'The Miracle Maker'
(BBC 1, 2 to 3.30pm)
This animated film for children and adults uses an all-star cast to tell the story of Jesus Christ for Easter. Ralph Fiennes is Jesus, Richard E Grant is John the Baptist, Miranda Richardson is Mary Magdalene and Ian Holm Pontius Pilate. The film took Welsh and Russian animators four years to make.
14 April
'Archive Hour - Children's Hour'
(BBC Radio 4, 8.02 to 9pm)
Children's author and Monty Python comedian Terry Jones presents this celebration of English-language children's radio programmes from the late 1920s to the present, with archive excepts. It ranges from the theme to the 1930s Australian show 'Bobby Bluegum' and New Zealand's 'Uncle's Goodnight to the Little Folk' to the American programme 'Let's Pretend' and current programmes such as 'Kinetic Supercrew' which has around two million listeners every week.
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