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A television mini series telling the epic tale about friendship and betrayal, set in Rome and Judea in the 1st Century AD, with Joseph Morgan as Ben Hur and Stephen Campbell Moore as Messalla. Adapted by Alan Sharp from the novel by General Lew Wallace and directed by Steve Shill (Rome, The Tudors, Obsessed), the series also stars Emily van Kamp, James Faulkner, Ray Winstone, Art Malik, Alex Kingston and Kristen Kreuk. Hugh plays Pontius Pilate.

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