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- ↑ Freeman, Charles. (2012). "The Shroud of Turin and the Image of Edessa: A Misguided Journey" Archived 9 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine . Free Inquiry.
- ↑ "Jesus: The Evidence[15/04/84] (1984)". BFI. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ↑ Ian Wilson, Jesus: The Evidence (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1984). ISBN 0-297-78325-4. The TV series was directed and produced by David W. Rolfe and narrated by Jeremy Kemp.
- ↑ Wallis, Richard (27 January 2016). "Channel 4 and the declining influence of organized religion on UK television. The case of Jesus: The Evidence" (PDF). Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 36 (4): 668–688. doi: 10.1080/01439685.2015.1132821 . ISSN 0143-9685.
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