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'''''The Passion''''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] television serial produced by the [[BBC]] and [[HBO]] in association with Deep Indigo Productions, telling the story of the last week in the life of [[Jesus]]. The drama is produced by Nigel Stafford-Clark in a similar format to his successful [[2005 in television|2005]] [[Bleak House (2005 TV serial)|adaptation]] of [[Charles Dickens]]'s ''[[Bleak House]]''. It was screened in the UK by [[BBC One]] in March 2008. |
'''''The Passion''''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] television serial produced by the [[BBC]] and [[HBO]] in association with Deep Indigo Productions, telling the story of the last week in the life of [[Jesus]]. The drama is produced by [[Nigel Stafford-Clark]] in a similar format to his successful [[2005 in television|2005]] [[Bleak House (2005 TV serial)|adaptation]] of [[Charles Dickens]]'s ''[[Bleak House]]''. It was screened in the UK by [[BBC One]] in March 2008. |
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Former controller of BBC One [[Peter Fincham]] announced the drama in April 2006 as a continuation of the successful half-hour format adopted by ''Bleak House'' in the previous year.<ref>{{cite news|first= Liz|last= Thomas|title= BBC plans big budget Jesus drama|url= http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/12410|work= [[The Stage]]|date= [[2006-04-26]]|accessdate= 2007-11-06}}</ref> Nigel Stafford-Clark, who also produced ''Bleak House'', planned to tell the story of ''The Passion'' not, as so often, as though it happened in a vacuum, but firmly rooted in the tangled, vivid world in which it took place.<ref>{{cite press release |title= BBC One and BBC Drama present a new production of the story of The Passion for Easter 2008|publisher= BBC Press Office |date= [[2007-12-04]]|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/12_december/04/passion.shtml|accessdate= 2007-12-04}}</ref> Frank Deasy, who wrote the seventh installment of the ''[[Prime Suspect]]'' canon, was contracted to write the drama, based on him understanding how Stafford-Clark wanted to produce it. The serial had a [[pound sterling|£]]4 million budget attached and was filmed on location in [[Ouarzazte]] and [[Zagora, Morocco|Zagora]], [[Morocco]] in late 2007.<ref name="Brown Guardian">{{cite news|first= Maggie|last= Brown|title= From Prime Suspect to The Passion: Deasy tackles last week in life of Christ|url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/jul/07/broadcasting.bbc|work= [[Media Guardian]]|date= [[2006-07-07]]|accessdate= 2007-11-06}}</ref><ref name="MAP">{{cite news|last= Staff writer|title= Morocco's south stage to Michael Offer's 'Passion' TV serial|url= http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/culture/morocco_s_south_stag/view|work= [[Maghreb Arab Press]]|date= [[2007-09-20]]|accessdate= 2007-11-06}}</ref> |
Former controller of BBC One [[Peter Fincham]] announced the drama in April 2006 as a continuation of the successful half-hour format adopted by ''Bleak House'' in the previous year.<ref>{{cite news|first= Liz|last= Thomas|title= BBC plans big budget Jesus drama|url= http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/12410|work= [[The Stage]]|date= [[2006-04-26]]|accessdate= 2007-11-06}}</ref> [[Nigel Stafford-Clark]], who also produced ''Bleak House'', planned to tell the story of ''The Passion'' not, as so often, as though it happened in a vacuum, but firmly rooted in the tangled, vivid world in which it took place.<ref>{{cite press release |title= BBC One and BBC Drama present a new production of the story of The Passion for Easter 2008|publisher= BBC Press Office |date= [[2007-12-04]]|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/12_december/04/passion.shtml|accessdate= 2007-12-04}}</ref> Frank Deasy, who wrote the seventh installment of the ''[[Prime Suspect]]'' canon, was contracted to write the drama, based on him understanding how [[Stafford-Clark]] wanted to produce it. The serial had a [[pound sterling|£]]4 million budget attached and was filmed on location in [[Ouarzazte]] and [[Zagora, Morocco|Zagora]], [[Morocco]] in late 2007.<ref name="Brown Guardian">{{cite news|first= Maggie|last= Brown|title= From Prime Suspect to The Passion: Deasy tackles last week in life of Christ|url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/jul/07/broadcasting.bbc|work= [[Media Guardian]]|date= [[2006-07-07]]|accessdate= 2007-11-06}}</ref><ref name="MAP">{{cite news|last= Staff writer|title= Morocco's south stage to Michael Offer's 'Passion' TV serial|url= http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/culture/morocco_s_south_stag/view|work= [[Maghreb Arab Press]]|date= [[2007-09-20]]|accessdate= 2007-11-06}}</ref> |
