Mark's Review of House of David on Amazon Prime

How refreshing - a big budget, well produced and well acted Biblical epic on Amazon Prime House of David. At the beginning of each episode (6 in Series 1) a slide tells you that whilst this is based on the Biblical story and history some artistic licence has been taken in telling the story. In the first episode for example the relationship between the boy David and his mother plays a significant part. We don't actually know much about her from The Bible but it makes for an interesting story. All the big and important charcters there: David, Saul, Samuel and of course Goliath. Saul's wife too becomes central to the story for some time. The scene where Samuel the prophetc calls on Jesse and his sons to annoint the new king is powerful and laced with tenderness and humour. The purists may say there is too much extra-Biblical material but for a good Bible story on TV House of David makes for compelling viewing. It feels a bit like The Chosen - no surprise given that Dallas Jenkins is executive producer. It is rated 15 because of the violence and battle scenes so is not for children. It also has a large amount of very good looking people with amazing smiles and very white teeth! The best thing of all - it made me want to read my Bible to find out more...