A.D.( 1985)

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A.D. is a 1985 television drama miniseries created and written by Vincenzo Labella and Anthony Burgess, based on Burgess' historical novel The Kingdom of the Wicked. The five-part serial is considered the third and final part of a trilogy, preceded by Moses the Lawgiver (1974) and Jesus of Nazareth (1977). Set just after Jesus' Crucifixion, the lives and adventures of His disciples are explored, and events in Rome during the reigns of Emperors Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero.

Vincenzo Labella
Creator
Anthony Burgess
Creator

Series Cast

Susan Sarandon
Livilla
Ben Vereen
Ethiopian
Tony Vogel
Aquila
Vincent Riotta
Stephanus
Rebecca Saire
Ruth
Tom Durham
Kleopas
Anthony Pedley
Zachäus
Harold Kasket
Kaiphas
Ralph Arliss
Samuel
Mike Gwilym
Pallas
Davyd Harries
Thomas
Norma Martinelli
Apicata
Bruce Winant
Seth
Damien Thomas
Herod Agrippa
Scott Hoxby
Agrippa II
Angela Morant
Priscilla
Clive Arrindell
Cassius
Paul Freeman
Cornelius
Andrea Prodan
Brittanicus
Akosua Busia
Acte
Vernon Dobtcheff
Flavius Sabinus
Gerrard McArthur
Lukas
Jane How
Poppaea
Jonathan Tafler
Aaron
Barrie Houghton
Ananias
Maggie Wickman
Apicata
Alan Downer
Barnabas
Martin Potter
Gaius Calpurnius Piso
Colin Haigh
Jakobus
Renato Scarpa
Lucius Marinus
Roderick Horn
Marcellus
John Wheatley
Markus
David Sumner
Matthias
Stephen Finlay
Nicanor
Katia Dandoulaki
Octavia
Eddie Grossman
Parmenas
John Steiner
Simon der Magier
Robert Wentz
Thrasyllus
Philip Anthony
Jakobus der Ältere
Peter Howell
Atticus
Nicholas Ball
Römischer Offizier
David Brandon
Petronius
Chris Humphreys
Caleb
Richard Kane
Agrippa III
Richard Roundtree
Serpenius
Diane Venora
Corinna
James Mason
Tiberius
Fernando Rey
Seneca
Colleen Dewhurst
Antonia
Ava Gardner
Agrippina
Anthony Zerbe
Pontius Pilatus
John McEnery
Caligula
Richard Kiley
Claudius
Michael Wilding, Jr.
Jesus
Neil Dickson
Valerius
John Houseman
Gamaliel
Philip Sayer
Paulus
Anthony Andrews
Nero
David Hedison
Porcius Festus
Ian McShane
Sejanus
Jennifer O'Neill
Messalina
Denis Quilley
Peter
Jack Warden
Nerva
Amanda Pays
Sarah
Millie Perkins
Maria

Current Season

Miniseries

1985 | 5 Episodes

Set just after Jesus' Crucifixion, the lives and adventures of His disciples are explored, and events in Rome during the reigns of Emperors Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero.