At a glance
- Identifiers
- Wikidataimdb
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Screening Room
- Format
- Documentary series · About Islam
- Countries
- GB
- Languages
- en (original)
- Approach
- documentary
- Depiction of sacred figures
- The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable (Documentary format; the Prophet is not dramatised.)
- Titles in other languages
- The Life of Muhammadحياة محمد
Reception
- Objection — some viewers; a complaint campaign led the BBC to re-schedule one episode during RamadanDebated
Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.
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Overview
"The Life of Muhammad" is a documentary series released in 2011, produced in Britain, directed by None. A three-part documentary series presented by Ragheb Omar on the BBC, filming the biography of the Prophet at sites in the Arabian Peninsula with interviews with researchers and contemporary Muslims. 1 2
Context and reception
This work deals with Muhammad, the Prophetic era, Mecca, and Medina. Some viewers objected to it; a complaint campaign led the BBC to reschedule one episode during Ramadan. 1
Connections
- About
- Muhammad
- Set in
- The Prophetic Era· Mecca· Medina
- Directed by
- Faris Kermani
- Broadcast by
- BBC Two
People and things also explored
Muhammad: The Last Prophet· Omar· The capture of Thumama ibn Uthal al-Hanafi and his acceptance of Islam· The Hijra· The Pledges of Aqaba· The Message· The three years of the secret call· The death of the Prophet
Sources
- Wikidata
- IMDb
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Life of Muhammad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/hayat-muhammad-2011/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.