Everyman

A BBC/Discovery Channel co-production, this docunarrative film describes the life of Siddharta Gautama, the process by which he arrived at the fundamentals of Buddhism, the archeological findings confirming the traditional account of his life; and gives a glimpse of Buddhism today, featuring among others the Dalai Lama.

Members of the Christian sect - which claims as many as 15,000 members and are present in around 100 towns in Britain - keep themselves separate from the world which they consider to be evil and strenuously guard their privacy. They Brethren aim to provide strong family units, a firm moral framework and enforce strict rules for separation from the world.

Examines the denomination which, since it's foundation in the 1830s has kept itself apart from society. Members of the Christian sect - which claims as many as 15,000 members and are present in around 100 towns in Britain - keep themselves separate from the world which they consider to be evil and strenuously guard their privacy. They Brethren aim to provide strong family units, a firm moral framework and enforce strict rules for separation from the world. Members cannot eat with non-members, be friends with them or join any professional organisations with them. They can only marry each other and children grow up to fear the outside world. In the past, they have used the law to prevent any examination by the media - they consider radio waves 'pipelines of filth' and have banned all apparatus using them.

Tonight's documentary concludes the Buddhism season, profiling number of converts to the faith, including an IT consultant who has given up a lucrative career to work in a restaurant, and featuring a harrowing visit to Auschwitz.

Moody teenagers and religion rarely mix - so when the Eden Project, a group of evangelical Christians, arrived on Greater Manchester's tough Hattersley estate, they were initially viewed with suspicion. The first of this two-parter looks at how perseverance and a bus equipped with video games helped to win over new recruits - as well as the impact of new-found faith on young troubled minds.

Concluding the two-part documentary following a group of evangelical Christians working to save the souls on Greater Manchester's tough Hattersley estate. Teenage converts Tash and Linda reach a crossroads with the new Christian faith as the power of their beliefs begins to impact on their troubled lives. Will the Eden Project really provide the answers forTash's problems at home and Linda's struggle with self harm?

A three-year scientific study led by cardiologists from the Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina set out to establish whether heart patients would recover more readily if they were prayed for. Twelve multi-faith prayer groups from around the world took part, and Everyman followed this intriguing experiment from its early stages. What was the outcome? Narrated by Zoe Wanamaker. Two more programmes examining the efficacy of meditation and spiritual healing will be shown over the next two weeks.

Can months of meditation change the lives of managers and workers from a small sheet metal factory in Wigan? Guru Paul Darby hopes to lead reluctant boss Chris and his team to a deep state of calm. The course starts off well but takes a turn for the worse when the group spends a weekend away at a remote hillside retreat - especially when they realise that sleeping bags are involved.

The concept of faith healing comes under scrutiny in the last of three films as healer Maureen Ramm treats three patients suffering from chronic illnesses that medical science has been unable to cure. Meanwhile, their GP visits a healer who claims to have rid himself of cancer. Is there any truth to the claims that spiritual healers can stimulate the body's natural healing process by the laying on of hands?

Striving to prevent more killings, two mothers of murder victims from Manchester's gang wars travel to Boston to see how the city reduced its homicide rate by 80 per cent during the 1990s. Showing as part of the Guns and Gangs season.