News about the BBC programme 'The Monastery'
More recent items are at the top
Wednesday 13th June 2007 at 10pm BST: Transmisson on Sky Ch 250 (Discovery Real Time) of 'The Monastery' over the following three Wednesdays
Follow up to 'The Monastery Revisited'
| 9th Apr 2007 | The Independent | Religious Programming: The God slot takes a leap of faith by Liz Thomas |
| 7th Jan 2007 | BBC Radio 4 Sunday 7 Jan 07 | Something Understood Mark Tully talks to the Abbot of Worth, about the hunger for sanctuary amid the challenges and business of modern life. |
| 7th Dec 2006 | Sunday 17 December 10:00am - 11:00am BBC1 VIDEO Plus+: 47814 | What
the World Needs Now features Abbot Christopher doing a 10 minute televisual reflection. |
| 25th Nov 2006 | Anglican Communion News Service - historic meeting of the Archbishop and the Pope. | Archbishop of Canterbury - St Benedict and the Future of Europe. (see the first paragraph of the full text for reference to Worth Abbey) |
| 11th June 2006 | The Independent on Sunday | Victoria Bennett: Get me to a nunnery The star of 'The Convent' tells Anthony Barnes how it changed her outlook |
| 8th June 2006 | The Times | Getting back in the Abbey habit by Ian Johns |
| 8th June 2006 | The Herald, Glasgow | All to get thee to a nunnery by David Belcher |
| 8th June 2006 | blogspot | the monastery revisited by alexander Campbell |
| 7th June 2006 | TES Staffroom | Just watched THE MONASTERY REVISITED. Fantastic! by Robert Pennington |
Wednesday 7th June 2006: Transmisson on BBC TWO of 'The Monastery Revisited'. 'The Convent' will be shown over the following four Wednesdays
Follow up to 'The Monastery'- Filming of USA versions
| 19th Apr 2006 | USA Today | 'Monastery': On-air seekers by Steve Friess |
| 11th Apr 2006 | The Boston Globe | 40 days & 40 nights - For a new reality show set in a monastery, two Massachusetts men tried the really simple life by Steve Friess |
January 2006: Filming of 'The Monastery Revisited' and 'The Convent' for transmisison in May 2006
Follow up to 'The Monastery'
| 22nd Mar 2006 | Quiet
Places - issue no 20 - Advent 2005 |
Seeing the Story: Quiet Gardens on TV |
| 7th Jan 2006 | The Tablet p6-7 | No longer a ghosat in the machine - an interview of Mark Thompson, DG of the BBC, by Catherine Pepinster |
| 5th Jan 2006 | BBC News, Berlin | Germans flock to see silent monks by Ray Furlong |
| 3rd Dec 2005 | Aldeburgh Documentary Festival | THE MONASTERY. Father Christopher Jamison and John Blake talk to Craig Brown |
| 26th Nov 2005 | East
Anglian Daily Times |
How television series became 'a guiding light to hidden treasures' by Steve Russell |
| 12th Nov 2005 | The Free Lance-Star fredericksburg.com
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Reality TV gets religion by Natasha Altamirano |
| 8th Nov 2005 | Ekklesia | Monks may abandon Prinknash Abbey by Belinda Archer |
Repeat Transmission Thursdays, 15th,
22nd, 29th September
on BBC
TWO 11:20pm - 00:20am
Follow up to 'The Monastery'
| 10th Sep 2005 | The Independent | The Complete Guide To Retreat Holidays by Belinda Archer |
| 26th Aug 2005 | The Tablet p8-9 | Mixed message of The Monastery? by Nicholas Buxton |
| 26th Aug 2005 | The Tablet p12-13 | Sanctuaries for the spirit Faith and Flowers – 4 by Richard Abbott |
| 19th Aug 2005 | WorldScreen.com | TLC Signs Up for Tiger Aspect Format |
| 19th Aug 2005 | Tiger Aspect Production | US AUDIENCE TO GET THE HABIT |
BBC TV Series: 'The Monastery'
| 5th Jun 2005 | The Observer | Yentob's world by Rachel Cooke |
| 5th Jun 2005 | Ekklesia | TV show goes shopping for spirituality |
| 4th Jun 2005 | Telegraph News p.8 | Public
'shop' for religion in latest reality TV show by Jonathan Petre |
| 2nd Jun 2005 | National Catholic Reporter (USA) | Real monks on reality TV make a real difference by Catholic News Service |
| 2nd Jun 2005 | The Scotsman | Desperate controllers in search of TV hits by Fergus Shepphard |
| 31st May 2005 | The Times: T2 p.2 | Thanks to the French, the Tories can make a fresh start - Holy worthy by Anthony Howard |
