A Rough History of Disbelief
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A Rough History of Disbelief, known in the United States as Atheism: A Brief History of Disbelief, is a 2004 television documentary series written and presented by Jonathan Miller for the BBC and tracing the history of atheism. It was first shown on BBC Four and was repeated on BBC Two. It was first shown in the U.S. on PBS in 2007.
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A Rough History of Disbelief | |
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![]() PBS (United States) version: Atheism: A Brief History of Disbelief | |
Written by | Jonathan Miller |
Directed by | Richard Denton |
Presented by | Jonathan Miller |
Theme music composer | Evelyn Glennie |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 3 |
Production | |
Producer | Richard Denton |
Editor | Richard Fretwell |
Running time | 180 mins (3 × 60 mins each) |
Production company | PBS |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Four |
Release | 11 October 2004 (2004-10-11) (UK) 4 May 2007 (US) |
Related | |
The Atheism Tapes |
The series includes extracts from interviews with Arthur Miller, Richard Dawkins, Steven Weinberg, Colin McGinn, Denys Turner, Pascal Boyer and Daniel Dennett. The series also includes many quotations from the works of atheists, agnostics and deists, all read by Bernard Hill.
The series consists of three 60-minute episodes:
- "Shadows of Doubt"
- "Noughts and Crosses"
- "The Final Hour"
A series of six supplementary programmes was made from material that did not fit into the program; this was dubbed The Atheism Tapes.