Belief - Series 5 - Frank Cottrell-Boyce

Joan Bakewell explores areas of belief with artists, thinkers and other public figures. She discusses the Catholic faith with screenwriter and author Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Writer of the films Millions, Welcome to Sarajevo and 24-Hour Party People, Cottrell-Boyce has also turned his hand to writing children's literature. In 2009, he wrote the screenplay for a BBC Two drama, God on Trial - a feature-length television play based upon the (possibly apocryphal) tale of Auschwitz prisoners setting up court and charging God with having broken his covenant with the Jewish people. It was a job which challenged his own faith, yet revealed new insights to him.