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TV series / 1985
A.D. - Anno Domini
Episode directors
Stuart Cooper
A.D. is a 1985 television drama miniseries created and written by Vincenzo Labella and Anthony Burgess, based on Burgess' historical novel The Kingdom of the Wicked. The five-part serial is considered the third and final part of a trilogy, preceded by Moses the Lawgiver (1974) and Jesus of Nazareth (1977). Set just after Jesus' Crucifixion, the lives and adventures of His disciples are explored, and events in Rome during the reigns of Emperors Tiberius, Caligula, …
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A.D. is a 1985 television drama miniseries created and written by Vincenzo Labella and Anthony Burgess, based on Burgess' historical novel The Kingdom of the Wicked. The five-part serial is considered the third and final part of a trilogy, preceded by Moses the Lawgiver (1974) and Jesus of Nazareth (1977).
Set just after Jesus' Crucifixion, the lives and adventures of His disciples are explored, and events in Rome during the reigns of Emperors Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero.
Cast
Susan SarandonLivilla
Ben VereenEthiopian
Tony VogelAquila
Vincent RiottaStephanus
Rebecca SaireRuth
Tom DurhamKleopas
Anthony PedleyZachäus
Harold KasketKaiphas
Ralph ArlissSamuel
Mike GwilymPallas
Davyd HarriesThomas
Norma MartinelliApicata
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Bruce WinantSeth
Damien ThomasHerod Agrippa
Scott HoxbyAgrippa II
Angela MorantPriscilla
Clive ArrindellCassius
Paul FreemanCornelius
Andrea ProdanBrittanicus
Akosua BusiaActe
Vernon DobtcheffFlavius Sabinus
Gerrard McArthurLukas
Jane HowPoppaea
Jonathan TaflerAaron
Barrie HoughtonAnanias
Maggie WickmanApicata
Alan DownerBarnabas
Martin PotterGaius Calpurnius Piso
Colin HaighJakobus
Renato ScarpaLucius Marinus
Roderick HornMarcellus
John WheatleyMarkus
David SumnerMatthias
Stephen FinlayNicanor
Katia DandoulakiOctavia
Eddie GrossmanParmenas
John SteinerSimon der Magier
Robert WentzThrasyllus
Philip AnthonyJakobus der Ältere
Peter HowellAtticus
Nicholas BallRömischer Offizier
David BrandonPetronius
Chris HumphreysCaleb
Richard KaneAgrippa III
Richard RoundtreeSerpenius
Diane VenoraCorinna
James MasonTiberius
Fernando ReySeneca
Colleen DewhurstAntonia
Ava GardnerAgrippina
Anthony ZerbePontius Pilatus
John McEneryCaligula
Richard KileyClaudius
Michael Wilding, Jr.Jesus
Neil DicksonValerius
John HousemanGamaliel
Philip SayerPaulus
Anthony AndrewsNero
David HedisonPorcius Festus
Ian McShaneSejanus
Jennifer O'NeillMessalina
Denis QuilleyPeter
Jack WardenNerva
Amanda PaysSarah
Millie PerkinsMaria
Jeremy GittinsLysias · John
David Joss BuckleyMatthew
Brian BadcoeCorinna's Father
Peter-Hugo DalyFirst Companion · Roman Soldier · First Soldier
Arlen StuartProcula
Arnold DiamondPrinceps Senatus
Christopher EllisonCalpurnius · Roman Soldier (uncredited)
David RintoulLinus (uncredited) · Linus
Howard GoorneyTimon
John AbbottFirst Guard · Job
Mary PeachCorinna's Mother · Peasant (uncredited)
Ned VukovicTriumvir (uncredited) · Triumvir
Peter BlytheProculus (uncredited)
Tim PearceFisherman · Centurion
Jenny LipmanSlave Mistress · Stephen's Mother
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