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llywelaWatched the first part of the Beeb's new costume drama last night, their Easter Special extravaganza, The Passion, only slightly miffed that it had taken the place as the finale of Lark Rise to Candleford in the schedule.
I tend to be a little wary of 'religious' programmes, as they tend to be overdone, but this has been made as a historical drama, rather than anything religious, and it works. They've taken a little creative license with the story as told in the Gospels - padded it out a bit, explored characters only seen in the sidelines of the Bible, etc. And James Nesbitt's very Irish Pontius Pilate I found difficult to accept! But on the whole it's an excellent and sympathetic dramatisation - made by the Beeb in association with HBO, according to the titles, and set only a few decades after the end of Rome, so I was reminded strongly of Rome all the way through. They probably re-used a lot of the costumes!
Second episode is tonight, at 8.30 - just hope I get home from my Monday Kids' Club in time to see it, since it's our last club of the session so likely to run late. We run from October till Easter, so with Easter being early this year, we're finishing a little early.
Having said all that, I'm looking forward to the finale of Lark Rise to Candleford next week. It's been such a lovely, charming, heart-warming series, so it's good to hear that a second series has been comissioned.
I tend to be a little wary of 'religious' programmes, as they tend to be overdone, but this has been made as a historical drama, rather than anything religious, and it works. They've taken a little creative license with the story as told in the Gospels - padded it out a bit, explored characters only seen in the sidelines of the Bible, etc. And James Nesbitt's very Irish Pontius Pilate I found difficult to accept! But on the whole it's an excellent and sympathetic dramatisation - made by the Beeb in association with HBO, according to the titles, and set only a few decades after the end of Rome, so I was reminded strongly of Rome all the way through. They probably re-used a lot of the costumes!
Second episode is tonight, at 8.30 - just hope I get home from my Monday Kids' Club in time to see it, since it's our last club of the session so likely to run late. We run from October till Easter, so with Easter being early this year, we're finishing a little early.
Having said all that, I'm looking forward to the finale of Lark Rise to Candleford next week. It's been such a lovely, charming, heart-warming series, so it's good to hear that a second series has been comissioned.
