HISTORY preps Jesus: His Life for Easter season
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Michelle Clancy
| 19 January 2019

The HISTORY cable net is prepping an eight-part US TV event: Jesus: His Life, which explores the story of Christ through the lens of the people in his life who were closest to him.

Each of the eight chapters is told from the perspective of different biblical figures, all of whom played a pivotal role in Jesus’ life. These include Joseph, John the Baptist, Mary Mother of Jesus, Caiaphas, Judas Iscariot, Pontius Pilate, Mary Magdalene and Peter.

Each figure takes a turn guiding viewers through the emotional and epic story of the most famous man in history, through his birth, death and resurrection, all conveyed through a combination of scripted drama and interviews with prominent religious and historical experts.

With interviews with Biblical scholars, historians, faith leaders and theologians, the series weaves together the canonical Gospels, historical sources and cultural context to create a complete portrait of Jesus as man and Messiah. The series reveals his journey through a complex world of kings, politicians, reformers and soldiers in a turbulent power struggle during a time of revolutionary change.
The series premieres two episodes back-to-back weekly beginning on Monday, 25 March, with the finale airing just before Easter.

A+E Networks holds exclusive worldwide distribution rights for the series, which is produced by Nutopia.

“Jesus: His Life brings together some of the world’s top scholars, historians and faith leaders from diverse ideological and theological perspectives to tell the story of Jesus in a new way,” said Mary Donahue, SVP, Programming and Development, HISTORY. “Viewers will see and experience the life of Jesus as never before, through this powerful and thought-provoking portrait of a man who is one of the most influential people in human history.”