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Nick Warburton

David Bradley

Adjoa Andoh

Kim Wall

Jim Norton

Don Gilet

Alex Tregear

James Fleet

Tracy Wiles

Jonquil Panting

Drama on 4: The People's Passion: Episode 1: Coming to Jerusalem

Coming to Jerusalem

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Episode 1: Coming to Jerusalem

The People's Passion

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Monday morning. Ellen's in early, looking for peace. Paul is at the gates, refusing to pay

Monday morning. Ellen is in early, looking for peace. Paul is at the gates, refusing to pay. Is the cathedral concentrating on the right things?

Cathedrals still dominate our city centres: once symbols of temporal power, of technological wonder, a vital part of our musical health, and more recently the focus of protest and appeals to a new morality - what do they mean to us now?

Originally broadcast in Holy Week, The People's Passion explores how our great cathedrals offer an image of the contradictions of faith in twenty-first century Britain.

The People's Passion Mass and Easter Anthem, composed specially for the series by Sasha Johnson Manning, with lyrics written by the poet Michael Symmons Roberts, not only features in the programmes, but was made freely available by the BBC, and sung by a hundred and fifty choirs around Britain and across the world, during Easter 2012, including Easter Day Worship on Radio 4, from Manchester Cathedral.

1/5: Coming to Jerusalem

by Nick Warburton

Monday morning in Holy Week. Ellen's in early, looking for peace. Paul's at the gates, refusing to pay. Is the Cathedral concentrating on the right things?

Produced and Directed by Jonquil Panting

Original music by Sasha Johnson Manning, with lyrics by Michael Symmons Roberts.

Performed by:
Manchester Chamber Choir, directed by Christopher Stokes, with Jeffrey Makinson (organ), Rob Shorter (tenor), Rebecca Whettam (cello), Jahan Hunter (trumpet) and Holly Marland (recorder).
BBC Singers with Eleanor Gregory (soprano), Margaret Cameron (alto), Chris Bowen (tenor), Stephen Charlesworth (bass) and Andrew Earis (piano).
Andrew Kirk (organ), and the choir of Saint Mary Redcliffe, Bristol.

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By Nick Warburton. Drama set in a fictional cathedral

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