gGUZcSHkHg
1-Shadows Of Doubt, Part-5 (09:43)
http://www.youtube.com/v/s5DUZ5yxXZE
1-Shadows Of Doubt, Part-6 (08:54)
http://www.youtube.com/v/gHmCuaQ46qk
"NOUGHTS AND CROSSES" - EPISODE 2 of 3 (58:23)
2-Noughts And Crosses, Part-1 (10:16)
http://www.youtube.com/v/EUDfvT-i7WE
2-Noughts And Crosses, Part-2 (10:00)
http://www.youtube.com/v/QCYzBKH8ZCI
2-Noughts And Crosses, Part-3 (10:01)
http://www.youtube.com/v/_7tqvuysRmk
2-Noughts And Crosses, Part-4 (09:50)
http://www.youtube.com/v/6Qi2gqdPpyw
2-Noughts And Crosses, Part-5 (09:53)
http://www.youtube.com/v/XnfuSPvSKDI
2-Noughts And Crosses, Part-6 (08:23)
http://www.youtube.com/v/HXy-B-1q48Y
"THE FINAL HOUR" - EPISODE 3 of 3 (58:14)
3-The Final Hour, Part-1 (09:40)
http://www.youtube.com/v/-7PtrrNRTKo
3-The Final Hour, Part-2 (09:58)
http://www.youtube.com/v/F0TgvZ52KqY
3-The Final Hour, Part-3 (09:38)
http://www.youtube.com/v/jf6UL84ocZA
3-The Final Hour, Part-4 (09:43)
http://www.youtube.com/v/moGQ_FGsroM
3-The Final Hour, Part-5 (09:09)
http://www.youtube.com/v/no-GKZUt0Qo
3-The Final Hour, Part-6 (10:06)
http://www.youtube.com/v/HmcSperCBaw
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NOTE: TO SEARCH FOR NEWLY AVAILABLE VIDEO LINKS, CLICK THE FOLLOWING: YOUTUBE VIDEO.
BONUS MATERIALS - "A BRIEF HISTORY OF DISBELIEF"
"INTERVIEW TAPES" (Raw and Uncut): (171:08 total)
(NOTE: Now Available On DVD.)
"INTERVIEWS 1 and 2" - TAPE 1 of 3 (57:15)
"COLIN McGINN and STEVEN WEINBERG"
1/2-COLIN McGINN/STEVEN WEINBERG, Part-1 (09:30)
http://youtube.com/v/L545LG1tqxg
1/2-COLIN McGINN/STEVEN WEINBERG, Part-2 (09:31)
http://youtube.com/v/pfAqDgyHAqM
1/2-COLIN McGINN/STEVEN WEINBERG, Part-3 (09:33)
http://youtube.com/v/hibooHAE1pM
1/2-COLIN McGINN/STEVEN WEINBERG, Part-4 (09:31)
http://youtube.com/v/Qxm2_CcctuY
1/2-COLIN McGINN/STEVEN WEINBERG, Part-5 (09:38)
http://youtube.com/v/WE6iYn70aMw
1/2-COLIN McGINN/STEVEN WEINBERG, Part-6 (09:32)
http://youtube.com/v/MYS6n_JBOTg
"INTERVIEWS 3 and 4" - TAPE 2 of 3 (56:44)
"ARTHUR MILLER and RICHARD DAWKINS"
3/4-ARTHUR MILLER/RICHARD DAWKINS, Part-1 (09:24)
http://youtube.com/v/Vow4clj_pW0
3/4-ARTHUR MILLER/RICHARD DAWKINS, Part-2 (09:29)
http://youtube.com/v/16gRip0J2U4
3/4-ARTHUR MILLER/RICHARD DAWKINS, Part-3 (09:26)
http://youtube.com/v/HYBWHMBw2jg
3/4-ARTHUR MILLER/RICHARD DAWKINS, Part-4 (09:29)
http://youtube.com/v/k4gSYpPZz-E
3/4-ARTHUR MILLER/RICHARD DAWKINS, Part-5 (09:32)
http://youtube.com/v/nmWjSu_xOJE
3/4-ARTHUR MILLER/RICHARD DAWKINS, Part-6 (09:24)
http://youtube.com/v/kdyRUYTIDUI
"INTERVIEWS 5 and 6" - TAPE 3 of 3 (57:09)
"DENYS TURNER and DANIEL DENNETT"
5/6-DENYS TURNER/DANIEL DENNETT, Part-1 (09:29)
http://youtube.com/v/qVq5-XOxrh8
5/6-DENYS TURNER/DANIEL DENNETT, Part-2 (09:37)
http://youtube.com/v/wbcMB3Ud_D8
5/6-DENYS TURNER/DANIEL DENNETT, Part-3 (09:31)
http://youtube.com/v/qYeHTXUAT3I
5/6-DENYS TURNER/DANIEL DENNETT, Part-4 (09:24)
