The Messenger (1955b)

UK, 17 March
broadcast live, black and white, 4:3
mono, English

A British religious television fantasy. This was the second of two live broadcasts.

Plot Summary

The childhoods of Jesus Christ and John the Baptist.

Credits

Crew
BBC
Production by: Joy Harington
Written by: Joy Harington
Designed by: Eileen Diss

Cast
James Raglan (Zacharias)
Jean Anderson (Elizabeth)
John Levitt (John)
Rosalie Crutchley (Mary)
Jonathan Swift (the boy Jesus)
Jefferson Clifford (elder of the temple)
Alaric Cotter (boy)
Clement Hamelin (lame beggar)