a story exploring the political social and historical collusions that led to crucifixion of jesus christ killing jesus will premiere on the small screen on good friday which marks the crucifixion on april 3 the threehour documentary which combines cinematography with intimate storytelling will be brought to television by national geographic channel the documentary produced by scott free productions and based on the new york times bestselling book by bill oreilly and martin dugard will dive inside the historical story of how a man whose messages and preaching led to his persecution and execution by a group of conspirators who saw him as a threat to their power by showing the film the channel plans to put familiar biblical characters under a new lens to give them layers of meaning actors like kelsey grammer stephen moyer and haaz sleiman feature in the documentaryfor latest hollywood updates follow us on twitter toientertainfor the latest in hollywood news like us on facebook toientertainwatch kelsey grammer on david letterman show