The Story Keepers

Introducing Ben and the children and their new friend Cyrus, a street juggler they meet in the street, this episode sees Cyrus and some of the Christian friends of Ben arrested, thrown into prison beneath the Circus Maximus to face the huge gladiator Giganticus only to be rescued in the nick of time by Ben and his young charges. The stories of the feeding of the 5,000, Zacchaeus, and the raising o

Zakkai, the courageous impetuous young Zealot, offers to take a written story across the city via the aqueducts to a group of underground Christians. He is captured by Nero’s men and brought before the Emperor. Ben and his friends rescue Zak just in time. Stories: Baptism of Jesus, stilling of the storm, and the cure of the madman in the hills.

Ben and his team help Christians escape a fire set by Nero’s guards. Featured stories: the Ten Lepers, Blind Bartimaeus, and Jesus and the children.

An escaping Christian slave leads Ben and the children to a Roman slave ship. After adventures on the high seas, they rescue and release the slaves. Stories include the Pharisee and the tax collector, the paralytic, and the two men who built houses.