http://youtube.com/v/U69yB2_v4WY
5/6-DENYS TURNER/DANIEL DENNETT, Part-5 (09:33)
http://youtube.com/v/sb0GQm6wJyE
5/6-DENYS TURNER/DANIEL DENNETT, Part-6 (09:35)
http://youtube.com/v/XwhagB-KL84
NOTE: TO SEARCH FOR NEWLY AVAILABLE VIDEO LINKS, CLICK THE FOLLOWING: YOUTUBE VIDEO.
UPDATE (06/29/2020): At the moment, the entire 3-Episode (180-minutes total) film series seems to be available on YouTube Video - Also, My Related "Notes" Are Posted On FaceBook If Interested.
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| Dr Dennis Bogdan * Computer DataPro Consulting
| drbogdan at comcast.net * drbogdan at yahoo.com
| http://www.facebook.com/drbogdan
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PBS-TV recently presented an excellent three-part BBC Documentary Series by Dr. Jonathan Miller called "A BRIEF HISTORY OF DISBELIEF." (References: Wikipedia, Internet Movie DataBase/IMDB.)
(Click Here To Watch A Very Short PREVIEW VIDEO of the Series.)
Bill Moyers of PBS-TV had suggested the British Series be shown in the United States - perhaps because many of the major players in the "History Of Disbelief" were, in fact, Founding Fathers of the United States (including Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, Paine and others).
As it turned out, the BBC Series was broadcast in the United States - but restricted to only a few PBS-TV Stations and only after being significantly censored and shortened.
*All* original *uncensored* Videos for this awesome PBS-TV Documentary Series (about 3 hours total) *may* now be available on YouTube Video. In addition, the original raw and uncut original Interview Tapes (about 3 hours total) *may* also be available on these WebSites as well as on DVD.
UPDATE (06/29/2020): At the moment, the entire 3-Episode (180-minutes total) film series seems to be available on YouTube Video - Also, My Related "Notes" Are Posted On FaceBook If Interested.
NOTE: TO SEARCH FOR NEWLY AVAILABLE VIDEO LINKS, CLICK THE FOLLOWING: YOUTUBE VIDEO.
BBC/PBS-TV THREE-PART SERIES - OVERVIEW
"JONATHAN MILLER'S BRIEF HISTORY OF DISBELIEF"
In this first-ever television history of disbelief, Dr. Jonathan Miller goes on a journey exploring the origins of his own lack of belief and uncovering the hidden history of disbelief over the centuries.
EPISODE 1 - "SHADOWS OF DOUBT"
2,500 years ago, the ancient Greek philosophers expressed doubts about the supernatural. However, when Christianity succeeded in taking over the Roman Empire, it also closed down the great Greek schools of philosophy and ushered in what became known as the Dark Ages. Jonathan Miller visits the absent Twin Towers to consider the religious implications of 9/11 and meets Arthur Miller and the philosopher Colin McGinn. He searches for evidence of the first 'unbelievers' in Ancient Greece and examines some of the modern theories around why people have always tended to believe in mythology and magic.
