In 2004, Miller wrote and presented a television series on atheism entitled "" (more commonly referred to as "Jonathan Miller's Brief History of Disbelief") for BBC Four, exploring the roots of his own atheism and investigating the history of atheism in the world. Individual conversations, debates and discussions for the series that could not be included due to time constraints were aired in a six-part series entitled "The Atheism Tapes". He also appeared on a BBC Two programme in February 2004, called "What the World Thinks of God" appearing from New York. The original three-part series aired on public television in the United States in 2007.