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| The Passion | |
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| Written by | Frank Deasy |
| Directed by | Michael Offer |
| Starring | See below |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | Four |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Hilary Salmon |
| Producer | Nigel Stafford-Clark |
| Production location | Morocco |
| Running time | 3 hours |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 16 March 2008 – 23 March 2008 |
The Passion is a British television serial produced by the BBC and HBO in association with Deep Indigo Productions, telling the story of the last week in the life of Jesus. The drama is produced by Nigel Stafford-Clark in a similar format to his successful 2005 adaptation of Charles Dickens's Bleak House. It was screened in the UK by BBC One in March 2008.
Story and format
The serial was screened over four nights during Holy Week, beginning with an hour-long episode on Palm Sunday, a half-hour episode on Monday, an hour-long episode on Good Friday, and finally a half-hour ending with the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday. The first three episodes were repeated in an "omnibus"-style edition on Easter Sunday, prior to the concluding edition. Three separate points of view were presented—those of Jesus, the Romans and the High Priest Caiaphas and his colleagues.[1]
Palm Sunday
In the first hour long episode, Jesus's arrival in Jerusalem causes a stir among the Jews. The Romans are having to deal with a small rebellion and the High Priest wants to be rid of Jesus, since he is causing a disturbance and challenging his authority.
Monday
In the second, half hour episode, the High Priest Caiaphas calls a council to determine how Jesus should be dealt with after he is overheard mocking the Temple, and his fate is sealed.
Good Friday
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The third, hour-long episode related the events from the Last Supper to the Crucifixion.
Easter Sunday
The final, half hour episode features the Resurrection of Jesus, the sightings of him by Mary Magdalene and others, and his departure from the disciples after impressing upon Peter the importance of spreading his word. Caiaphus' wife gives birth to a son, and Pilate and his wife return to Rome.
Production
Former controller of BBC One Peter Fincham announced the drama in April 2006 as a continuation of the successful half-hour format adopted by Bleak House in the previous year.[2] Nigel Stafford-Clark, who also produced Bleak House, planned to tell the story of The Passion not, as so often, as though it happened in a vacuum, but firmly rooted in the tangled, vivid world in which it took place.[3] Frank Deasy, who wrote the seventh installment of the Prime Suspect canon, was contracted to write the drama, based on him understanding how Stafford-Clark wanted to produce it. The serial had a £4 million budget attached and was filmed on location in Ouarzazte and Zagora, Morocco in late 2007.[1][4]
Reception
The series was generally well received. The main review in The Guardian of the first episode was positive, remarking "you could watch The Passion and totally forget that this story was central to a major world religion. And that's a good thing, I think."[5] However, another article in the paper, discussing UK television over Easter 2008, called it "a dramatisation so conventional and reverent that the only harrumphing angle the papers have been able to find has been the position of the hands on the crucifix".[6] The Independent commented that "only the most zealously dogmatic Christian could complain that it was irreverent",[7] The Telegraph 's review of the same episode praised the humanising of Pilate and Caiaphas, and felt Mawle's depiction of Jesus, despite not having the same "spell-binding effect as Robert Powell did in Jesus of Nazareth", nevertheless was "more appealingly human".[8] The Times praised "some nice touches", but was overall more critical, calling Mawle's portrayal of Jesus too "meek, mild and hangdog".[9]
