Tags: Thought for the Day
BBC dilutes protections for religious ideas after NSS lobbying
Posted: Mon, 08 Jul 2019
New BBC guidelines have watered down some protections for religious ideas but still place a premium on depictions of Muhammad. Read More »
NSS: religious offence-taking must not curtail free speech at BBC
Posted: Tue, 13 Nov 2018
The NSS has urged the BBC to uphold free expression and expressed concerns that new guidelines defer too much to religious sensitivities. Read More »
Public backs reform of Thought for the Day, poll finds
Posted: Tue, 31 Jul 2018
Fewer than one in five British people think BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day should always feature religious content, a poll has found. Read More »
NSS challenges BBC Today’s “PR exercise for C of E”
Posted: Thu, 21 Dec 2017
The NSS has written to the BBC over an episode of Radio 4's Today show which it called a "PR exercise for the Church of England". Read More »
BBC should portray religion in critically-informed way, says NSS
Posted: Wed, 20 Dec 2017
The NSS has said the BBC should portray religion fairly after it pledged to increase the religious content in its programming. Read More »
Thought for the Day “inappropriate”, says John Humphrys
Posted: Tue, 31 Oct 2017
The most senior presenter of Radio 4's Today programme has called Thought for the Day "inappropriate" and "deeply, deeply boring". Read More »
BBC allows Today programme to be used to promote Church’s evangelism campaign
Posted: Thu, 01 Jun 2017
The National Secular Society has criticised the BBC for allowing the first Thought for the Day slot of June to be used by the Church of England as a platform to promote its latest evangelism initiative. Read More »
Help turn Thought for the Day into a “philosophy slot”
Posted: Thu, 24 Sep 2015
The National Secular Society has backed calls for BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day slot to be converted into a "philosophy slot", open to non-believers and believers alike. Read More »
New BBC consultation ‘an opportunity to challenge Thought For The Day’
Posted: Fri, 05 Dec 2014
The BBC has launched a new consultation asking listeners what they like and dislike about its speech radio output. The NSS is calling on its supporters to again raise the contentious issue of Thought For The Day. Read More »
BBC Trust rejects Thought for the Day bias complaint
Posted: Wed, 02 Oct 2013
The BBC Trust has rejected a complaint of bias from the National Secular Society concerning a Thought for the Day slot broadcast immediately after its successful High Court challenge to prayers during council meetings. Read More »
BBC once more rejects non-religious voices on Thought for the Day
Posted: Wed, 03 Jul 2013
The BBC has announced today that it will not "revisit" the issue of non-religious voices on Thought for the Day. Read More »
Win £250 – just write an uplifting Secular Thought for the Day
Posted: Thu, 21 Feb 2013
The ongoing irritation at the BBC's exclusion of secular voices from The Thought for the Day slot has spurred one the NSS's previous presidents to sponsor a prize of £250 for the best secular Thought for the Day. Read More »
