Ended
A.D.
5.4 12
1 season
Drama
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.
Seasons
Cast

Susan Sarandon
Livilla

Ben Vereen
Ethiopian

Tony Vogel
Aquila

Vincent Riotta
Stephanus

Rebecca Saire
Ruth
T
Tom Durham
Kleopas
A
Anthony Pedley
Zachäus

Harold Kasket
Kaiphas
R
Ralph Arliss
Samuel

Mike Gwilym
Pallas

Davyd Harries
Thomas
N
Norma Martinelli
Apicata

Bruce Winant
Seth

Damien Thomas
Herod Agrippa

Scott Hoxby
Agrippa II
A
Angela Morant
Priscilla

Clive Arrindell
Cassius

Paul Freeman
Cornelius

Andrea Prodan
Brittanicus

Akosua Busia
Acte

Vernon Dobtcheff
Flavius Sabinus

Gerrard McArthur
Lukas
J
Jane How
Poppaea

Jonathan Tafler
Aaron

Barrie Houghton
Ananias
M
Maggie Wickman
Apicata
A
Alan Downer
Barnabas

Martin Potter
Gaius Calpurnius Piso

Colin Haigh
Jakobus

Renato Scarpa
Lucius Marinus
R
Roderick Horn
Marcellus
J
John Wheatley
Markus

David Sumner
Matthias
S
Stephen Finlay
Nicanor

Katia Dandoulaki
Octavia
E
Eddie Grossman
Parmenas

John Steiner
Simon der Magier
R
Robert Wentz
Thrasyllus

Philip Anthony
Jakobus der Ältere

Peter Howell
Atticus

Nicholas Ball
Römischer Offizier

David Brandon
Petronius

Chris Humphreys
Caleb
R
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
M
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

Jeremy Gittins
John, Lysias

David Joss Buckley
Matthew
B
Brian Badcoe
Corinna's Father

Peter-Hugo Daly
First Companion, Roman Soldier, First Soldier

Arlen Stuart
Procula

Arnold Diamond
Princeps Senatus

Christopher Ellison
Roman Soldier (uncredited), Calpurnius

David Rintoul
Linus (uncredited), Linus

Howard Goorney
Timon
J
John Abbott
Job, First Guard

Mary Peach
Corinna's Mother, Peasant (uncredited)

Ned Vukovic
Triumvir (uncredited), Triumvir

Peter Blythe
Proculus (uncredited)
T
Tim Pearce
Centurion, Fisherman
J
Jenny Lipman
Slave Mistress, Stephen's Mother
A
Anne Tirard
Samuel's Mother
D
Donald Morley
Senator
G
Gary Brown
Philip the Greek (uncredited)

Jonathan Hyde
Tigellinus
L
Louisa Milwood-Haigh
Blandine
M
Malcolm Stoddard
Quintilius

Matyelok Gibbs
Lea
R
Roy Purcell
Senator
S
Simon Cutter
Poet

Stephan Chase
Captain
W
Walter Williams
Senator

Alun Armstrong
Gamesmaster

William Morgan Sheppard
Gracchus 1 episode, 1985

Cathy Murphy
First Girl

Harry Landis
Agabus
H
Harry Fielder
Supporting Artist (uncredited)
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