Channel 4 Chief Executive Andy Duncan is to help churches face the future, and give the keynote address to this year’s Churches’ Media Conference.

Representatives of faith communities have told Parliamentarians that faith does not figure sufficiently in BBC programmes and services.

In a shot across the bows of those who feel that religion is being marginalized in broadcasting, most notably those who focus on 'entitlements' to religious slots, the BBC's director general has urged Christians to be more creative and 'subversive' in their broadcasting approaches.