New on BBC 4 Thursday at 9pm

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CATHOLICS - The Series
3 x 60 minutes for BBC Four
A new three part BBC Four series on Catholic lives starts on Thursday 23rd February at 9 pm.
Film 1 looks at the lives of ‘Priests’. Filmed at Allen Hall Seminary in Westminster, it presents a portrait of seminarians at the start and end of their priestly training.
Film 2 ‘Children’ moves north to the village of Chipping in rural Lancashire and the tiny Catholic primary school where 6 of the 33 pupils are preparing for their First Holy Communion.
‘Women’, the 3rd and final film in the ‘Catholics’ series gains exclusive access to Westminster Cathedral where the Producer/Director Richard Alwyn interviews female members of the congregation, staff and volunteers about what life is really like as a woman in the Catholic Church in Britain today.
Catholics – The Series runs for 3 consecutive Thursdays – 23rd February/1st March/8th March
“Not to be missed” says the Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols
“A call to the priesthood is a wonderful gift of God for a Catholic man today. This truth is explored, and beautifully portrayed, in a BBC documentary to be broadcast on BBC4 on Thursday 23rd February. It is not to be missed. This film entitled ‘Catholics: Priests’ is followed by two further documentaries on ‘Catholics: Children’ and ‘Catholics: Women’. Each has been made with great sensitivity and real beauty. I recommend them.”
EPISODE ONE
CATHOLICS
Priests
Thursday 23rd February – 9pm BBC Four
CATHOLICS – PRIESTS is the first of a remarkable new three-part series directed by award-winning documentary film-maker Richard Alwyn about being Catholic in Britain today. The three films – one about men, one about women, one about children – are each portraits of a different Catholic world, revealing Catholicism to be a rich but complex identity and observing how this identity shapes people’s lives.
Filmed over six months and with extraordinary access, CATHOLICS - PRIESTS is a behind-the-scenes portrait of Allen Hall in London, one of only three remaining Roman Catholic seminaries in Britain.
EPISODE TWO
CATHOLICS
Children
Thursday 1 March - 9pm BBC Four
Filmed throughout the period of Lent and into the summer of 2011, CATHOLICS - CHILDREN focuses on the children of St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School in the village of Chipping, Lancashire. The tiny school has just 33 pupils, 6 of whom are preparing to make their First Holy Communion.
EPISODE THREE
CATHOLICS
Women
Thursday March 8th – 9pm BBC Four
In the third of three films exploring Catholic identity, award-winning documentary film maker Richard Alwyn talks to Catholic women about how Catholicism has shaped their lives.
With remarkable behind-the-scenes access to Westminster Cathedral, Richard Alwyn’s CATHOLICS - WOMEN is a moving film in which he meets the women staff, volunteers and congregation of the Cathedral. Set against the backdrop of the rhythm of Cathedral life, Alwyn’s meetings are brief but intense encounters that describe what it is like to be a Catholic woman in Britain today.
CATHOLICS is a Wingspan Production in association with Jerusalem Productions.
 
 
 
 

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