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Depictions of Christ from Dorothy L Sayers to James Frey

Mark Lawson examines dramatic and literary portrayals of Jesus Christ, from Dorothy L Sayers' landmark radio drama of 1941 to the new novel from James Frey.

Mark Lawson examines dramatic and literary portrayals of Jesus Christ, from Dorothy L Sayers' landmark radio drama of the 1940s to the new novel from James Frey.

We hear from writers A N Wilson, James Frey, John Niven, Russell T Davies, Frank Deasy and Owen Sheers and from the actors Michael Sheen and Christopher Eccleston. Mark also visits the ±«Óãtv written archives in Caversham to look at the scripts and letters relating to The Man Born to Be King - the drama by Dorothy L Sayers which was first broadcast 70 years ago.

Producers: India Rakusen and Robyn Read.

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30 minutes

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Fri 22 Apr 2011 19:15
±«Óãtv Radio 4

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