Two Irish actors have been cast in the BBC's new series about The Nativity.
John Lynch will play Gabriel and Ruth Negga will play Leah opposite Andrew Buchan (Joseph), Tatiana Maslany (Mary) and Peter Capaldi (Balthasar) in what the BBC describes as "a magical re-telling of the classic Nativity story".
The series has been written by Tony Jordan ('Life on Mars', 'Hustle' and 'EastEnders') and will begin shooting in Morocco next month.
Commenting on the four-part series, Jordan said: "The challenge for me was to retell a story that has been told countless times before, a story that everyone knows intimately, yet to do so in a way that will still surprise and move you, to see parts of the story you'd never seen before.
"I really think that we've achieved that and I'm incredibly proud to have been asked by the BBC to be involved in such a wonderful project."
