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.

Susan Sarandon

(Livilla)

Ben Vereen

(Ethiopian)

Tony Vogel

(Aquila)

Vincent Riotta

(Stephanus)

Rebecca Saire

(Ruth)

Tom Durham

(Kleopas)

Anthony Pedley

(Zachäus)

Harold Kasket

(Kaiphas)

Ralph Arliss

(Samuel)

Mike Gwilym

(Pallas)

Davyd Harries

(Thomas)

Norma Martinelli

(Apicata)

Bruce Winant

(Seth)

Damien Thomas

(Herod Agrippa)

Scott Hoxby

(Agrippa II)

Angela Morant

(Priscilla)

Clive Arrindell

(Cassius)

Paul Freeman

(Cornelius)

Andrea Prodan

(Brittanicus)

Akosua Busia

(Acte)

Vernon Dobtcheff

(Flavius Sabinus)

Gerrard McArthur

(Lukas)

Jane How

(Poppaea)

Jonathan Tafler

(Aaron)

Barrie Houghton

(Ananias)

Maggie Wickman

(Apicata)

Alan Downer

(Barnabas)

Martin Potter

(Gaius Calpurnius Piso)

Colin Haigh

(Jakobus)

Renato Scarpa

(Lucius Marinus)

Roderick Horn

(Marcellus)

John Wheatley

(Markus)

David Sumner

(Matthias)

Stephen Finlay

(Nicanor)

Katia Dandoulaki

(Octavia)

Eddie Grossman

(Parmenas)

John Steiner

(Simon der Magier)

Robert Wentz

(Thrasyllus)

Philip Anthony

(Jakobus der Ältere)

Peter Howell

(Atticus)

Nicholas Ball

(Römischer Offizier)

David Brandon

(Petronius)

Chris Humphreys

(Caleb)

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)

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)