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A.D. Ep 8 The Road to Damascus

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A.D. – The Bible Continues Ep. 8 “The Road to Damascus”

In Pilate’s Palace in Jerusalem the presence of Caligula (Andrew Gower) and his Jewish friend Agrippa (Michael Peluso) causes unrest for all members of the household, servants and masters alike. After another insult, Pilate (Vincent Regan) decides to confront Caligula about his behaviour but hesitates in the last minute to execute his plan.

Jesus’ disciples are still hiding in Jerusalem fearing for their lives, when they receive word that Philip (Joe Dixon) needs their help in Samaria. Saul Saul (Emmett J. Scanlan) is on his way to Damascus when he is faced with a life altering vision of Jesus Christ. Blinded and a changed man, he is later visited by the Christian Ananias (Nicholas Sidi), who heals and baptizes him.

Back in the palace, Pilate and his wife Claudia (Joanne Whalley) are looking forward to their new life in Rome, which is promised to them by Emperor Tiberius (Kenneth Cranham), when news reaches them that Tiberius has passed away “peacefully in his sleep”. His successor Caligula returns to Jerusalem to demonstrate his newly gained power.

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A.D. Ep 7 The Visit

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A.D. – The Bible Continues Ep. 7 “The Visit”

Biblical drama A.D. – The Bible Continues is a sequel to the NBC hit TV show The Bible by producers Roma Downey and Mark Burnett. It picks up immediately after the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ and shows the impact his death had on his disciples as well as the religious and political leaders of the time.

Jewish persecutor Saul (Emmett J. Scanlan) is targeting Peter (Adam Levy), a former fisherman from Bethsaida and one of the followers of the recently executed Jesus. Fearing for his life, Philip (Joe Dixon) has fled Jerusalem. After watching “Simon the Sorcerer” (Stephen Walters) perform a “miracle” in a market, he decides to show the people of Samaria the true power of God.

The imminent visit of Roman Emperor Tiberius (Kenneth Cranham) threatens Pilate’s (Vincent Regan) position as Governor of Jerusalem. Tiberius is accompanied by his “debauched and dangerous” nephew Caligula (Andrew Gower), who on a nightly stroll through the city reveals his quick temper and violent nature.

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The Village 2×06

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The Village 2×06

John Middleton (John Simm) has woken from his coma but is unable to speak. His wife Grace (Maxine Peake) is worried about what he will say and how much he might remember from the accident. Martha (Charlie Murphy) moves back in with her father Reverend Lane (Scott Handy) and is surprised to find Nurse Joy Dangerfield (Juliet Aubrey) living there.

Lady Allingham’s (Juliet Stevenson) world is falling apart: with one of her sons being gay, the other one about to be divorced, she fears she’ll never have an heir. Her daughter Caro (Emily Beecham) reminds her that she already has one: the illegitimate boy Caro had after a brief encounter with Bert Middleton’s older brother Joe (Nico Mirallegro) and who had been given up for adoption without her consent.

Bill Gibby (Derek Riddell), who is now the leader of the city council of Sheffield, is back in the village with plans for a reservoir which could supply Sheffield with clean water but would involve flooding the village. When Grace hears about the plan, she vows to stop it in a passionate speech with the other villagers, including Gilbert (Andrew Gower) and Agnes Hankin (Chloe Harris) applauding her.

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The Village 2×05

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The Village 2×05

As John Middleton (John Simm) lies in a coma with severe head trauma, rumours are spreading about the true nature of the relationship between his wife Grace (Maxine Peake) and Labour politician Bill Gibby (Derek Riddell). Two hectoring policemen arrive in the village and start investigating the mass trespass. Their main suspects are Bert Middleton (Tom Varey), Gerrard Eyre (Matt Stokoe) and Gilbert Hankin (Andrew Gower).

George Allingham (Augustus Prew), a principled journalist, is pressured by his family to alter the report of events in their favour. His world is further unsettled when his wife Martha (Charlie Murphy) tells him that she wants to leave him for Gerrard Eyre. A divorce is out of the question for the Allingham family who fear possible damage to Edmund’s (Rupert Evans) political career.

Gerrard and Bert are arrested and put on trial for rioting while Gilbert, whose father is also the village’s magistrate, is no longer a suspect. Key witness of the prosecution is George Allingham, a war hero, on whose words the verdict will be rendered. It is up to him to decide whether to support his family’s interest or follow his conscience.

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The Village 2×04

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The Village 2×04

The year is 1924, and the big day has come for two couples: Gilbert Hankin (Andrew Gower) is marrying his Agnes (Chloe Harris) and becomes a stepfather to her baby daughter only days before the Big House wedding between Edmund Allingham (Rupert Evans) and Harriet Kilmartin (Lucy Brown). Will Gilbert’s friend Bert Middleton (Tom Varey) and Phoebe (Phoebe Dynevor) be next?

When a postcard by Ghana Jones (Daniel Ezra) reaches Bert, he questions his prospects on his family’s dairy farm and decides to leave the village, Phoebe and his family to join the boxer in London. Martha (Charlie Murphy) feels similarly trapped in her marriage to the shell-shocked George Allingham (Augustus Prew) and starts an affair with fellow teacher Gerrard Eyre (Matt Stokoe).

Former Labour MP Bill Gibby (Derek Riddell) returns to the village much to Grace Middleton’s (Maxine Peake) delight and just in time to join a peaceful march organized by Minister Robin Lane (Scott Handy). They are protesting against the Allinghams who are fencing off their land and denying the villagers their traditional routes. The peaceful march quickly turns violent and shots are being fired.

