The Enemies of Reason: Story, Cast and Series Facts
The Enemies of Reason (2007): Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
There are two ways of looking at the world – through faith and superstition or through the rigours of logic, observation and evidence – in other words, through reason. Reason and a respect for evidence are precious commodities, the source of human progress and our safeguard against fundamentalists and those who profit from obscuring the truth. Yet, today, society appears to be retreating from reason. Apparently harmless but utterly irrational belief systems from astrology to New Age mysticism, clairvoyance to alternative health remedies are booming. Richard Dawkins confronts what he sees as an epidemic of irrational, superstitious thinking...
Series details
- Title: The Enemies of Reason
- Format: Documentary
- Language: English
- Premiere date: 2007-08-13
- Final broadcast date listed: 2007-08-20
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: Channel 4
- Network country: United Kingdom
- Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
- TVMaze ID: 39254
- IMDb ID: tt1092058
- TVDB ID: 80451
Cast and credited roles
- Richard Dawkins — Presenter
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 2007-08-13; final listed air date 2007-08-20; episode order: 2.
Source and licence
Adapted from The Enemies of Reason on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.
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