AD/BC: A Rock Opera

"AD/BC redirects here. For AD (Anno Domini) or BC (Before Christ) as dates see Anno Domini."infobox television
show_name = AD/BC: A Rock Opera


caption = AD/BC: A Rock Opera logo
rating =
format = Rock Opera
Comedy
Spoof
picture_format =
runtime = 30 minutes
creator =
director = Richard Ayoade
writer = Richard Ayoade
Matt Berry
producer = Baby Cow Productions
starring = Matt Berry
Julian Barratt
Richard Ayoade
country = UK
network = BBC Three
first_aired = 21 December 2004
last_aired =
num_episodes = 1
website =
imdb_id = 0440004
tv_com_id =

"AD/BC" is a rock opera with music by Matt Berry and lyrics by Matt Berry and Richard Ayoade. It aired on BBC Three in 2004.

ummary

The Opera is a pastiche on the original rock operas of the early seventies such as Jesus Christ Superstar. Tim Wynde (Matt Berry) introduces his creation AD/BC as a new telling "told in rock" of the birth of Christ. This time however the story is told from the point of view of the Innkeeper.

It was produced by Steve Coogan's production company Baby Cow and features friends and colleagues of the writers including The Mighty Boosh's Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt, Julia Davis, Rich Fulcher, Matt Lucas, as well as Berry and Ayoade themselves. It was shown only once on the BBC, and was finally released on DVD in the UK on 19 November 2007.

Cast

*Innkeeper/Tim Wynde — Matt Berry
*Tony Iscariot — Julian Barratt
*Joseph — Richard Ayoade
*God — Matt Lucas
*Ruth — Julia Davis
*Shepherd — Noel Fielding
*Shepherd — Karl Theobald
*Shepherd — Tom Hillenbrand
*Wise Man — Lucy Montgomery
*Wise Man — Lydia Fox
*Wise Man — Sophie Winkleman
*Townsfolk — Graham Linehan

External links

*imdb title|0440004