The greatest story ever retold – again

The passion BBC1, 8pm Gavin and Stacey BBC3, 9pm MOUNTED on horseback, attempting to look imperious in the role of Roman military ruler Pontius Pilate, James Nesbitt initially failed to convince as The Passion's big-name star. The centurion's breastplate and upturned-sweeping-brush war-helmet were fooling no-one. You couldn't help but see Nesbitt as Cold Feet's lovably-roguish-but-mildly-tormented Adam, or expect him to pull a crazy stunt or two as the hapless chancer in the Yellow Pages ads.