´óÏó´«Ã½ One Winter/Spring 2008
Programmes P-W
The Passion
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This new production of the story of The Passion for Easter 2008 is a bold event drama retelling the last week in the life of Jesus Christ, written by Emmy Award-winner Frank Deasy and developed by Nigel Stafford-Clark (Bleak House).
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Joseph Mawle, James Nesbitt, Paul Nicholls, Ben Daniels, Laura Fraser, Denis Lawson and David Oyelowo lead the cast in this unique and compelling dramatisation. The Passion will run across Easter week, drawing to a dramatic climax on Easter Sunday.
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Visually arresting and rich in colour, the story is rooted in the tangled and chaotic world in which it took place – the city of Jerusalem during Passover week. Set in the political and religious context of the time, it combines both narrative tension and thematic power to convey the extraordinary events that took place that week in a bold and distinctive way.
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This version places the audience at the heart of the action by telling the story from three points of view: the religious authorities, the Romans and Jesus. For the first time, all the key players are intimately characterised, with Jesus at the centre. Beginning with Jesus's prophetic entrance through the East Gate, the production follows him to his crucifixion and its startling aftermath.
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Pope John Paul II – The War Years
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This is the remarkable story of the five years which transformed the life of Karol Wojtyla – the man who would become John Paul II – and set him on the path to the Vatican.
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Karol was 19 when the Germans invaded Poland in September 1939. He had no intention of joining the church but the devastating experience of Nazi occupation led him first to join the underground resistance and then to risk his life studying in secret to become a priest.
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Interviews with all the key survivors from the period who knew him well and the Pope's own writings are combined in a powerful drama-documentary which tells the story of the young John Paul II's coming of age, his brushes with death and the horrors he witnessed that helped to shape his thinking.
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Front Desk
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Sense And Sensibility
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David Morrissey, Dominic Cooper, Dan Stevens, Mark Williams, Janet McTeer and Mark Gatiss lead an all-star cast in Andrew Davies's romantic, witty and stylish new three-part adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense And Sensibility.
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Sense And Sensibility is a story of two young sisters on a voyage of burgeoning sexual and romantic discovery. Restrained, rational Elinor Dashwood and the wildly romantic, impulsive Marianne Dashwood are played by newcomers Hattie Morahan (Elinor) and Charity Wakefield (Marianne).
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The death of their father throws their privileged world into chaos. With no entitlement to his estate, they are forced to live in poverty. Although the sisters' chances of marriage seem doomed, attractive men are drawn to Elinor and Marianne.
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Elinor becomes attached to the highly eligible Edward Ferrars (Dan Stevens, The Line Of Beauty) – but why is he so guarded and secretive? Marianne attracts both war hero Colonel Brandon (David Morrissey, State Of Play) and glamorous, Byronic Willoughby, played by Dominic Cooper (The History Boys).
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But do these attachments represent true love, or are the men simply amusing themselves with the young heroines? With a sub-plot that features the seduction and abandonment of a 15-year-old schoolgirl – not to mention a duel – the stakes are high.
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Six Nations Rugby
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The premier rugby tournament in the Northern hemisphere is back on TV screens in February, with all games live on the ´óÏó´«Ã½.
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Over five weekends England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France and Italy will be striving to establish themselves as the Six Nations Champions for 2008, having experienced different levels of success during the Rugby World Cup. This year's competition promises to be as hard to call as the last.
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The ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Six Nations team, including John Inverdale, Jonathan Davies and Jeremy Guscott, will provide expert analysis and comment on all the action on the field.
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SB4
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Sport Relief
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More than 400,000 people across the UK completed a Sport Relief Mile in 2006. In a change to previous years, the 2008 Sport Relief Weekend will take place in the spring and consist of three days of entertainment, events and energy designed to challenge the entire nation.
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´óÏó´«Ã½ One's fundraising entertainment evening will include contributions from many of the UK's biggest sporting names and some of the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s
best-loved shows.
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In addition, the Sport Relief Mile Show will broadcast action from the national Miles taking place in towns and cities across all 15 of the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Nations and Regions.
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Since its launch in 2002, Sport Relief has raised almost £50m for Comic Relief. The Mile event was introduced in 2004, when 81,000 people took part, including Prince William and celebrities such as Gordon Ramsay.
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Would I Lie To You?
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Hosted by Angus Deayton and featuring David Mitchell and Lee Mack as team captains, Would I Lie To You? presents a profusion of unbelievable truths and believable lies. All the teams have to do is hoodwink each other into believing that what's fake is true and what's true is not.
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For each show, two celebrity guests join each of the team captains. The two teams then compete head-to-head, with each player revealing incredible facts and embarrassing personal tales for the consideration of the opposing team. In the tradition of all great parlour games, Would I Lie To You? is a real test of people's ability to talk funny, convincing nonsense while thinking on their feet.
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As well as the personal revelations, Would I Lie To You? also debates stories linked to incredible archive footage, and reveals amazing secrets from behind the scenes of some of the nation's best-loved TV shows.
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