The Dovekeepers

The Dovekeepers is a two-part television adaptation based on the book of the same name by Alice Hoffman from executive producers Roma Downey and Mark Burnett. It features the Siege of Masada by troops of the Roman Empire towards the end of the First Jewish–Roman War. The program premiered in the United States on March 31, 2015 on CBS.

Plot
According to the official trailer, From the producers of The Bible, comes the story of a place called Masada, where three extraordinary women faced an army of thousands. A healer accused of witchcraft. An outcast haunted by her past. A woman with the heart of a warrior.

The trailer featured the tagline, "Their journey. Their passion. It all leads up to this. Take a stand."

Main cast

 * Cote de Pablo as Shirah
 * Rachel Brosnahan as Yael
 * Kathryn Prescott as Aziza
 * Diego Boneta as Amram
 * Sam Neill as Flavius Josephus
 * Mido Hamada as Eleazar ben Ya'ir
 * Sam Hazeldine as Flavius Silva
 * Jonas Armstrong as Yoav
 * Luke Roberts as Jachim Ben Simon
 * Fiona O'Shaughnessy as Channa
 * Andrei Claude as Sa' Adollos
 * Kenneth Spiteri as Claudius
 * Diarmaid Murtagh as Wynn
 * Manuel Cauchi as Josef Bar Elhanan
 * Andre Agius as Adir
 * Marama Corlett as Sia

Reception
The adaptation garnered negative reviews: Keith Uhlich of The Hollywood Reporter writes "True to its title, this romantic-historical miniseries is more fowl than fair. CBS' two-part adaptation of Alice Hoffman's best-selling novel is a cheap, chintzy adventure." while Brian Lowry of Variety writes "Designed to play as a moving adaptation of Alice Hoffman's bestseller, The Dovekeepers is more of a wounded duck."