Preston Passion

The Preston Passion play on Good Friday was shown live on BBC from Preston Bus Station.  Yes this sounds unromantic yet Preston Bus Station is a huge structure of unique style well suited to such a performance.

The performance used scenes of Preston and Lancashire, and local people played a major role.  Fern Britton hosted and Jamelia sang the finale.

The story was based on three stories including the cotton workers riots of 1842, a mother sending her son to war in 1916 and a young girl in difficulty in 2012.  Over 1 million are estimated to have watched the live performance on TV, although we watched it on iPlayer.

 

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