Producer of ‘The Sea of Faith’ to speak in Newcastle, 13 May 2025
The Newcastle Progressive Christianity Network is delighted to announce that Peter Armstrong, television and radio producer, including the 6-part series ‘The Sea of Faith’, will be speaking on Tuesday, 13th May, 2025, 7pm, at Brunswick Methodist Church, off Northumberland Street, Newcastle.
Peter will be speaking about his book, ‘Not for Nothing: Searching for a Meaningful Life’. The book was first published in 2020 by Christian Alternative Books. The author studied philosophy and theology at Oxford. He worked for 20 years in BBC religious television and 30 years as an independent filmmaker. Awards include a Bafta Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. As well as producing ‘The Sea of Faith’ series he was co-author of ‘Who was Jesus?’ with Don Cupitt and worked on the television programmes ‘Everyman’ and ‘Heart of the Matter’. Today Peter is co-founder, with his wife Anuradha, of www.EmpathyMedia.org combining the power of empathy and the power of media to help bring about a fairer, greener world.
Newcastle Progressive Christianity Network was founded 13 years ago for open discussion and attracts people from several denominations and none to their monthly meetings. It is affiliated to Progressive Christianity Britain which is part of an international network of progressive Christian organisations. Further information about PCN can be found: on www.pcnbritain.org.uk.
Admission to the talk costs £8 and tickets can be bought through the PCN website or at the door. Light refreshments are included and will be served from 6.30pm. All welcome.
For more details, please contact: liz.temple@pcnbritain.org.uk
