The Passion ( new movie starting March 16, 2008 )

[Michael]

At the outset I must say to date I have not seen this new movie ( film ). Details are at

www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/thepassion/

Episode Guide Pontius Pilate Episode 1 Sunday 16 March, BBC ONE, 20:00 (60 minutes) 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 Roman Prefect and Caiaphas the High Priest. The arrival of a preacher from Galilee called Jesus causes great excitement when he enters through the East Gate on a donkey's colt, fulfilling prophecies of the coming of the Messiah. For Jesus's band of disciples, hardened by several years on the road, this is the moment they've been waiting for, but none of them suspects how momentous this week will be. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Caiaphas Episode 2 Monday 17 March, BBC ONE, 20:30 (30 minutes) Caiaphas is growing increasingly anxious that Jesus's preaching will provoke unrest and bring in the Romans, and when Jesus appears to threaten the Temple it's the final straw. As Jesus tries to explain his destiny to the disciples, Caiaphas calls a council and presents it with a stark choice. With Passover approaching, a fateful decision is taken, and Judas finds himself placed in an impossible position. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jesus in Gethsemane Episode 3 Friday 21 March, BBC ONE, 21:00 (30 minutes) Jesus shares his Last Supper with the disciples, and teaches them their last and most important lesson. Whilst Judas slips away to fetch the Temple guards, Jesus leads the disciples to the Garden of Gethsemane and tries to prepare himself for what is to come. The next few hours will bring him face to face with Caiaphas, with Pilate and with his own destiny. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Empty crosses Episode 4 Sunday 23 March, BBC ONE, time TBC (60 minutes) 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 to be guarded. But when Mary Magdalene discovers it empty, a chain of events is about to begin that will transform the lives of the disciples and reverberate throughout the world for the next two thousand years.

Any comments?

[andrew]

I have seen reveiws amazing awsesome blessing