| 29th May 2005 | The Guardian | So many brain cells, so little time by Mark Lawson |
| 29th May 2005 | Observer Review p18 | Brotherly love island by Kathryn Flett |
| 29th May 2005 | Observer p30 | Habit forming Cristina Odone's diary |
| 29th May 2005 | BBC Southern Counties Radio | Sunday Prograsmme Review of Religious Papers by John Radford |
| 28th May 2005 | Telegraph News p.17 | Abi? Give me an abbot any day by Armando Iannucci |
| 27th May 2005 | Evening Standard p.15 | Give me monks and mullahs on TV, not Paxman by A.N. Wilson |
| 27th May 2005 | The Tablet | Lessons from The Monastery - Editorial |
| 27th May 2005 | The Church Times p.11 | Five unlikely blokes - and silence by Paul Vallely |
| 27th May 2005 | The Church Times p.4 | Changed lives emerge from TV cloister by Bill Bowder |
| 27th May 2005 | The Catholic Herald p.11 | Good Haboys: Viewers switch on to monastic life - Editorial |
| 27th May 2005 | The Catholic Herald p.7 | 'Becoming Catholic, for my sins' by Simon Caldwell |
| 26th May 2005 | The Independent | They made a believer out of me by Thomas Sutcliffe |
| 25th May 2005 | 'Faith in Europe?' Lecture Series at Westminster Cathedral | 'The Church in Europe' by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor: |
| 25th May 2005 | BBC News | Monks in modern Britain |
| 25th May 2005 | The Guardian: G2 p.22 | Kitchen sink drama by Nancy Banks-Smith |
| 25th May 2005 | The Times: T2 | Ramsay's nightmare a dream to watch by Joe Joseph |
| 25th May 2005 | Media Week | Ratings Review |
Transmission of Programme Three Tuesday, 24th May on BBC2 9pm - 10pm
Reviews and Articles between second and third transmission
| 24th May 2005 | Telegraph News | 'The first 30 years are the hardest' by Somon Brooke |
| 23rd May 2005 | BBC Radio LONDON (c.13:30) | Interview with Abbot Christopher |
| 21st May 2005 | Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) | Big Brother takes monks to masses by Annabel Crabb |
| 21st May 2005 | The Age (Melbourne, Australia) | In reality TV heaven by Annabel Crabb |
| 19th May 2005 | The Record, Perth, Western Australia | Reality TV conversions by Simon Caldwell |
| 18th May 2005 | BBC News Make Poverty History |
MPs
under orders to drop the debt The Abbot who stars in TV reality show The Monastery joined a delegation of nuns, monks and friars at Westminster to call for an end to world poverty. |
| 18th May 2005 | news.scotsman.com | Religious Orders Demand 'Make Poverty History' by Alison Purdy, PA |
| 18th May 2005 | BBC Radio 4 'Midweek' 09:00 - 09:45 | Libby Purves interview with Abbot Christopher Jamison |
| 18th May 2005 | The Independent | Last Night's TV by Thomas Sutcliffe |
| 18th May 2005 | The Scotsman | Reality TV that would try the patience of a saint: TV Review by Louisa Pearson |
| 18th May 2005 | Media Week | Ratings Review |
Transmission of Programme Two Tuesday, 17th May on BBC2 9pm - 10pm
Reviews and Articles between first and second transmission
| 16th May 2005 | The Times: T2 | Why male spirituality hasn't got a prayer by Daniel Johnson and Dom Antony Sutch |
| 15th May 2005 | The Observer |
The Monastery BBC2 by Kathryn Flett |
| 15th May 2005 | catholicireland.net a website portal for the Catholic community in Ireland | ‘The Monastery’ attracts huge television audience |
| 14th May 2005 | The Spectator | Television: Untold bravery by Simon Hoggart |
| 14th May 2005 | ZENIT: The World Seen From Rome | Benedict XVI Reaches Out to Media |
| 14th May 2005 | Telegraph: Arts p19 | A miracle (but don't mention God) by Stephen Pile |
| 13th May 2005 | LICC: Connecting with Culture | The Monastery by Brian Draper & others |
| 13th May 2005 | Belfast Telegraph | How I got rid of my old crime habits by Gail Walker |
| 12th May 2005 | Birmingham Post | Why this place is Worth becoming a man... by Jo Ind |
| 12th May 2005 | Xt3: Global Youth Community | Monks star in TV Show |
| 12th May 2005 | Autumn Cottage Diarist | Inside "The Monastery" |
| 11th May 2005 | Ecademy business exchange | Social : The Monastery by Emma Greenhalgh |
