The Long Search was a 1977 BBC documentary television series spanning 13 episodes. Presented by theatre director Ronald Eyre,

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The Long Search
Genre	Documentary series
Created by	BBC
Directed by	Jonathan Stedall
Presented by	Ronald Eyre
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Originallanguage(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer(s)	Peter Montagnon
Camera setup	John Else, et al.
Running time	52 minutes per episode
Release
First shown in	BBC Two
Original release	19 September – 12 December 1977
External links
Website

The Long Search was a 1977 BBC documentary television series spanning 13 episodes. Presented by theatre director Ronald Eyre, the series surveyed several major worldreligions, including Protestant, Orthodox, and Catholic Christianity. Other episodes surveyedTheraveda 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.

Episode listing[edit]

1. Protestant Spirit USA (Indiana)

2. Hinduism: 330 Million Gods

3. Buddhism: Footprint of the Buddha (Sri Lanka)

4. Catholicism: Rome, Leeds and the Desert

5. Islam: There is no God but God (Egypt)

6. Orthodox Christianity: The Romanian Solution

7. Judaism: The Chosen People

8. Religion In Indonesia: The Way of the Ancestors (Toraja)

9. Buddhism: The Land of the Disappearing Buddha (Japan)

10. African Religions: Zulu Zion (South Africa)

11. Taoism: A Question of Balance (Taiwan) ：1977 台灣人口約1700萬；

Chang Chaotang

歲月漢聲
《漢聲》雜誌 創辦人/總編輯吳美雲昨日清晨遠行了
老朋友一位一位離去 .....
Linda, 一路好走.
紀念她的方式就是好好再看這一部紀錄片
"Taoism: A Question of Balance "
這是BBC 紀錄片系列"The Long Search"其中一集
主持人Ronald Eyre於70年代到台北拜會「漢聲」
由吳美雲.黃永松.姚孟嘉引路走訪台灣民間生活的道教文化
吳美雲是主要的譯介人
表現親和.睿智而動人
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URC4RoLdNJ8

12. Alternative Lifestyles in California: West Meets East

13. Reflections on the Long Search