Written and produced by Joy Harington.
A cycle of plays on the Life of Our Lord.

When Caiaphas, the High Priest, learned that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem for the Passover Festival he called a meeting of the Council of the Sanhedrin to decide what was to be done with this 'prophet of Nazareth' who was causing such a disturbance among the people and the religious life of the country; and although opinion was divided, Caiaphas was convinced of his duty. 'It is to your advantage', he said to the Priests and Pharisees, 'that one man should die for the people rather than that a whole nation should perish'. Meanwhile through wildly cheering crowds Jesus rode into the city.
(BBC telerecording of the programme on March 25, 1956)