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The Second Coming(TV show/series, 2003)

1h 10min per episode | Genre: Drama

Mini series in 1 season with 2 episodes

The Second ComingRating: 3.3/5 (with 11 votes)
The Second Coming is a two-part British television drama first screened on ITV in the United Kingdom in February 2003. It concerns the realisation of humble video store worker Steve Baxter (played by Christopher Eccleston) that he is in fact the Son of God, and has just a few days to find the human race's Third Testament and thus avert the Apocalypse. It was written by Russell T Davies (later head writer of the 2005 series of Doctor Who), and produced by the independent Red Production Company. The programme was originally commissioned as four one-hour episodes by Channel 4 in 1999; however, when new executives took over running the drama department at that channel, they decided not to pursue the project. Davies and Red's founder Nicola Shindler took the project to the BBC, who quickly turned it down; it found a home on ITV, a channel that had gained a reputation for producing mainstream, unchallenging, "middle-of-the-road" drama in recent years. Screened over two successive evenings in prime time on Sunday and Monday, 9–10 February 2003, The Second Coming gained viewing figures of over six million. Davies, who is an atheist, has said his intention was to provoke debate and get p... ()
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About The Second Coming

Video store clerk Steve Baxter realises that he is in fact the Son of God. He has just a few days to find the human race's Third Testament and thus avert the Apocalypse.

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The Second Coming Seasons and Episodes

02/08/2003Miniseries - 2 episodes
#1 | 02/09/2003Part One
Stephen Baxter is an easygoing, larger drinking, working class video-store assistant born and bred in Manchester, Northern England. The same Stephen Baxter also claims to be the Son of God returned to the mortality he departed some two thousand years earlier, to once more deliver a profoundly important message unto Humankind.
#2 | 02/10/2003Part Two
Steven Baxter is the Son of God, and can produce the miracles to prove it. How does the world react when he announces it has to produce a Third Testament within five days, or else it's Judgment Day?

Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Plays in: Manchester
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 1 language: English (EN)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 02/09/2003
Last episode released on: 02/10/2003

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:8646, Added: 05/12/2018, Last updated: 03/28/2024