In God we trust . a scene from ’Til Kingdom Come. Photograph: Abraham Troen/BBC/‘Til Kingdom Come (2019) Film Ltd.
The documentary film-maker Maya Zinshtein unpacks the fascinating story of evangelical pastors in Kentucky who support Donald Trump. They do so by raising vast amounts of money to send to Israel, influencing Middle Eastern politics under the guise of religious support for the return of the Messiah.
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Michael and David’s relationship further deteriorates; as Georgia and Lucy grow weary of mediating – “Have you ever heard of the Bechdel test?” asks Georgia – the project is in real danger. Perhaps two potential cast members (Jim Parsons and Josh Gad) can offer a fresh perspective on these “characters”.
A disabled pensioner has detailed the shocking medical treatments she underwent as a child, including having her legs repeatedly broken at the age of four.
Ann Macfarlane was born in Norfolk in 1939 and at a young age developed a rare form of inflammatory arthritis called Still s disease, which causes her joints to swell and stiffen.
The daughter of a company director and a hardworking housewife , Ann was hospitalised for the first time at the age of four before being readmitted at the age of nine, when she spent several years in hospital.
Appearing on BBC2 documentary Silenced: The Hidden Story of Disabled Britain, she told how was forced into a plaster bed , where she was unable to move and doctors threatened to pour buckets of water over her head if she didn t stop screaming .
TV Editor
Today s top TV includes Til Kingdom Come: Trump, Faith and Money, the latest from Fargo and The Style Counsellors, while Gordon, Gino & Fred s Road Trip and First Dates both return . . .
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’Til Kingdom Come: Trump, Faith and Money, 9.00pm, BBC Four
As Donald Trump departs from The White House, the scars of his divisive presidency remain deep. They also go much further than the US land mass.
For example, here’s a documentary exploring the close ties between US evangelicals and Israel s foremost philanthropic organisation, and its influence on both nations foreign policies.
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Silenced: The Hidden Story of Disabled Britain review â have attitudes changed?
Cerrie Burnell explored Britainâs treatment of disabled people over history, from the Victorian workhouses for the âfeeble-mindedâ to the activists and trailblazers of the modern day
Cerrie Burnell with activists Jane Campbell and Alia Hassan in Silenced: The Hidden Story of Disabled Britain. Photograph: Tom Hayward/BBC/Blast! Films
Cerrie Burnell with activists Jane Campbell and Alia Hassan in Silenced: The Hidden Story of Disabled Britain. Photograph: Tom Hayward/BBC/Blast! Films
Tue 19 Jan 2021 17.00 EST
Childrenâs TV presenters are often at the forefront of social change. Perhaps this is because â as one of the people interviewed in Silenced: The Hidden Story of Disabled Britain (BBC Two) remarked â âchildren are much better at inclusionâ than their angry-letter-writing, Ofcom-complaint-making parents.