Last night saw the first episode of a four-part drama entitled The Nativity on BBC1. It's a re-telling of the Christmas story and it's on at prime time - 7 pm. It's ousted The One Show leading up to Christmas. Chris Evans & Alex Jones, move over for the Nativity!
It started well last night; Mary meeting Joseph for the first time and then getting betrothed, Caspar, one of the Magi calculating there will be a conjunction of three heavenly bodies and working out the significance of it and Thomas a shepherd who's wife is ill and who can't afford to pay his taxes.
The episode ended with Gabriel visiting Mary with some news - you could almost hear the "thump, thump, thump" of the Eastenders music as the episode ended!
My wife quipped, "I wonder what will happen?" Actually we know, you see, we've read the book!
It started well last night; Mary meeting Joseph for the first time and then getting betrothed, Caspar, one of the Magi calculating there will be a conjunction of three heavenly bodies and working out the significance of it and Thomas a shepherd who's wife is ill and who can't afford to pay his taxes.
The episode ended with Gabriel visiting Mary with some news - you could almost hear the "thump, thump, thump" of the Eastenders music as the episode ended!
My wife quipped, "I wonder what will happen?" Actually we know, you see, we've read the book!
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