Jesus: The Complete Story

“A scientific analysis of one of the most remarkable lives in history.”

Documentary

Son of God is an award-winning British documentary series that chronicles the life of Jesus Christ using scientific and contemporary historical evidence. It was presented by Jeremy Bowen, and its first episode premiered in the United Kingdom on 1 April 2001. The executive producer was Ruth Pitt and it was directed by Jean-Claude Bragard—it took a total of 16 months to produce and cost GB£1.5 million. A full symphonic score was composed by James Whitbourn. Son of God featured interviews with 21 historians and other Biblical experts, live action reenactments of the life of Jesus with Leron Livo in the lead role, and computer-generated images of what locations from Jesus's time might have looked like. These images, created by design team Red Vision, were praised by critics and received an Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2001 Royal Television Society North Awards.

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Episodes & Seasons

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Miniseries

3 Episodes

EP 01

EP 1

01.The Real Man

50m

2001-04-01

01.The Real Man

50m

Aired 2001-04-01

The first episode, "The Real Man", looked at the historical evidence for the existence of Jesus, and documented his life from his birth to his temptation.

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EP 02

EP 2

02.Episode 2

50m

2001-04-08

02.Episode 2

50m

Aired 2001-04-08

Episode two, "The Mission", discussed how Jesus became popular among Jews and Greeks, and why the Pharisees of the area might have seen him as a threat.

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EP 03

EP 3

03.Episode 3

50m

2001-04-15

03.Episode 3

50m

Aired 2001-04-15

"The Final Hours", the third and final episode of Son of God, looked at Jesus's crucifixion, and presented some ideas as to how the traditional views of the crucifixion may conflict with how it really occurred. The episode concluded with the construction of a computer-generated animation of how Jesus may have appeared.

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