Tags: Thought for the Day
Nicky Campbell to deliver NSS Bradlaugh Lecture
'The Big Questions' host to share insights into career and media's treatment of religion at NSS event Read More »
Scrap ‘discriminatory’ Thought for the Day, says former presenter
The National Secular Society has urged the BBC to reform its Thought for the Day slot on Radio 4 after the former... Read More »
BBC dilutes protections for religious ideas after NSS lobbying
The BBC has watered down some protections for religious ideas but retained a clause placing a premium on depictions... Read More »
NSS: religious offence-taking must not curtail free speech at BBC
The National Secular Society has urged the BBC to treat free expression "as a positive value" as it raised concerns... Read More »
Public backs reform of Thought for the Day, poll finds
Fewer than one in five British people think BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day should always feature religious content,... Read More »
NSS challenges BBC Today’s “PR exercise for C of E”
The National Secular Society has written to the BBC over an episode of Radio 4's Today show which it said amounted... Read More »
BBC should portray religion in critically-informed way, says NSS
The National Secular Society has said the BBC should portray religion in "a fair and critically-informed manner" after... Read More »
Thought for the Day “inappropriate”, says John Humphrys
The most senior presenter of BBC Radio 4's Today programme has described the daily Thought for the Day slot as "inappropriate"... Read More »
BBC allows Today programme to be used to promote Church’s evangelism campaign
The National Secular Society has criticised the BBC for allowing the first Thought for the Day slot of June to be... Read More »
BBC to increase non-Christian religious broadcasting
After criticising itself for devoting too much of its religious broadcasting to Christianity, the BBC is to consider... Read More »
BBC’s output "too Christian" says head of religion and ethics
An internal review has found the BBC's religious output is "too Christian" and recommended an increase in its Muslim,... Read More »
NSS launches new app to bypass Thought for the Day
The National Secular Society will today launch a new app that will allow Radio 4 listeners to avoid Thought for the... Read More »
BBC Trust rules against presenter who asked Christian Concern campaigner if she was a bigot
Former BBC presenter Iain Lee has said he is "flabbergasted" after the BBC Trust ruled his interview with a Christian... Read More »
BBC continues to reduce its unpopular religious programming
The BBC's latest annual report indicates a general reduction in the hours the Corporation devotes to religious broadcasting.... Read More »
Help turn Thought for the Day into a “philosophy slot”
The National Secular Society has backed calls for BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day slot to be converted into a "philosophy... Read More »
BBC Trust: Religious radio programmes are “least popular” and “least well received” – but we won’t change them
A consultation on speech radio by the BBC Trust has found that religious programmes are the least liked and least... Read More »
BBC cuts religion on radio by 37 per cent
The latest BBC Annual Report indicates that although religious broadcasting on radio has declined by 37% over a year,... Read More »
BBC Trust upholds NSS complaint over conflation of race and religion
The National Secular Society has welcomed a ruling from the BBC Trust upholding its complaint over the way in which... Read More »
New BBC consultation ‘an opportunity to challenge Thought For The Day’
The BBC has launched a new consultation asking listeners what they like and dislike about its speech radio output.... Read More »
Big changes for religious reporting
The BBC has announced that it is replacing its present religious affairs correspondent, Robert Pigott, with Caroline... Read More »
BBC Trust rejects Thought for the Day bias complaint
The BBC Trust has rejected a complaint of bias from the National Secular Society concerning a Thought for the Day... Read More »
BBC reduces the amount of religion it broadcasts
The BBC has published its annual report which shows that the amount of time devoted to religion on the various BBC... Read More »
BBC once more rejects non-religious voices on Thought for the Day
The BBC has announced today that it will not "revisit" the issue of non-religious voices on Thought for the Day.
The... Read More »
BBC stands by Panorama exposé of Sharia Councils
The BBC has rejected a complaint from the Islamic Sharia Council in Leyton East London after it was featured in the... Read More »
Win £250 – just write an uplifting Secular Thought for the Day
The ongoing irritation at the BBC's exclusion of secular voices from The Thought for the Day slot has spurred one... Read More »
