Wednesday - December 05, 2007
a modern BBC nativity : O Come All Ye Fatthless
Oh Darn. Wish they’d publish ALL of the photo online as in paper. Just as well I guess. The guy dressed as Jesus would really piss off Mel Gibson.
Actually, from the report there are rather a large number of Christians not too pleased. Can’t say I blame them. Oh boy, if the subject was islam ....
Follow the soap star: a modern BBC nativity By Nicole Martin, Digital and Media Correspondent
Last Updated: 12:10pm GMT 05/12/2007A former glamour model and soap star sits on top of a bus shelter, squeezed into a silver catsuit. A pregnant teenager stands below, nearby is an abandoned shopping trolley. It may sound like a scene from a new comedy series, but is, in fact, the BBC’s modern-day vision of the Christmas story.
In a move which has dismayed religious groups, the corporation is to broadcast a “contemporary” nativity play featuring Mary and Joseph as asylum seekers who are instructed to report to the nearest passport office.
The story, set in Liverpool, stars the former Brookside actress Jennifer Ellison as an angel and Geoffrey Hughes, who played Eddie Yeats in Coronation Street, as the Angel Gabriel. During the performance on Dec 16, which will be broadcast live on BBC3, the 300-strong cast will walk through parts of the city singing hits from local bands such as The Beatles and The Zutons, with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
The actress Cathy Tyson takes the role of Herodia, a paranoid minister in a fictional state who orders a crackdown on immigration. In the midst of the turmoil, Mary discovers she is pregnant and must fight to protect both Joseph and her unborn child.
The project is not the first of its kind to be attempted by the BBC. On Good Friday 2006, it staged a live version of the Passion from the streets of Manchester.
The Prayer Book Society accused the BBC of indulging in “gimmickry”. “This is not the sort of thing that Christmas needs,” said Tony Kilmister, its vice-president. “The story is loved and revered by Christians around the world. There is a dignity to it that will be lost. Adding political correctness of this sort is harmful and quite uncalled for.”
A dramatisation next year of the final week in the life of Jesus Christ will be more to the traditionalists’ liking. The Passion, which will be shown across Easter week in six episodes, was unveiled yesterday as one of the highlights of BBC1’s winter schedule.
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