Free Thinking is an Arts programme.

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Free Thinking

Matthew Sweet is joined by journalist David Aaronovitch; Catherine Coldstream, author of Cloistered: My Years as a Nun, and Louise Brangan, author of The Fallen: The Magdalene Laundries and Ireland's Legacy of Silence. They discuss ideas of purity in political ideology, religion, anthropology and the experiences of teenage girls.

Genre: Arts

When is Free Thinking next on TV?

It's next showing on BBC Radio 4 April 24th, 9:00pm. See more...

Main Cast

Matthew Sweet
David Aaronovitch
Louise Brangan
Catherine Coldstream
Image for Glenda JacksonGlenda Jackson
Rula Lenska
Jane Thomas
Louise Jameson
Image for Mark GatissMark Gatiss
John F. Gray
Craig Smith
Patti LuPone
Camille Paglia
Image for Simon SchamaSimon Schama
Philip Dodd
Martin Doyle
Helen Taylor
Lynda Clark
David Benedict
Jay Bernard