AD/BC: A Rock Opera (2004 Ayoade / Berry), TV production, video recording (opera)
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AD/BC: A Rock Opera (2004) is a TV production & video recording (sound, color, 30m), written and directed by Richard Ayoade. Music by Matt Berry.
Abstract
"An all-singing, all-dancing, star-spangled musical leap around the biblical story of the Nativity, set in 1972. With a comic twist, this familiar story is brought to life through the eyes of the innkeeper. Despairing after a bad year, he contemplates suicide but his attempt is stalled by a voice from above who points out that King Herod is coming to town" (IMDB).
Production
Produced and aired in the United Kingdom on BBC Three (21 December 2004). Released on DVD in the UK on 19 November 2007.