Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke

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Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke
Genre
Paul Hilton
Penelope Wilton
Robin Soans
Lorraine Ashbourne
Rachel Atkins
Written byNick Warburton
Directed byJonquil Panting
Original release17 December (2007-12-17) –
21 December 2007 (2007-12-21)

Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke was a series of five 45-minute

Afternoon Play strand. They were directed by Jonquil Panting. Jesus and the disciples were portrayed in regional accents, a trope in radio retellings of the Gospel stories since Dorothy L. Sayers' The Man Born to Be King. Upper class characters were presented in Received Pronunciation, city-folk in Jerusalem in London working-class accents, and Romans such as Pilate
and the Centurion in an American accent.

Each play was followed by a 15-minute documentary presented by Ernie Rea on the themes covered in the preceding play.

Episodes

  1. The Lake - The calling of Peter and Andrew
  2. Outsiders - Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Simon and other outsiders are embraced by Jesus
  3. Jerusalem - Jesus and his disciples arrive in Jerusalem, and Judas decides to betray him
  4. Tested - The Passion, as seen by Pontius Pilate, Caiaphas, Peter, and the Virgin Mary
  5. Beginners - Mary recalls her son's birth in the days after the Crucifixion, and then the disciples witness the Resurrection

Cast

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

External links

  • Afternoon Play
  • Redmond, Camilla (18 December 2007). "Radio review". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 December 2007.
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