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- A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in the breaking of the Enigma code, used by the Germans to send secret orders to their U-boats in World War II. Turing was also a homosexual in Britain at a time when this was illegal.
- Set in the Spain of 1680, a time of torture and interrogation by the Grand Inquisitor. A young man appears that is healing the sick and raising the dead. There are rumours that he might be the second coming of the Messiah. He is brought before the Grand Inquisitor. Though questioned and tortured, he chooses to remain silent.
- The true story of a Prussian aristocrat working for German military intelligence during World War II, who, with a group of fellow devout Christians, plotted to assassinate Hitler with a bomb in his briefcase. Despite being ultimately hanged by the Führer, his actions ultimately saved the lives of hundreds of Jews and helped bring about the formation of the Christian Democrat party.
- Originally broadcast over the Easter Week. Sir John Gielgud narrates the story of Easter, as written in the King James Bible, in seven parts. Covering the trial, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus,10 new poems by acclaimed contemporary writers including John Agar, John Heath Stubbs, Roger McGough and Carol Ann Duffy. Episodes: Triumphal Entry; Teaching in Jerusalem; the Trial; Pilate's Wife; the Crucifixion; the Resurrection.