EPISODE 2 - "NOUGHTS AND CROSSES"
Jonathan Miller examines the religious imagery that dominated the medieval mind and investigates the role that the emerging science of men like Copernicus, Vesalius and Galileo had upon Christianity. Such was the power of the church, however, that it was not until the late 18th century in France that confident modern atheism finally emerged. With the domination of Christianity from 500 AD, he wonders how disbelief began to re-emerge in the 15th and 16th centuries. He discovers that division within the Church played a more powerful role than the scientific discoveries of the period. He also visits Paris, the home of the 18th century atheist, Baron D'Holbach, and shows how politically dangerous it was to undermine the religious faith of the masses.
EPISODE 3 - "THE FINAL HOUR"
Once atheism emerged, it began to challenge the moral authority of both the Church and the State. Religious doubt inspired the American War of Independence and the French Revolution, while in England the growing campaign for the rights of the working class was led by radical atheist reformers whose work helped to give birth to Socialism. The history of disbelief continues with the ideas of self-taught philosopher Thomas Paine, the revolutionary studies of geology and the evolutionary theories of Darwin. Jonathan Miller looks at the Freudian view that religion is a 'thought disorder'. He also examines his motivation behind making the series touching on the issues of death and the religious fanaticism of the 21st century.
-
Broadcast History of Series:
First shown on BBC Four (as "A Rough History Of Disbelief")
10/30/2004 - 11/02/2004
Second showing on BBC Two (as "A Rough History Of Disbelief")
10/31/2005 - 11/14/2005
American Broadcast (as "A Brief History Of Disbelief")
05/10/2007 - 05/24/2007
-
Related Links:
http://www.richarddawkins.net/
-
"A BRIEF HISTORY OF DISBELIEF (2004)" (175:30 total)
BBC-TV/PBS-TV
VIDEOS - YouTube Links (Full-Screen) - (All Noted Links Below Seemed OK When Posted.)
NOTE: TO SEARCH FOR NEWLY AVAILABLE VIDEO LINKS, CLICK THE FOLLOWING: YOUTUBE VIDEO.
"SERIES PREVIEW" (03:20)
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/video_popups/pop_vid_disbelief.html
"INTRODUCTION and SPONSORS" (01:21)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc2n4r-0sLU
"SHADOWS OF DOUBT" - EPISODE 1 of 3 (58:53)
1-Shadows Of Doubt, Part-1 (10:25)
http://www.youtube.com/v/uhsMKQF1ROE
1-Shadows Of Doubt, Part-2 (09:59)
http://www.youtube.com/v/9rkW0i1tm7I
1-Shadows Of Doubt, Part-3 (09:53)
http://www.youtube.com/v/s6h-bsoMxhA
1-Shadows Of Doubt, Part-4 (09:59)
http://www.youtube.com/v/_gGUZcSHkHg
1-Shadows Of Doubt, Part-5 (09:43)
http://www.youtube.com/v/s5DUZ5yxXZE
1-Shadows Of Doubt, Part-6 (08:54)
http://www.youtube.com/v/gHmCuaQ46qk
"NOUGHTS AND CROSSES" - EPISODE 2 of 3 (58:23)
2-Noughts And Crosses, Part-1 (10:16)
http://www.youtube.com/v/EUDfvT-i7WE
2-Noughts And Crosses, Part-2 (10:00)
http://www.youtube.com/v/QCYzBKH8ZCI
2-Noughts And Crosses, Part-3 (10:01)
http://www.youtube.com/v/_7tqvuysRmk
2-Noughts And Crosses, Part-4 (09:50)
http://www.youtube.com/v/6Qi2gqdPpyw
2-Noughts And Crosses, Part-5 (09:53)
http://www.youtube.com/v/XnfuSPvSKDI
2-Noughts And Crosses, Part-6 (08:23)
http://www.youtube.com/v/HXy-B-1q48Y
"THE FINAL HOUR" - EPISODE 3 of 3 (58:14)
3-The Final Hour, Part-1 (09:40)
http://www.youtube.com/v/-7PtrrNRTKo
3-The Final Hour, Part-2 (09:58)
http://www.youtube.com/v/F0TgvZ52KqY
3-The Final Hour, Part-3 (09:38)
http://www.youtube.com/v/jf6UL84ocZA
3-The Final Hour, Part-4 (09:43)
http://www.youtube.com/v/moGQ_FGsroM
3-The Final Hour, Part-5 (09:09)
http://www.youtube.com/v/no-GKZUt0Qo
3-The Final Hour, Part-6 (10:06)
http://www.youtube.com/v/HmcSperCBaw
---
NOTE: TO SEARCH FOR NEWLY AVAILABLE VIDEO LINKS, CLICK THE FOLLOWING: YOUTUBE VIDEO.
