Uploaded November 2009 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

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Shadows of Doubt

Jonathan Miller visits the absent Twin Towers to consider the religious implications of 9/11 and meets Arthur Miller and the philosopher Colin McGinn. He searches for evidence of the first 'unbelievers' in Ancient Greece and examines some of the modern theories around why people have always tended to believe in mythology and magic.

Episode 1 (1-6) "Shadows of Doubt"
Part 1 You Are Here
Part 2 youtube.com/watch?v=aN_Co_9QrnQ
Part 3 youtube.com/watch?v=P1CWQScFdas
Part 4 youtube.com/watch?v=Gj6UBylMG0A
Part 5 youtube.com/watch?v=9bMYiLjaZTY
Part 6 youtube.com/watch?v=H8tSNsQEL1A

Episode 2 (1-6) "Noughts and Crosses"
Part 1 youtube.com/watch?v=ygiMVm1kt28
Part 2 youtube.com/watch?v=AUGgK70T9X4
Part 3 youtube.com/watch?v=26LAZos0eUw
Part 4 youtube.com/watch?v=CWBBahIlC2k
Part 5 youtube.com/watch?v=C9Q70OU1WJk
Part 6 youtube.com/watch?v=MQOske6DqAg

Episode 3 (1-6) "The Final Hour"
Part 1 youtube.com/watch?v=GeHbP35gu5Y
Part 2 youtube.com/watch?v=BFOO7LgcZSg
Part 3 youtube.com/watch?v=6n4A_UPjZSw
Part 4 youtube.com/watch?v=qSWxrrMAx0I
Part 5 youtube.com/watch?v=Kd8CcHx5F50
Part 6 youtube.com/watch?v=ciImsPFzgUk

BBC Four write-up
bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/atheism.shtml

IPF - A Brief History of Disbelief homepage
abriefhistoryofdisbelief.org