The Bible in Britain
The Bible has shaped English language, law and landscape more than any other book. From Lindisfarne to Tyndale to the King James, these films trace the Bible's quiet influence across these islands.
5 videos
The King James Bible — BBC Documentary
BBC · 60 min
An hour-long BBC documentary on the most influential book in the English language. The story behind 1611 is stranger and more political than most people realise.
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William Tyndale: A Man and His Mission
Vision Video · 90 min
Tyndale was burned at the stake for translating the Bible into English. Without him there is no King James. A long but rewarding documentary.
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St Cuthbert Gospel
British Library · 2 min
A two-minute look at the oldest intact European book — a tiny pocket Gospel of John found in St Cuthbert's coffin. Astonishing condition for something nearly 1,400 years old.
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One Hundred Years of the Cambridge Cameo Bible
Cambridge University Press · 5 min
Cambridge's Cameo edition has been continuously in print for over a century. A short film celebrating one of the most enduring designs in Bible publishing.
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Lindisfarne Priory: 10 Places That Made England (Dan Snow)
English Heritage · 48 min
Dan Snow walks Lindisfarne and explains why this windswept Northumbrian island gave us one of the great Bibles of the medieval world.
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