BONUS MATERIALS - "A BRIEF HISTORY OF DISBELIEF"
"INTERVIEW TAPES" (Raw and Uncut): (171:08 total)
(NOTE: Now Available On DVD.)
"INTERVIEWS 1 and 2" - TAPE 1 of 3 (57:15)
"COLIN McGINN and STEVEN WEINBERG"
1/2-COLIN McGINN/STEVEN WEINBERG, Part-1 (09:30)
http://youtube.com/v/L545LG1tqxg
1/2-COLIN McGINN/STEVEN WEINBERG, Part-2 (09:31)
http://youtube.com/v/pfAqDgyHAqM
1/2-COLIN McGINN/STEVEN WEINBERG, Part-3 (09:33)
http://youtube.com/v/hibooHAE1pM
1/2-COLIN McGINN/STEVEN WEINBERG, Part-4 (09:31)
http://youtube.com/v/Qxm2_CcctuY
1/2-COLIN McGINN/STEVEN WEINBERG, Part-5 (09:38)
http://youtube.com/v/WE6iYn70aMw
1/2-COLIN McGINN/STEVEN WEINBERG, Part-6 (09:32)
http://youtube.com/v/MYS6n_JBOTg
"INTERVIEWS 3 and 4" - TAPE 2 of 3 (56:44)
"ARTHUR MILLER and RICHARD DAWKINS"
3/4-ARTHUR MILLER/RICHARD DAWKINS, Part-1 (09:24)
http://youtube.com/v/Vow4clj_pW0
3/4-ARTHUR MILLER/RICHARD DAWKINS, Part-2 (09:29)
http://youtube.com/v/16gRip0J2U4
3/4-ARTHUR MILLER/RICHARD DAWKINS, Part-3 (09:26)
http://youtube.com/v/HYBWHMBw2jg
3/4-ARTHUR MILLER/RICHARD DAWKINS, Part-4 (09:29)
http://youtube.com/v/k4gSYpPZz-E
3/4-ARTHUR MILLER/RICHARD DAWKINS, Part-5 (09:32)
http://youtube.com/v/nmWjSu_xOJE
3/4-ARTHUR MILLER/RICHARD DAWKINS, Part-6 (09:24)
http://youtube.com/v/kdyRUYTIDUI
"INTERVIEWS 5 and 6" - TAPE 3 of 3 (57:09)
"DENYS TURNER and DANIEL DENNETT"
5/6-DENYS TURNER/DANIEL DENNETT, Part-1 (09:29)
http://youtube.com/v/qVq5-XOxrh8
5/6-DENYS TURNER/DANIEL DENNETT, Part-2 (09:37)
http://youtube.com/v/wbcMB3Ud_D8
5/6-DENYS TURNER/DANIEL DENNETT, Part-3 (09:31)
http://youtube.com/v/qYeHTXUAT3I
5/6-DENYS TURNER/DANIEL DENNETT, Part-4 (09:24)
http://youtube.com/v/U69yB2_v4WY
5/6-DENYS TURNER/DANIEL DENNETT, Part-5 (09:33)
http://youtube.com/v/sb0GQm6wJyE
5/6-DENYS TURNER/DANIEL DENNETT, Part-6 (09:35)
http://youtube.com/v/XwhagB-KL84
NOTE: TO SEARCH FOR NEWLY AVAILABLE VIDEO LINKS, CLICK THE FOLLOWING: YOUTUBE VIDEO.
UPDATE (06/29/2020): At the moment, the entire 3-Episode (180-minutes total) film series seems to be available on YouTube Video - Also, My Related "Notes" Are Posted On FaceBook If Interested.
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| Dr Dennis Bogdan * Computer DataPro Consulting
| drbogdan at comcast.net * drbogdan at yahoo.com
| http://www.facebook.com/drbogdan
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