The Coming of the Cross (1975)

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • King Penda

      Leo McKern

    • King Oswy

      Robert Hardy

    • The General

      Eric Lander

    • Penda's father

      Esmond Knight

    • Benet

      Edward Wilson

    • Cuthbert

      Jim Norton

    • The Confessor

      Denys Hawthorne

    • The Abbot

      Michael Nightingale

    • Edwin

      Robert East

    • Edwin's thegn

      John Golightly

    • Paulinus

      Alex Scott

    • Aidan

      Oliver Maguire

    • young Cuthbert

      Alan Cunningham

    • young Bede

      Luke Batchelor

    • boatman

      Philip Jackson

    • Saxon priest

      Harry Webster

    • Penda's thegn

      David Robb

    • interpreter

      George Romanov

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Director

      Alan Gibson

    Production:

    • Production Company

      BBC

    • Programme devised by

      Brian Rawlinson

    • Programme devised by

      Gerald Savory

    • Producer

      Gerald Savory

    Writing:

    • Script Editor

      Brian Rawlinson

    • Script

      David Rudkin

    • Based on passages by

      Winston Churchill

    Design:

    • Designer

      John Pusey

    Make-up:

    • Make-up

      Sandra Shepherd

    Music:

    • Music

      Malcolm Williamson

    Sound:

    • Sound

      Brian Hiles