Sunday - 23/05/2010

Edward Stourton with the religious and ethical news of the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories, familiar and unfamiliar. On this week's programme Edward Stourton talks to the incoming Catholic Archbishop of Southwark - Peter Smith. What does he make of the new coalition Government and how it will treat Catholics? As part of the BBC's A History of the World series, Sunday programme reporter Charles Carroll travels to Shropshire, to visit the grave of Richard Munslow. Munslow is believed by many to be the last ever Sin-Eater to live and work in England. We report from Turkey about specialist Muslim schools in the country. Both Pakistan and Afghanistan are keen to copy the Turkish education model to help combat extremism in their countries. An interview with Oscar nominated director Greg MacGillvray, about his new film 'Arabia 3D'. It is the first major film production to be made in Saudi Arabia, and contains exclusive new footage of the Prophet's Mosque in Medinah. We report from Scotland on the country's high suicide rate and what the Church is doing to reduce it. Analysis from legal expert Joshua Rosenberg, on a legal ruling that ' religious and doctrinal matters' are not a matter for courts of law to decide upon. Discussion about the ethical questions raised, after the world's first synthetic organism is developed in California. E-mail: [email protected] Series producer: Amanda Hancox.