| The Long Search | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary series |
| Created by | BBC |
| Directed by | Jonathan Stedall |
| Presented by | Ronald Eyre |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Peter Montagnon |
| Camera setup | John Else, et al. |
| Running time | 52 minutes per episode |
| Original release | |
| Release | 19 September – 12 December 1977 |
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The Long Search is a 1977 BBC documentary television series spanning 13 episodes. Presented by theatre director Ronald Eyre, the series surveys several major world religions, including Protestant, Orthodox, and Catholic Christianity. Other episodes survey Theravada and Zen Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and the New Age movement. Location filming took place in India, England, Italy, Japan, Israel, Romania, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, the United States, Egypt, Indonesia, and South Africa.
Scholar of religion Ninian Smart acted as editorial consultant to the show, and also authored a companion book by the same name. The series was re-issued on DVD, and is currently distributed by Ambrose Video.