The Second Coming

The Second Coming is a two-part British television drama first screened on ITV in the UK in February 2003. Hailed by some as one of the most thought-provoking dramas to be screened on a mainstream British television channel for several years, it concerns the realisation of Steve Baxter (played by Christopher Eccleston) that he is in fact the Son of God, and has just a few days to find the human race's Third Testament and thus avert the Apocalypse. It was written by award-winning dramatist Russell T Davies, and produced by the independent Red Production Company. The programme was originally commissioned as four one-hour episodes by Channel 4 in 1999; however, when new executives took over running the drama department at that channel, they decided not to pursue the project. Davies and Red's founder Nicola Shindler took the project to the BBC, who quickly turned it down; so, against all expectations, it found a home on ITV, a channel that had gained a reputation for producing mainstream... full article at wikipedia