| 11th May 2005 | Irish News | focuses on the BBC TV programme, The Monastery |
| 11th May 2005 | Northumbria Community online | |
| 11th May 2005 | The Glasgow Herald | Prime-time finally acknowledges our cosmopolitan culture by Ian Bell |
| 11th May 2005 | The Guardian | Ratings Review by Jason Deans, broadcasting editor |
| 11th May 2005 | The Guardian: G2 p.22 | TV review by Nancy Banks-Smith |
| 11th May 2005 | The Times: T2 p.23 | Last Night's TV by Joe Joseph |
Transmission of Programme One Tuesday, 10th May on BBC2 9pm - 10pm
Reviews and Articles before Transmission
| 10th May 2005 | Film & Video | Blue posts BBC2’s new reality doc ‘The Monastery’ |
| 10th May 2005 | Kernow Youth News Desk | Cornish star in The Monastery |
| 10th May 2005 | Christian Viewpoint for Men May (pdf) p10 | Gary McCormick BBC2 TV Screening! |
| 10th May 2005 | BBC Radio 4:
Front Row 19.15 - 19.45 |
A N Wilson reviews the new reality TV series 'The Monastery'. |
| 10th May 2005 | mirror.co.uk | THE MONASTERY by Jane Simon |
| 10th May 2005 | Catholic
News Service |
BBC reality show puts non-Catholics into 'The Monastery' for 40 days |
| 10th May 2005 | BBC ONE Breakfast TV 09:05 | Interview with Fr Mark and Anthoney Wright |
| 9th May 2005 | Richard & Judy, Channel 4, 17:00-18:00 | Interview with Abbot Christopher and Tony Burke |
| 9th May 2005 | The Guardian: G2 p.17 | Get the Abbey Habbit by Lawson |
| 9th May 2005 | The Guardian: | And the Word became fresh: BBC religious broadcasting. by Maggie Brown |
| 9th May 2005 | Ekklesia | Reality TV kicks off at the Monastery |
| 9th May 2005 | The Sun | 40 days without sex |
| 8th May 2005 | Sunday Life (Belfast) | Changing habits by Audrey Watson |
| 8th May 2005 | The Sunday Telegraph: TV & Radio p.3 | Channep Hopper by Giles Smith |
| 8th May 2005 | BBC Local Radio 07:00-09:00 | Interviews with Abbot Christopher |
| 8th May 2005 | BBC ONE 10:30-11:30 Heaven & Earth | Interview with Fr Luke & Tony Burke |
| 8th May 2005 | BBC Radio 4 'Sunday' 07:10 - 07:55 | Interview with Fr Luke & Tony Burke |
| 7th May 2005 | The Glasgow Herald | You’ve got to laugh by Thomas Quinn |
| 7th May 2005 | Brighton Evening Argus, Weekend p.14-16 | Worth Seeing - a life-changing combination of TV and religion by Angela Wintle |
| 7th May 2005 | Guardian Unlimited: The Guide | Screen burn by Charlie Brooker |
| 7th May 2005 | War Cry The Salvation Army | Abbey days! by Philip Halcrow |
| 7th May 2005 | TV & Satellite Week p.14 | Boyz'n the Hood by Caroline Harris and TJ |
| 7th May 2005 | Radio Times p34-5 | Changing Habits by Hugh Costello |
| 5th May 2005 | Radio Times | Listing |
| 5th May 2005 | Church of England Newspaper | Learning the rule of life by Johanna Thomas-Corr |
| 4th May 2005 | Kosciol.pl Polish ecumenical information service | Regula sw. Benedykta przemienia zycie uczestników reality by Joanna Gacka |
| 3rd May 2005 | Catholic News Australia | Real conversion experience for reality TV atheist |
| 3rd May 2005 | Catholic New Agency | Saint Benedict at work on reality TV |
| 2nd May 2005 | inthenews.co.uk | Reality monastery for BBC Two |
| 2nd May 2005 | DeHavilland Information Services | Reality monastery for BBC Two |
| 1st May 2005 | Ireland on Sunday, Dublin | Saved by reality TV by Lindsay Fergus |
| 1st May 2005 | open book | Get Thee To a Monastery by Amy Welborn |
| 30 April 2005 | The Mail Weekend | 'Habit forming' by Helen Renshaw |
| 30 April 2005 | Telegraph News | 'Reality
TV in monastery changes five lives forever' By Jonathan Petre |
| 29 April 2005 | The Tablet | 'The Monastery' by Brendan McCarthy |
| 29 April 2005 | Western Daily Express | MONK FOR A MONTH by David Humphrey |
| 27 April 2005 | Daily Express | 'Saved by the Silent Monks' by Gill Swain |
| 22 April 2005 | Waveguide TV and Radio News | 'The Monastery' |
| 22 April 2005 | BBC Press Release | 'Monastery opens its doors to BBC TWO' |
| 13 April 2005 | icSurreyOnline | 'Meet the reality stars with higher aspirations than BB' By Alison Bennett |
| 16 March 2005 | BBC TWO Spring/Summer Highlights 2005 |