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

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.

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；

12. Alternative Lifestyles in California: West Meets East

13. Reflections on the Long Search