Testament - 1988 - 8/10
Outstanding seven part biblical series hosted by John Romer.
Archaeologist, scholar, historian, Egyptologist, and serious Bible reader, Mr Romer wanders from Mesopotamia and Egypt, trailing Abraham.
Episodes show the gradual coalescence of Israel, the formation of the state, then the writing of the history - which became the Old Testament.
From there the splinter group of Christians, the spread and rise of the faith.
Romer is infectious, his love of the history and the land is apparent.
Most of the photography hails from digs across the holy land.