S01E01 Breakout
A young kid who has good juggling skills gets captured by Caesar. The Story Keepers group take it upon themselves to get him out of the cruel place of Caesar.
The Story Keepers
S01E05: Sink or Swim
A secret search for Justin's father on a Roman slave ship leads to high-seas adventure. Trapped aboard the galley when it leaves port, Ben and his group find themselves headed for battle against a rebel slave ship.
Overview
Storykeepers is an animated Christian video series produced by Zondervan from 1995 to 1997 in America and Ireland. It tells the story of a Christian leader and his family's adventures living in Ancient Rome, Italy whose mission is to keep Jesus's stories alive during the 1st century. The series consists of thirteen episodes, and features two full-length movies that are compilations of the last four episodes. The introduction to each episode before the opening credits is as follows:
"Rome, 64 AD. The Emperor Nero has unleashed his fury against the Christians. Their crime: Proclaiming a King higher than Caesar. Setting fire to the city, Nero places the blame on the Christians, and launches a new campaign to wipe them out. Families are separated, children left homeless, as thousands are sold into slavery or thrown to the lions. Escaping the panic of the fire, and dodging the advancing soldiers, a group of children find shelter in the gentle care of Ben and Helena; a local baker, and his wife. Here the children discover an amazing secret network of daring men and women, who risk their lives to help one another, and to tell the stories of the great storyteller, the one called Jesus. And so awaiting the day when their parents will return, Anna, Cyrus, Justin, and Marcus, embark on an adventure of a lifetime, together with Ben, Helena, and their friends, in the Christian underground. Their mission: To keep the stories of Jesus alive. This is their story. They are the Storykeepers!"
Episodes
S01E02 Raging Waters
Zak is arrested while delivering a story to a Christian meeting in Rome, and its up to Ben and the gang to rescue him and deliver the story in time.
S01E03 Catacomb Rescue
Ben's friend, master-storyteller Ephraim, braves the threat of capture to visit Rome--and his story of the Good Samaritan helps Anna and Justin make a difficult choice. With Nero's soldiers searching everywhere, Ben, Helena, and the...
S01E04 Ready, Aim, Fire
Ben and the gang find themselves the object of Nero's latest neighborhood renovations-- firebombing by catapult! Zak is eager to help, but his overzealous attempts to prove his leadership abilities spark disaster. His harrowing adventure...
S01E05 Sink or Swim
A secret search for Justin's father on a Roman slave ship leads to high-seas adventure. Trapped aboard the galley when it leaves port, Ben and his group find themselves headed for battle against a rebel...
S01E06 Starlight Escape
En route by night to a neighboring city, Ben, Helena, and the kids narrowly avoid capture by Nero's soldiers. The cost of their escape is a broken wagon wheel. While the wheel is being mended,...
S01E07 Roar in the Night
Two lion cubs have escaped, and Crassus, Nero's head animal trainer, is furious. Where could they be? Marcus knows and it looks like curtains when Crassus tracks the cubs to Ben's door. It's animal antics...
S01E08 Captured
Cyrus's acrobatic talent turns him from a captive to a star of the show in the mansion of his new "friend," Flavian the merchant. He has a life of luxury--until the abused slaves revolt. Suddenly,...
S01E09 Trapped!
Nero is having a birthday party, but Tacticus is not in a festive mood. He faces a tough choice: worship Nero as a god and receive a promotion, or stay true to his faith and...
S01E10 Betrayed!
Ben and the gang must smuggle those who helped them free Tacticus out of Rome. But their fear of betrayal by Antonius, the miller, leads Ben to tell the stories of Judas and the Last...
S01E11 Nabbed by Nero
Ben asks Justin to tell the story at their next meeting, but the boy is too nervous, and Ben compares his uncertainty with that of the disciples when Jesus was arrested. Ben, Justin, and Marcus...
S01E12 Getaway!
Helena and the others must free their friends from Nero's stockade, where Justin and Marcus suffer without food and water, and poor Ben awaits execution. Meanwhile, an overjoyed Cyrus learns that his parents are still...
S01E13 The Final Conflict
In the exciting conclusion, Ben and the gang sail off to safety in an Arabian village, but a vengeful Nihilus is on their trail. Justin and Marcus fear they will never see their parents again,...
