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The 5000

A Shining City on the Hill

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

Three plays about the feeding of the five thousand and the personal and political fallout from this extraordinary event. Who can make sense of the impossible?

Episode Three – A Shining City on the Hill

The arrival of an unexpected visitor is about to surprise everyone in Tiberius City and Dan and Gaius have been sent on a mission to the Sea of Galilee.

Shimon/Quintus ….. Michael Nardone
Gaius ….. Robin Laing
Herod ….. Robert Jack
Herodius ….. Nicole Cooper
Asher ….. Michael Moreland
Naomi ….. Jessica Hardwick
Dan ….. Andy Clark
Caesar ….. Michael Guest
Harvey ….. Benjamin Osugo
Sarah ….. Maggie Service
Salome ….. Hiftu Quasem

Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane Show less

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