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A similar event, staging the [[Nativity of Jesus]] in [[Liverpool]] was shown on the BBC at Christmas 2007.
A similar event, staging the [[Nativity of Jesus]] in [[Liverpool]] was shown on the BBC at Christmas 2007.


[[:nl:The Passion|The Passion]], a Dutch adaptation by Christian public broadcaster [[Evangelische Omroep|EO]] and Roman Catholic public broadcaster [[Rooms-Katholiek Kerkgenootschap|RKK]] was staged in Gouda in 2011, on the eve of Good Friday 2011. It featured well known Dutch language songs. It proved such a success that new versions were staged and broadcast in Rotterdam on 5 April 2012, The Hague on 28 March 2013 and Groningen on 17 April 2014.
[[:nl:The Passion|The Passion]], a Dutch adaptation by Christian public broadcaster [[Evangelische Omroep|EO]] and Roman Catholic public broadcaster [[Rooms-Katholiek Kerkgenootschap|RKK]] was staged in Gouda in 2011, on the eve of Good Friday 2011. It featured well known Dutch language songs. It proved such a success that new versions were staged and broadcast in Rotterdam on 5 April 2012, The Hague on 28 March 2013, Groningen on 17 April 2014 and Enschede on 2 April 2015.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==

Revision as of 13:22, 6 February 2015

Manchester Passion
Written byStephen Powell
StarringKeith Allen, Darren Morfitt
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Production
ProducerStephen Powell[1]
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC Three
Release14 April 2006 (Good Friday)

The Manchester Passion is a passion play about the last hours of Jesus, retold using a backdrop of the contemporary music of Manchester, England.

The event took place on the streets of Manchester, and aired live on BBC Three on Good Friday, 14 April 2006.[2]

The event was created by the same people who created Flashmob: The Opera; also aired on BBC Three.

A similar event, staging the Nativity of Jesus in Liverpool was shown on the BBC at Christmas 2007.

The Passion, a Dutch adaptation by Christian public broadcaster EO and Roman Catholic public broadcaster RKK was staged in Gouda in 2011, on the eve of Good Friday 2011. It featured well known Dutch language songs. It proved such a success that new versions were staged and broadcast in Rotterdam on 5 April 2012, The Hague on 28 March 2013, Groningen on 17 April 2014 and Enschede on 2 April 2015.

Cast

Songs

Trivia

  • The program promo featured a 1969 Mercury Cougar driving past churches in Manchester. It was originally to be driven by Bez (Happy Mondays); Bez left before filming was completed and the driving was done by the vehicle's owner instead.

References

  1. ^ Kirby, Dean (15 February 2007). "Easter marked with a passion". Manchester Evening News.
  2. ^ "Manchester re-enacts Crucifixion". BBC News. 15 April 2006.