Passover week, Jerusalem, 33AD. As thousands of pilgrims pour into the city, tensions between the Jewish religious authorities and the occupying Romans are already running high.

When news arrives that a preacher from Galilee is about to enter the city’s East Gate on a donkey’s colt, thereby fulfilling ancient prophecies about the coming of a Messiah to free the Jews from oppression, the mood becomes even more incendiary.

The tumultuous events of the next seven days will resonate through the next 2,000 years of human history.

Written by Frank Deasy, directed by Michael Offer and produced by Nigel Stafford-Clark, The Passion is a fresh, compelling and deeply moving retelling of the story of Jesus’s final days on Earth for BBC One. Read more & comment »