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Episode 4

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Naga Munchetty and a panel of guests discuss the moral and ethical issues of the day. After the Nice attack, Sunday Morning Live discusses whether such events unite or divide us.

On this week's programme - As the world comes to terms with Thursday's attack on families and holidaymakers in Nice, Sunday Morning Live asks: Do events like Nice unite us or divide us?

More than 拢40 million is to be spent on the introduction of the Shanghai system of teaching maths in English schools. But does the emphasis on spending leave arts subjects out in the cold? We ask whether arts should be as important as science in schools. Joining the panel is cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, who believes that access to classical music should be a birthright for children.

As Hollywood star Jennifer Aniston speaks out about the scrutiny of her body and the constant speculation as to whether she's pregnant or not, we ask: is there too much value placed on parenthood and do we discriminate against childless people?

Nikki Bedi talks to Paralympian long jumper Stef Reid about Rio and how she became a Christian after nearly losing her life in a boating accident. And in tribute to the victims of Nice, London-based French chamber choir Les Fauristes sing the French National anthem La Marseillaise.

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On this week's programme...

The Pope has expressed his deep sorrow at events in Nice and described it as "blind violence".聽The Muslim Council of Britain has also聽expressed outrage, saying such acts are designed to "create hatred and division". As faiths unite in condemnation, Sunday Morning Live asks: Do events like Nice unite us or divide us?

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More than 拢40 million is to be spent on the introduction of the Shanghai system of teaching maths in English schools. The Government feels the plus is that this will improve skills in maths and science. But some educationalists believe the minus is that greater attention to sciences means arts and music teaching inevitably suffer. So: Should arts be as important as science in schools?聽

Tommy Sandhu takes to the streets of Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of the world's greatest playwright William Shakespeare, to ask the public what they think.聽Joining the panel is cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, who believes that access to classical music should be a birthright for children.

And, Do we discriminate against childless people? For the first time in 70 years women over 40 are having more babies than women under 20.聽As those figures go up, so do pressures on women to have babies or to explain why they don't, according to Hollywood star Jennifer Aniston.聽Aniston has issued an open letter speaking out against perpetuation of the notion that "women are somehow incomplete, unsuccessful, or unhappy if they are not married with children." So does being childless somehow mean a person is less fulfilled - and do childless men face the same pressures as women?聽

Plus, Nikki Bedi talks to Paralympian long jumper Stef Reid about Rio and how she became a Christian after nearly losing her life in a boating accident.

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Presenter Naga Munchetty
Editor Dave Stanford
Producer Muireann McGinty
Assistant Producer Stephen McVey

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