The Second Coming

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British television series miniseries television drama

The Second Coming is a British television drama written by Russell T Davies that reimagines the return of Christ in contemporary Manchester through an ordinary man who discovers he is the Son of God.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British television series → miniseries → television drama →
broadcastOn	ITV1 →
characterPortrayedBy	Lesley Sharp →
countryOfBroadcast	United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
creator	Russell T Davies →
depicts	media reaction to a claimed messiah → public skepticism about miracles → return of Christ in modern times →
director	Adrian Shergold →
distributor	ITV Studios →
executiveProducer	Nicola Shindler →
filmingLocation	Manchester →
firstBroadcastYear	2003 →
format	two-part drama →
genre	drama → religious drama →
hasCharacter	Judy →
hasTitleLanguage	English →
mainCharacter	Steve Baxter →
numberOfEpisodes	2 →
numberOfSeries	1 →
originalChannel	ITV →
originalLanguage	English →
originalNetwork	ITV →
plotSummary	An ordinary man in Manchester discovers he is the Son of God and must trigger the Second Coming →
productionCompany	Red Production Company →
protagonistPortrayedBy	Christopher Eccleston →
runtimePerEpisode	approximately 72 minutes →
screenplayBy	Russell T Davies →
settingLocation	Manchester →
settingPeriod	contemporary era →
starring	Annabelle Apsion → Christopher Eccleston → Lesley Sharp → Mark Benton → Peter Armitage →
theme	apocalypse → faith → free will → messianic identity → religion →
writer	Russell T Davies →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Russell T Davies → Stephen Russell Davies →	notableWork