

AD/BC: A Rock Opera
2004-12-21 · 30 min · ★ 6.3
An all-singing, all-dancing, star-spangled musical leap around the biblical story of the Nativity, set in 1972. With a comic twist, this familiar story is brought to life through the eyes of the innkeeper. Despairing after a bad year, he contemplates suicide but his attempt is stalled by a voice from above who points out that King Herod is coming to town.
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- Directors
- Richard Ayoade
- Production companies
- Baby Cow Productions, BBC
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Matt BerryInnkeeper / Tim Wynde
Julian BarrattTony Iscariot
Julia DavisRuth
Richard AyoadeJoseph
Matt LucasGod
Noel FieldingShepherd
Karl TheobaldShepherd
Lydia FoxWise Man
Lucy MontgomeryWise Man
Sophie WinklemanWise Man
Laurence FoxTownsfolk
Rich FulcherTownsfolk
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