The Bible Receives High Praise from Viewers.

Friday 3rd, 15:36pm

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IMMEDIATE: Friday 3rd January 2014

The Bible Receives High Praise from Viewers.

Hundreds of emails and telephone calls pour into TV3 praising the impressive US mini-series ‘The Bible’, which aired exclusively on TV3 in Ireland over the festive period.

Produced by the Emmy Award winning husband and wife team, Mark Burnett and Irish born Roma Downey, The Bible explores the story of God's creation of the Earth and the landmark events leading up to the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

TV3 are already planning to show the epic drama series again next Christmas.

Since airing The Bible on Saturday 21st December and throughout the festive period, TV3 has been inundated with emails and phone calls of high praise from viewers who found the epic 5 part, 10-hour mini-series extremely impressive and entertaining.

TV3 received over one hundred emails from viewers around the country who were inspired to send their thanks after viewing the epic 5 part series which told the story of God's creation of the Earth and the landmark events leading up to the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

TV3 exclusively acquired the rights to air The Bible in Ireland after the series proved a massive hit in the US, with over 13 million viewers tuning in to watch the first episode. Narrated by BAFTA nominated actor Robert Powell (Jesus of Nazareth, Holby City, The Detectives) and featuring a musical score by the world renowned Grammy and Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer, the fact The Bible was a creation of Irish born actress and Emmy Award winning actress Roma Downey and her husband and partner Mark Burnett was another key selling point for TV3.

The entire series of The Bible reached over1 million individual viewerson TV3 but the stations Director of Content is confident the programme will attract a larger audience the next time it airs.

Jeff Ford, TV3 Group Director of Content, said: “The Bible is a hugely impressive production that hit home with a lot of people. It was really fantastic to get such great feedback from our viewers. I can’t remember the last time I saw so many emails to express how much a programme was enjoyed so it really was heart-warming and encouraging. TV3 will definitely show The Bible again, most likely next Christmas. It’s a wonderful series about a subject that really matters to people of all ages and it never dates. In fact, I think there’s great scope for it to do better second time around, particularly after the feedback it received.”

The Bibleaired on TV3 on the following dates over the Christmas period:

Saturday 21st December 2013 at 9pm

Sunday 22nd December 2013 at 9pm

Monday 23rd December 2013 at 9pm

Friday 27th December 2013 at 9pm

Saturday 28th December 2013 at 9pm

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Ciara Byrne

Press Officer

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