Christmas Tales Angels Part Three

DOCUMENTARY: Christmas Tales (2009) Angels. Episode 3. Threepart series in which Fiona Phillips examines the phenomenon of festive icons. In this programme, she delves into the history of angels, including the most famous of them all the Archangel Gabriel. Although the Bible has no visual descriptions of Gabriel, he has a starring role in every school nativity, and has been portrayed by many artists down the centuries. Fiona also reveals how angels were not just the pre