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Directed by Molly Milton Original language(s) English Initial release 18 August 2010 Screenplay Richard Dawkins Written by Richard Dawkins | 8.6/10 Documentary Storm Country of origin UK Original release 18 August 2010 Director Molly Milton Producer Russell Barnes Cast Richard Dawkins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by The Genius of Charles Darwin Similar Break the Science Barrier, Sex - Death and the Meaning, The Genius of Charles Darwin, The Atheism Tapes, The Enemies of Reason | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faith School Menace? is a television documentary presented by Richard Dawkins which explores the effects of faith schools on the students in them and society in general by taking examples in particular from UK faith schools, with the stated aim "to explore the balance of rights between a parent's right to educate a child in their own faith, and the children's rights to determine their own beliefs and approach the world with a genuinely open mind".
At the time of broadcast, one third of British schools had some kind of religious affiliation. Dawkins was refused entry to Catholic and Jewish faith schools, but was allowed to film in a Muslim school, where children were taught what the theory of evolution was, but that it was not true.
It was first aired on More4 on 18 August 2010.