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The Village 2×03

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The Village 2×03

A pregnant Agnes (Chloe Harris) is desperate after losing her job at Hankin’s boot factory but finds support in Grace Middleton (Maxine Peake). Together with Labour candidate Billy Gibby (Derek Riddell), she tries to persuade Gilbert Hankin (Andrew Gower) to reinstate Agnes in her job. He is forced to decline, but has an even better idea when his stepmother Norma (Ainsley Howard) complains about her increased workload at home.

Things are improving for the Middletons when father John (John Simm) is finally able to sell their milk at the Hankins’ shop after the herd on their rivalling neighbour’s farm is stricken with disease. This, however, puts an end to Bert’s (Tom Varey) regular runs to the train station, which forces him to make a decision regarding the station master’s daughter Phoebe (Phoebe Dynevor).

Lord Kilmartin’s (Julian Sand) daughter Harriet (Lucy Brown) is on a visit at the Allinghams and Lady Allingham (Juliet Stevenson) hopes the young woman will make a suitable bride for her (gay) son Edmund (Rupert Evans). The lively Harriet is interested in the match – but for surprising reasons. On polling day, Bill Gibby wins Edmund Allingham’s seat in Parliament for the Labour party.

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The Village 2×02

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The Village 2×02

Arnold Hankin (Anthony Flanagan) surprises his wife Norma (Ainsley Howard) with his latest idea: he wants to open a dance hall. He leaves the business of the boot factory to his son Gilbert (Andrew Gower), who is secretly in love with the factory worker Agnes (Chloe Harris). When he tries to do Agnes a favour, things take a turn for the worse, and he is forced to fire Agnes but vows to make her life better.

Nurse Joy Dangerfield (Juliet Aubrey) comes to the village to teach the family planning methods of Marie Stopes. Her first patient is Agnes, who is pregnant by her abusive lover Bairstow (Joe Armstrong). Norma also consults Nurse Dangerfield in hopes that her advice will help spike things up in the Hankins’ marital bed and result in a baby of her own.

While John Middleton (John Simm) struggles to keep his dairy business going without a barn, his wife Grace (Maxine Peake) is drawn to Labour candidate Bill Gibby (Derek Riddell) and goes on a bicycle ride with him. Even though he knows about the affair, a shy Gilbert asks Agnes to go to the dance hall opening with him, and a determined Phoebe (Phoebe Dynevor) invites Bert Middleton (Tom Varey).

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The Village 2×01

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The Village 2×01

It’s the year 1923 in the village and the Middletons are barely making ends meet with their dairy farm while the Allinghams are hosting a house party for the arrogant and eccentric Lord Kilmartin (Julian Sand), who they hope will assist Edmund Allingham’s (Rupert Evans) political progress. Part of the entertainment is the traditional “Hare & Hound Race” with Bert Middleton (Tom Varey) volunteering as the runner.

With the help of his former teacher Gerrard Eyre (Matt Stokoe) and villager Margaret Boden (Annabelle Apsion), he manages to avoid capture and celebrates the victory with his friend Gilbert Hankin (Andrew Gower) and the rest of the village in the pub where they reminisce about the past. However, Lord Kilmartin accuses Bert of cheating and refuses to pay the prize money.

At a boxing competition, Edmund’s opening words are upstaged by the passionate speech of Labour candidate Bill Gibby (Derek Riddell). Determined to win enough money to leave the village and start a new life elsewhere, Bert enters the ring with black boxer Ghana Jones (Daniel Ezra) but loses. Bert’s mother Grace (Maxine Peake) finally decides to make a stand for her son and shames Edmund into paying Bert his money.

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Endeavour 2×04 Neverland

Oxford police have their hands full in the S2 finale of British detective series Endeavour (a prequel series to the long-running Inspector Morse) as they need to deal with several cases at once: young Tommy Cork (Louis Ashbourne Serkis) has run away from home and journalist Eric Patterson is found dead by a railway track.

While on the look-out for the young boy, DC Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans) also discovers the body of prison escapee George Aldrige, a former resident of Blenheim Valley, a residential home for wayward boys. The home closed years ago and its site is now being redeveloped for the new police HQ.

Morse’s investigation of this seeminly unlinked cases eventually leads him to Nicholas Myers (Andrew Gower), a junior clerk in a solicitor’s office, and he uncovers a deep mud of horrifying secrets and police corruption, that not only threatens his own life and freedom, but also that of veteran Detective Inspector Fred Thursday (Roger Allam).

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Murdoch Mysteries 7×04 The Return of Sherlock Holmes

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Murdoch Mysteries 7×04 The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) is called to a crime scene at the Queen’s Hotel where a man has been found dead. Upon arriving he is surprised to see a familiar face is already investigating the case: David Kingsley (Andrew Gower), who after a tragic event in his childhood believes himself to be the Great Detective Sherlock Holmes, informs Murdoch the deceased man is Wallace Burns from Scotland.

Murdoch also learns that since their last encounter, Sherlock Holmes has started his own consulting detective agency in Toronto and was hired to find a missing red-haired woman named Nora Webb (Emily Klassen). Sherlock deduces that Wallace Burns is his anonymous client and that his death was not an accident. He then leaves to find Ms Webb, who is frequently seen at Allan Gardens.

His investigations lead Sherlock Holmes to the McQueen family, where Ms Webb is employed as a nanny for their young son Ben (Christian Distefano) but has failed to return to work after her half day off. Young Ben believes something untoward has happened to his nanny, which is why he was the one to hire Sherlock Holmes, his hero from the books his Scottish godfather, the murdered Wallace Burns, has sent him.

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