Testament: The Bible in Animation is a 1996 British animated series that was produced by and shown on Sianel 4 Cymru (S4C). It was also shown on the BBC. It featured animated versions of stories from the Bible, each story using its own unique style of animation, including stop-motion animation. It ran for one series of nine episodes in the United Kingdom and won one Emmy, with three nominations, in the United States. It includes the song "Adiemus" by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins as its intro.

The show was produced by Christmas Films and S4C, who also created the 1992–1994 series Shakespeare: The Animated Tales and the 2000 film The Miracle Maker, sharing many of the same voice talents and styles of animation.

Series overview

Episodes

Voice cast

Joss Ackland − Noah, Samuel John Alderton − Jonah Roger Allam - Chief Magus Adjoa Andoh − Ruth Oona Beeson − Ishmael Deborah Berlin − Isaac Patrick Brennan − Narrator, Lot, Japhet David Burke − God Simon Callow − Merneptah Anna Carteret − Miriam Terry Dauncey − Shaphat Alan Dobie − Saul Philip Franks − Daniel Hannah Gordon − Narrator Emma Gregory − Atarah Christopher Guard − Jonathan Helen Gwyn − Hagar Robert Hardy − Abraham Robert Harper − Young Joseph Simon Harris − Adam, Shem Ciarán Hinds − Satan (Lucifer) Steve Hodson − Nebuchadnezzar David Holt − Michael, Captain Kelly Hunter − Eve Gerald James − Jacob Martin Jarvis − Moses Siriol Jenkins − Orpah Iestyn Jones − Elisha Hakeem Kae-Kazim − Ham Polly Kemp − Michal Rob Lane − Reuben Jane Lapotaire − Sarah Tony Leader − Aaron, Rameses, Eliab Anton Lesser − Joseph Simon Ludders − Simeon Doreen Mantle − Naomi John McAndrew − Benjamin Colin McFarlane − God, Goliath Paul McGann − David T. P. McKenna − God Ian McNeice − Ahab Clive Merrison − Darius Bill Nighy − Belshazzar Richard O'Callaghan − Judah Carolyn Pickles − Narrator Christine Pritchard − Witch of Endor Sue Roderick − Naamah Ivor Roberts − Jethro Clive Russell − Boaz David Schofield − Elijah Bryn Terfel - Elijah (vocal soloist) Mark Straker − Angel Jonathan Tafler − Levi, Pharaoh Stephen Thorne − King of Nineveh, Governor Philip Voss − Potiphar Victoria Wicks − Jezebel

Broadcast UK history BBC2 (16 October 1996 – 11 December 1996, 6 January 1997 – 13 May 1997; repeated from 1998-2006 as part of BBC2's BBC Schools daytime strand also repeated occasionally as part of the BBC Learning Zone in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2006) S4C (11 October 1996 – 6 December 1996; in Welsh, as Testament: Y Beibl Wedi'i Animeiddio)

See also

List of Welsh television series

References

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