BBC to spend £6million on new production of The Bible
By admin on Apr 4, 2008 in Business
The BBC is to capitalise on the success of its Easter drama The Passion by spending millions on a new production of The Bible. The corporation is to dramatise the most important and iconic stories from the Old Testament, using latest CGI graphics and actors.
State of the art technology will be used to vividly recreate scenes like Noah’s Flood, on a scale never seen before.
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Joseph Mawle starred in the BBC’s recent adaption of The PassionAmong the stories set to be retold are Cain and Abel, David and Goliath, Joseph’s Coat and Samson and Delilah.
The series, costing up to £6million, will run as six hour long episodes on the BBC.
Corporation executives are billing it as an intelligent and entertaining guide. The broadcaster claims it will emphasise the humanity of the epic encounters and miraculous experiences.
Such is the scale of the programme, likely to air on BBC1, that it will not be ready for broadcast until the end of 2009.
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