TV series · 1985
A.D.
First aired 31 March 1985 Drama TMDB ↗
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.
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Tony Vogel
as Aquila
Damien Thomas
as Herod Agrippa
Susan Sarandon
as Livilla
Vincent Riotta
as Stephanus
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John Houseman
as Gamaliel
Howard Goorney
as Timon
Harold Kasket
as Kaiphas
David Hedison
as Porcius Festus
David Sumner
as Matthias
Mary Peach
as Peasant (uncredited)
Mary Peach
as Corinna's Mother
Peter Blythe
as Proculus (uncredited)
Davyd Harries
as Thomas
John Steiner
as Simon der Magier
Angela Morant
as Priscilla
Ian McShane
as Sejanus
Martin Potter
as Gaius Calpurnius Piso
Nicholas Ball
as Römischer Offizier
Ben Vereen
as Ethiopian
Anthony Andrews
as Nero
Ralph Arliss
as Samuel
David Rintoul
as Linus (uncredited)
David Rintoul
as Linus
Katia Dandoulaki
as Octavia
Peter-Hugo Daly
as Roman Soldier
Peter-Hugo Daly
as First Soldier
Peter-Hugo Daly
as First Companion
Scott Hoxby
as Agrippa II
Bruce Winant
as Seth
Neil Dickson
as Valerius
Andrea Prodan
as Brittanicus
Rebecca Saire
as Ruth
Akosua Busia
as Acte
Cathy Murphy
as First Girl
Gary Brown
as Philip the Greek (uncredited)
Ned Vukovic
as Triumvir
Ned Vukovic
as Triumvir (uncredited)
Norma Martinelli
as Apicata
Anthony Pedley
as Zachäus
John Wheatley
as Markus
Chris Humphreys
as Caleb
Robert Wentz
as Thrasyllus
Tom Durham
as Kleopas
Gerrard McArthur
as Lukas
Mike Gwilym
as Pallas