Stop, Look, Listen: Animated Bible Stories
Animated Bible Stories is a unit of the Channel 4 Schools series Stop, Look, Listen from the 1990s & 2000s, covering religion for primary school pupils.
Short animated stories of key moments in the life of Jesus Christ. The unit is subtitled The Life of Jesus, but no other units of Animated Bible Stories were made.
Episode List
| # | Title | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The First Christmas | 3 Nov 1997 |
| 2. | Jesus the Storyteller | 10 Nov 1997 |
| 3. | Jesus the Miracle Worker | 17 Nov 1997 |
| 4. | Jesus the Healer | 24 Nov 1997 |
| 5. | The First Easter | 1 Dec 1997 |
Broadcasts
| Year | Term | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Channel | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-98 | Autumn 1997 & Spring 1998 | Monday, 10:50am | Wednesday, 10:50am | Channel 4 | ||||
| 1998-99 | Spring 1999 | Monday, 10:50am | Wednesday, 10:50am | Channel 4 | ||||
| 1999-2000 | Spring 2000 | Monday, 10:50am | Wednesday, 10:50am | Channel 4 |
Then after a break of some years, shown on Channel 4 for a general children's audience on weekdays around 6am between 24th December - 31st December 2004.
Subsequently broadcast again as a schools programme, overnight one episode after the other for easy recording:
- Autumn 2007 - Tuesday 9th October 2007 from 4:00am
- Summer 2008 - Wednesday 7th May 2008 from 4:00am
- Spring 2009 - Wednesday 25th February 2009 from 5:10am, then Tuesday 17th March 2009 at 5:50am & Wednesday 18th March 2009 from 4:00am
- Summer 2009 - Tuesday 16th June 2009 from 5:30am & Wednesday 17th June 2009 from 4:00am
- Autumn 2009 - Wednesday 23rd September 2009 from 5:00am, then Wednesday 7th October 2009 from 4:45am
Credits
| Narrator | Gary Martin |
| Music | Adrian Lee |
| Animators | Stuart Evans Les Gibbard Richard Burdett Tony White |
| Backgrounds | David Baillie |
| Adapted by | Brian Truman Based on the "Story of Jesus Library" published by Oyster Books, text by Tim & Jenny Wood, illustrated by Fran Thatcher |
| Series created and devised by | Christine Pratt |
| Producer | Ruth Beni |
| Made for Channel 4 by Animus Entertainments in association with Each for All Productions |
Resources
There were teacher's notes and an activity book available.
The unit was released to schools on video and later on DVD, both under the title The Life of Jesus.
Teacher's Notes
DVD
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