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The Passion

TV·2008–2008·1 season, 6 episodes·BBC One·Drama·28m·Created by Michael Offer

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The Passion is a television drama serial that tells the story of the last week in the life of Jesus.

Castfull cast & details

Ben DanielsBen DanielsCaiaphasPenelope WiltonPenelope WiltonMaryJames NesbittJames NesbittPilateDavid OyelowoDavid OyelowoJoseph of ArimatheaJoseph MawleJoseph MawleJesusDenis LawsonDenis LawsonAnnasStephen GrahamStephen GrahamBarabbasDean Lennox KellyDean Lennox Kelly

Episodes by season

Season016Episodes2008Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01The Passion S01E01Episode 1March 16, 2008—It's Passover in Jerusalem, and the city is bursting with pilgrims. It's a tense time for those charged with keeping order - like Pilate the
  2. S01E02The Passion S01E02Episode 2March 17, 2008—Caiaphas is growing increasingly anxious that Jesus's preaching will provoke unrest and bring in the Romans, and when Jesus appears to threa
  3. S01E03The Passion S01E03Episode 3March 21, 2008—Jesus shares his Last Supper with the disciples, and teaches them their last and most important lesson. Whilst Judas slips away to fetch the
  4. S01E04The Passion S01E04Episode 4March 23, 2008—As Jesus is taken from the cross and buried, his disciples cower in hiding. Caiaphas, fearful that the body will be stolen, orders the tomb
  5. S01E05The Passion S01E05Episode 5March 24, 2008—
  6. S01E06The Passion S01E06Episode 6March 28, 2008—

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