Testament: The Bible in Animation

Testament: The Bible in Animation was a 1996 animated series produced by Sianel 4 Cymru (Welsh). 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 two seasons in the United Kingdom and won one Emmy, with three nominations, in the United States. It also includes the song "Adiemus" as its intro.

It shares several similarities with Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, sharing many of the same voice talents and styles of animation.

List of episodes

• Moses
  • Simon Callow: Merneptah
  • Anna Carteret: Miriam
  • Martin Jarvis (*): Moses/God
  • Tony Leader (*): Aaron/Rameses
  • Hywel Nelson (*): Child
  • Dillwyn Owen (*): Hebrew Elder/Worker
  • Ivor Roberts (*): Jethro
  • Ian Saynor: Soldier/High Priest

• Ruth
  • Adjoa Andoh: Ruth
  • Patrick Brennan (*): The Narrator
  • Garard Green: Elderly Relative/Steward
  • Simon Harris: Foreman
  • Siriol Jenkins: Orpah
  • Doreen Mantle: Naomi
  • Clive Russell: Boaz

• Jonah
  • John Alderton: Jonah/God
  • Patrick Brennan (*): The Narrator
  • Charles Dale: Sailor
  • Tessa Gearing: Woman
  • Alan Grice: Ninevite
  • Phil Rowlands: Captain
  • Bill Stuart: Ninevite
  • Stephen Thorne (*): King of Ninevah

• Elijah
  • Terry Dauncey: Shaphat
  • Hannah Gordon: Narrator / The Word
  • Julie Higginson: Widow
  • Iestyn Jones: Elisha
  • Colin McFarlane (*): God
  • Ian McNeice: Ahab
  • Geraint Owen: The Word
  • David Schofield: Elijah
  • Bryn Terfel: Elijah (singing voice)
  • Victoria Wicks: Jezebel

• Creation and the Flood
  • Joss Ackland (*): Noah
  • David Burke (*): God
  • Emma Gregory: Atarah
  • Robert Harper: Adam
  • Simon Harris: Shem
  • Ciarán Hinds: Lucifer
  • David Holt: Captain
  • Kelly Hunter: Eve
  • Hakeem Kae-Kazim: Ham
  • Sue Roderick: Naamah
  • Stephen Thorne (*): Governor

• Abraham
  • Oona Beeson: Ishmael
  • Deborah Berlin: Isaac
  • Patrick Brennan (*): Lot
  • Helen Gwyn: Hagar
  • Robert Hardy: Abraham
  • Jane Lapotaire: Sarah
  • T. P. McKenna: God
  • Mark Straker: Angel

• Joseph
  • Rebecca Egan: Lady Potiphar/ Young Benjamin
  • Robert Harper: Young Joseph
  • Anthony Jackson: Trader / Jailer
  • Gerald James (*): Jacob
  • Rob Lane: Reuben
  • Anton Lesser (*): Joseph
  • Simon Ludders (*): Simeon
  • John McAndrew: Benjamin
  • Richard O'Callaghan: Judah
  • Jonathan Tafler: Levi / Pharaoh
  • Philip Voss (*): Lord Potiphar / Menes

• Daniel
  • Roger Allam (*): Chief Magus
  • Philip Franks (*): Daniel
  • Brian Hibbard: Arioch
  • Steve Hodson: Nebuchadnezzar
  • Stephen Lord: Son
  • Clive Merrison (*): Darius
  • Bill Nighy: Belshazzar
  • Richard Pearce: Hananiah
  • Carolyn Pickles: Woman
  • Sion Probert (*): Ashpenaz

• David and Saul
  • Joss Ackland (*): Samuel
  • Brendan Charleson: Abner
  • Alan Dobie: Saul
  • Christopher Guard: Jonathan
  • Polly Kemp: Michal
  • Tony Leader (*): Bodyguard
  • Colin McFarlane (*): Goliath
  • Paul McGann: David
  • Christine Pritchard: Witch of Endor/ The Narrator
  • Ivor Roberts (*): Jesse

• (*) Denotes the actor also performed in the Shakespeare: The Animated Tales.