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Of Kings and Prophets - Season 1
Set in the Kingdom of Israel, the series is an epic biblical saga of ambition, faith and betrayal that chronicles the fall from grace of Saul, the first king of Israel, and the rise of his successor, David.
2 March 1992, London, England, UK
17 May 1979, Velzeke, Flanders, Belgium
December1970, London, England, UK
18 May 1962, London, England, UK
March1948, Kampala, Uganda
14 January 1991, Miami, Florida, USA
2 January 1988, Germiston, South Africa
22 May 1981, Kortemark, Belgium
March 08, 2016
The result overall is certainly less biblical, in the traditional sense, but it's also far from epic.
March 08, 2016
Watching, you feel as though its story is just familiar enough to seem inevitable whenever it's not tedious, and its earnestness short-circuits any electrical charge of wit or sexiness.
March 09, 2016
Frankly, what seems even more sacrilegious than hewing ABC-close to a religious story is the notion that maybe Of Kings and Prophets wants to be like HBO's Game of Thrones.
March 07, 2016
A good-looking TV production - filmed in South Africa - but with minimal appeal to either the sword-and-sandal crowd or the faith-based one.
March 08, 2016
All the costumes, makeup, and fancy hair won't cover up the fact that the narrative is sloppy, the acting over-the-top and the overall structure a bit confounding.
March 08, 2016
This odd retelling of one of the Bible's most familiar tales could win converts.
March 09, 2016
Let's put it this way: If the newly released Game of Thrones trailer won't tide you over until the HBO drama's return, Of Kings and Prophets would make a decent substitute, if only it didn't take itself so seriously.
March 08, 2016
It's more like a descendant of Spartacus: Blood and Sand, made just modest and melodramatic enough to irk both faith-based audiences and those coming to it in search of a salacious, sanguinary fix.
March 09, 2016
It does have a few things going for it, including high production values and intriguing political and religious themes.