About the drama
Writer Frank Deasy and producer Nigel Stafford-Clark set the scene. "All the characters are three dimensional."
Frank Deasy - writer
"The Passion was the first real adult drama I was introduced to as a child. It's part of my DNA."
Nigel Stafford-Clark - producer
"There's a ticking clock from the moment the story begins. Tension mounts. It's almost unbearable."
The language of Jesus
"The line I was itching to write was 'Jesus lights a fag'." The writer Frank Deasy illuminates a working class Jesus.
Filming in Morocco
"These were rain storms of biblical proportions". Cast and crew recall battling the elements in Morocco.
Judas
In this dramatisation, Judas is portrayed as a younger man, with a young man's insecurities, torn between two father figures.
Caiaphas
"Contemporary accounts show that Caiaphas was regarded as a successful High Priest". Nigel Stafford-Clark reassesses his reputation.
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