A specifically religious programme
is:- �A programme dealing with religious, worship or moral issues from a religious viewpoint.�  

SON OF GOD.
This is an important SRP (specifically religious programme) because the programme tries to look at the life of Jesus of Nazareth from his birth to his death using modern techniques in order to try and make Jesus as accessible as possible to the present generation.

The documentary series on BBC1, Son of God, used the latest scientific technology to bring the story of Jesus Christ to life. Detailed historical research aided by computer graphics reconstruct the life and times of Christ and re-examined some of the traditional Christian stories.

There were three episodes each lasting an hour long. The first episode had viewing figures of over 6 million. The BBC hoped the computer-generated images would become a major talking point and that the series would finally bury criticism by church leaders that the corporation had marginalized serious religious discussion.

Jeremy Bowen, as presenter, was well chosen. His style is direct and dispassionate; he is a former BBC Middle East correspondent who used to report on the troubled events in the Jerusalem area between Palestinians and Jews. The program was an attempt to be quite provocative and bring religious programmes back into mainstream TV schedules. It was shown on BBC1 at 9.10 on a Sunday evening (prime time).  

Ideally you should look at lots of different types SRPs on TV.  From your study do you think there is an increasing coverage of SRPs on TV from for instance TV schedules you have looked at? Or are we just getting the same old religious programmes? Does TV mirror our multi-faith nation?    

 SON OF GOD - AN SRP

Write the above title in your books. Then answer the following:-
1. Write a definition down for SRPs.

2. Write a basic overview outlining what �Son of God� is about.

3. The programme uses computer graphics � how effective is this in bringing the story to life. Do you think it helps bring it alive to a new computer games generation? Did it work for you?

4. The programmes use historical information/facts to back up their claims when talking about Jesus BUT they do not spend a lot of time getting across his spiritual message. Do you think this would annoy Christians?