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The Bible

★ 7.5 13K votes 2013–2013 1 season · 10 episodes Ended History
Faith & religionBelief, doubt and religious institutions.This show: 10/10Real historyReal historical events and figures woven into the story.This show: 8/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 8/10Sprawling sagaA many-threaded epic that unfolds across seasons.This show: 7/10Event miniseriesPrestige limited television built as an event.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Keith DavidRobert PowellJake CanusoDiogo MorgadoDarwin ShawSebastian Knapp
Starring
Keith DavidRobert PowellJake CanusoDiogo MorgadoDarwin ShawSebastian Knapp
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Votes per Episode
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About

"Scripture's greatest hits, staged as spectacle"

This miniseries retells major stories from the Old and New Testaments in ten hour-long chapters, moving from Genesis and the Exodus through the life of Jesus and into Revelation. It plays like a big-budget History Channel event: sweeping desert vistas, dramatic reenactments, and a reverent, sermon-like tone rather than nuanced character study. Pacing is brisk since it compresses centuries into hours, favoring iconic moments over connective tissue. It works best as a visual companion to familiar scripture, carried by earnest performances and production polish rather than subtlety or surprise.

Watch it for

the ambitious scope of compressing the entire Bible into sweeping, cinematic reenactments.

Maybe skip if

you want psychological depth or subtlety rather than reverent, highlight-reel storytelling.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12013
7.64K107h 56m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1In the Beginning7.2
69142 min
▶2Exodus7.3
53948 min
▶3Homeland7.2
44348 min
▶4Kingdom7.4
42449 min
▶5Survival7.4
36346 min
▶6Hope7.7
36449 min
▶7Mission7.9
34547 min
▶8Betrayal8.1
34145 min
▶9Passion8.3
35055 min
▶10Courage7.9
33747 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Keith David Narrator
Robert Powell Narrator (UK)
Jake Canuso Undetermined Role, Daniel
Diogo Morgado Jesus
Darwin Shaw Peter
Sebastian Knapp John
Adrian Schiller Caiaphas
Paul Brightwell Malchus
Greg Hicks Pilate
Amber Rose Revah Mary Magdalene

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