Stephen Green, from Christian Voice, voiced disquiet over the series giving sympathetic portrayals to Caiaphas and Pilate, though press reactions found this unjustified.[10]
Cast
- Main characters[11]
- Jesus' followers[12]
- Paul Nicholls - Judas Iscariot
- Darren Morfitt - Peter
- Jamie Sives - John
- Dean Lennox Kelly - James, son of Zebedee
- Daniel Evans - Matthew
- Tom Ellis - Phillip
- Eoin Geoghegan - Andrew
- Lewis Clay - Thomas
- Eugene Wood - Bartholomew
- Stuart Kidd - Simon the Zealot
- Thomas Buchanan - James, son of Alphaeus
- Steve Morphew - Thaddeus
- Vinette Robinson - Mina
- At the Temple[13]
- Denis Lawson - Annas
- John Lynch - Sagan
- Ben Caplan - Yehuda
- Laura Fraser - Abigail
- Laila El Mrabti - Caiaphas' daughter
- Simon Kassianides - Temple guard
- Munir Khairdin - Second Temple guard
- Elif Yeşil - Nita, Caiaphas' servant
- Romans[14]
- Esther Hall - Claudia
- Mark Lewis Jones - Marcus
- Roger Ashton-Griffiths - Syrian prefect
- Martin Hutson - Pilate's secretary
- Gerard Monaco - Capito
- Robin Floriant - Rufus, tax collector
- Karim Doukkali - Garrison Centurion
- David Maybrick - First Roman soldier
- Ross O'Hennessy - Second Roman soldier
- Matthew Flynn - Third Roman soldier
- Driss Roukhe - Roman soldier at procession
- El Housseine Dejjiti - Centurion at bakery
- Mohammed Taleb - Robe centurion
- Mansour Badri - Roman sergeant at Golgotha
- People in Jerusalem[15]
- Stephen Graham - Barabbas
- Johnny Harris - Asher
- Daniel Catlagirone - Eban
- Richard Katz - Money changer
- Gary Pillai - Merchant
- Peter Sullivan - Lawyer
- Rene Zagger - Bird seller
- Kiran Shah - Jude
- Mercedes Grower - Neta
- David Rubin - Pilgrim
- Jamila El Haouni - Widow
- Nadia Sadik - Screaming woman
- Abderrahim Moustaid - Simon the Leper
- Abdelouahed Sanouji - Young baker
- Mustapha Jamal - Unhappy butcher
- El Jirari Ben Aissa - Simon of Cyrene
- Craig Parkins - Man at tomb
- Barnaby Kay - Man on road to Emmaus
References
- ^ a b Brown, Maggie (2006-07-07). "From Prime Suspect to The Passion: Deasy tackles last week in life of Christ". Media Guardian. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Thomas, Liz (2006-04-26). "BBC plans big budget Jesus drama". The Stage. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "BBC One and BBC Drama present a new production of the story of The Passion for Easter 2008" (Press release). BBC Press Office. 2007-12-04. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
{{cite press release}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Staff writer (2007-09-20). "Morocco's south stage to Michael Offer's 'Passion' TV serial". Maghreb Arab Press. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Wollaston, Sam (17 March 2008). "The weekend's TV". The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Lawson, Mark (20 March 2008). "TV matters". The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Sutcliffe, Thomas (20 March 2008). "Weekend TV". The Independent. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Walton, James (20 March 2008). "Last night on television". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Billen, Andrew (20 March 2008). "Weekend TV". The Times. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Sutcliffe, Thomas (20 March 2008). "Weekend TV". The Independent. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ BBC - The Passion - Actors. Retrieved on 2008-03-22
- ^ BBC - The Passion - Actors. Retrieved on 2008-03-22
- ^ BBC - The Passion - Actors. Retrieved on 2008-03-22
- ^ BBC - The Passion - Actors. Retrieved on 2008-03-22
- ^ BBC - The Passion - Actors. Retrieved on 2008-03-22
External links
- The Passion at IMDb
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