A.D.

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.

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