▁world ▁religion . ▁And ▁that ' s ▁a ▁good ▁thing , ▁I ▁think ." ▁However , ▁another ▁article ▁in ▁the ▁paper , ▁discuss ing ▁UK ▁television ▁over ▁E aster ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁called ▁it ▁" a ▁dram at isation ▁so ▁conventional ▁and ▁rever ent ▁that ▁the ▁only ▁h arr umph ing ▁angle ▁the ▁papers ▁have ▁been ▁able ▁to ▁find ▁has ▁been ▁the ▁position ▁of ▁the ▁hands ▁on ▁the ▁cru c if ix ". ▁The ▁Independ ents ▁Thomas ▁S ut cl iffe ▁commented ▁that ▁" only ▁the ▁most ▁ze al ously ▁dog m atic ▁Christian ▁could ▁comp lain ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁irre ver ent ", ▁The ▁Daily ▁Te legraph s ▁James ▁Wal ton ' s ▁review ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁episode ▁pra ised ▁the ▁human ising ▁of ▁Pil ate ▁and ▁Ca ia phas , ▁and ▁felt ▁M aw le ' s ▁dep iction ▁of ▁Jesus , ▁despite ▁not ▁having ▁the ▁same ▁" sp ell - binding ▁effect ▁as ▁Robert ▁Pow ell ▁did ▁in ▁Jesus ▁of ▁Naz are th ", ▁never theless ▁was ▁" more ▁appeal ingly ▁human ". ▁Andrew ▁Bill en ▁of ▁The ▁Times ▁pra ised ▁" some ▁nice ▁touch es ", ▁but ▁was ▁overall ▁more ▁critical , ▁calling ▁M aw le ' s ▁port ray al ▁of ▁Jesus ▁too ▁" me ek , ▁m ild ▁and ▁hang dog ". ▁ ▁Stephen ▁Green , ▁from ▁Christian ▁Vo ice , ▁vo iced ▁dis qu iet ▁over ▁the ▁series ▁giving ▁sympath etic ▁port ray als ▁to ▁Ca ia phas ▁and ▁Pil ate , ▁though