About this programme
1/4. Tony Jordan gives the biblical story a contemporary twist in this four-part drama. Nazareth girl Mary counts her blessings when her parents, Joachim and Anna, arrange her betrothal to a local carpenter, Joseph. In the East, the three Magi gather to discuss a prophecy in the stars heralding a great event. Andrew Buchan and Tatiana Maslany star, with Neil Dudgeon, Claudie Blakley, Peter Capaldi and Jack Shepherd.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Mary
- Tatiana Maslany
- Joseph
- Andrew Buchan
- Joachim
- Neil Dudgeon
- Balthasar
- Peter Capaldi
- Gabriel
- John Lynch
- Anna
- Claudie Blakley
- Levi
- Gawn Grainger
- Gaspar
- Obi Abili
- Melchior
- Jack Shepherd
- Thomas
- Al Weaver
- Leah
- Ruth Negga
- Tax collector
- Howard Samuels
- Bethlehem Rabbi
- Ken Bones
- Elizabeth
- Frances Barber
Crew
- Director
- Coky Giedroyc
- Producer
- Ruth Kenley-Letts
- Writer
- Tony Jordan
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