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ITV1 | Season Premiere Date: February 9, 2003

Starring: Peter Armitage, Christopher Eccleston, Lesley Sharp

Summary: Steven Baxter of Yorkshire is the Second Coming of Jesus Christ who proves himself by performing a miracle at the Manchester City football ground. The apocalypse is coming unless a Third Testament to the Bible is produced. Can humankind be saved?

Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series

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S1:E2. The Second Coming - Part 2
Air Date: February 10, 2003
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S1:E1. The Second Coming - Part One
Air Date: February 9, 2003

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cherold

Jan 14, 2018

I recently learned that the guy who rebooted Doctor Who (Russel T. Davies) and the guy who was the best Doctor Who (Christopher Eccleston) had, before Doctor Who made a miniseries in which a guy claims he's the second coming of Jesus Christ. I was excited to hear that, tracked it down, andI recently learned that the guy who rebooted Doctor Who (Russel T. Davies) and the guy who was the best Doctor Who (Christopher Eccleston) had, before Doctor Who made a miniseries in which a guy claims he's the second coming of Jesus Christ. I was excited to hear that, tracked it down, and ... barely made it through the first half.

It's actually pretty boring. There's some very good acting from Eccleston, Lesley Sharp as a friend, and Mark Benton as a creepy personals date, but the series is incredibly talky and slow moving. It's a very sincere attempt to consider what would happen if Jesus made a reappearance, but not a very entertaining one.

Yet the reviews were very favorable. I have a theory that there is something in people that simply adds extra significance to anything that features God or the Devil, which is my only explanation for a sappy movie like Song of Bernadette getting an Oscar nomination for best picture or the slow-moving The Exorcist becoming a huge commercial hit.

I am an atheist who doesn't find God and the Devil inherently interesting. There are movies that use Christian folklore that I really like, such as Bedazzled or Come to the Stable, but I don't have the visceral reaction to religion that others seem to have.

Eccleston is a great actor. Davies is a great screenwriter. But this did nothing for me.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: February 9, 2003
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  S1:E2. The Second Coming - Part 2
  Air Date: February 10, 2003
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  S1:E1. The Second Coming - Part One
  Air Date: February 9, 2003