La série raconte l'histoire de La Bible, de la Genèse aux Révélations. Elle inclut les événements de l'Ancien et du Nouveau Testament, comme l'arche de Noé, l'Exode, de la naissance la mort à la Résurrection de Jésus-Christ.

Début du XIXe siècle, en Angleterre. David Copperfield vient de perdre sa mère. M. Murdstone, son beau-père l'envoie chez les Micawber, à Londres. Puis il part chez tante Betsey, une dame un peu loufoque. Le jeune David devient écrivain et se marie.

Tarzan, l'homme singe, règne en maître éclairé sur son domaine, la jungle. Mais une expédition d'hommes blancs le capture et décide d'en faire une bête de cirque. Surgit alors une tribu de redoutables sauvages.

In a 16th-century European town, the ruling family has been given a prophecy that, should there ever be twin boys born, the younger will murder the older; so is dismayed when twins are born to the popular baron. The older grows to be a selfish, slovenly man, who inherits the castle at his father's death and becomes ruler over the formerly happy villagers. He enjoys his power until he learns his younger brother is returning from abroad and, afraid of the prophecy, he determines to murder his sibling, hide his body in the "black room" - an old torture chamber sealed away behind the fireplace - and then impersonate him, right down to his withered arm. In this way he hopes to not only avoid the prophecy, but also escape consequences of his other criminal deeds and obtain marriage to a local girl of the nobility...