Reuters–Church of England laments drop in religious TV programmes

he Church of England voted on Wednesday to express “deep concern” about a drop in religious programmes on British television but drew back from solely targeting the BBC for criticism.

The Church’s General Synod, or parliament, had been asked by one of its members to pinpoint the publicly funded BBC for marginalising religion and treating religious shows on its non-core channels as “freak shows..”

But the Synod instead voted on an amendment which expressed its “deep concern about the overall reduction in religious broadcasting across British television in recent years.”

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