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Series
Journey of a Lifetime
(1961-62)
Episode Guide
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JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME
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Filmed in Jordan by Associated British-Pathe Ltd.
ABC Television Production [uk]
for
ITV
Produced by Terry Ashwood
Directed by Frederic Goode (most episodes except pilot)
Directed by Lloyd Shirley (pilot episode "Tents in the Desert")
From an Original Idea by Eric Fletcher, LL.D., M.P.
Script by Stewart Farrar
UK Religious/ Documentary/ Drama/ Travalog series
1961-62 39 episodes x 15 min colour
starring
Anne Lawson (as Anne Browning)
John Bonney (as John Browning)
John Bonney plays a newly married water engineer sent to the Middle East
and taking his bride (Anne Lawson) with him in lieu of a honeymoon,
visiting Biblical sites on their journey.
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[01] Journey of a Lifetime: TENTS IN THE DESERT (pilot)
Directed by Lloyd Shirley
[02] Journey of a Lifetime: TAXI TO NAZARETH
[03] Journey of a Lifetime: THE SACRED MOUNTAIN
[04] Journey of a Lifetime: FIRE FROM HEAVEN
26Feb61 ATV London, Sun 5:20 pm
Directed by John Haggarty
John and Anne visit a collective farm on the slopes of Mount
Carmel. At the monastery nearby, they see the statue of Elijah
and the cave named after him, where sick children are still
brought to recieve a rabbi's blessing.
See:
I Kings Ch. 17, Ch. 21, Ch 22, v.30;
II Kings Ch. 4, v.8-37
[05] Journey of a Lifetime: SHORES OF GALILEE
[06] Journey of a Lifetime: THE WITCH OF ENDOR
[07] Journey of a Lifetime: MIRACLES OF CAPERNAUM
[08] Journey of a Lifetime: FAITH OF THE FISHERMAN
[09] Journey of a Lifetime: MINES OF SOLOMON
[10] Journey of a Lifetime: FLOOR OF THE WORLD
15Jan61 Tyne-Tees, Sun 5:15 pm
Together with a geologist friend, John and Anne descend 1,300
feet below sea level. They visit the sites of Sodom and Gomorrah
and see a pillar of rock still called "Lot's Wife"
See:
Genesis Ch. 19 v. 1-30
I Samuel Ch. 23 v.29
Ch. 24 v.1 and 2
Song of Solomon Ch. 1-4
Ezekiel Ch. 16 v. 55
Ch. 47 v. 6-12
[11] Journey of a Lifetime: ARK OF THE COVENANT
[12] Journey of a Lifetime: VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS
[13] Journey of a Lifetime: THE GATES OF JERUSALEM
[14] Journey of a Lifetime: THE PROMISED LAND
10Dec61 Tyne-Tees, Sun 6:15 pm
Directed by Frederic Goode
John Browning, a water engineer working for the United Nations
in Jordan, and Anne, his wife, drive to Mount Nebo, and see the
land promised by God to the Israelites - the land which moses
saw, but did not live long enough to know.
[15] Journey of a Lifetime: THE ROAD OF RUTH
[16] Journey of a Lifetime: A CHILD IS BORN
24Dec61 Tyne-Tees, Sun 6:15 pm
2Sep68 rpt Thames, Mon 11:25pm
Outside the walls of Bethlehem, John and Anne walk through the
fields where shepherds still tend their sheep, before visiting
the little town where Christ's birth is commemorated in the
oldest church in the world.
[17] Journey of a Lifetime: THE INNOCENTS OF BETHLEHEM
31Dec61 Tyne-Tees, Sun 6:15 pm
9Sep68 rpt Thames Mon 11:25pm
John and Anne wak through the streets of Bethelehem which are
teeming with children and are reminded of the "innocents" slaughtered
by King Herod
See: St. Matthew Ch. 2 v. 18 (A.V.)
[18] Journey of a Lifetime: BETHESDA - HOUSE OF MERCY
16Sep68 rpt Thames Mon 11:25pm
[19] Journey of a Lifetime: COAT OF MANY COLOURS
16Dec68 rpt Thames Mon 11:25pm
(shown out of sequence on Thames)
[20] Journey of a Lifetime: THE TEACHER IN THE TEMPLE
21Jan62 ABC North Midlands/ ATV London Sunday 6:15pm
23Sep68 rpt Thames Mon 11:25pm
[21] Journey of a Lifetime: DAVID AND BATHSHEBA
28Jan62 Tyne-Tees, Sun 6:15 pm
30Sep68 rpt Thames, Mon 11:25pm
Directed by Fredric Goode
At an archeological "dig" in the Kidron Valley and by a palm-tree
-lined wadi in the wilderness, Anne and John recall the story of
the young David, his romance with Bethsheba, and the son of that
union, Solomon.
[22] Journey of a Lifetime: JACOB'S WELL
7Oct68 rpt Thames Mon 11:25pm
[23] Journey of a Lifetime: CITY OF JEZEBEL
28Nov68 rpt Thames Mon 11:25pm
[24] Journey of a Lifetime: THE GOOD SAMARITAN
4Nov68 rpt Thames Mon 11:25pm
[26] Journey of a Lifetime: BAPTISM IN IN THE JORDAN
11Nov68 rpt Thames Mon 11;25pm
[27] Journey of a Lifetime: TEMPTATION IN THE WILDERNESS
18Nov68 rpt Thames Mon 11:25pm
[28] Journey of a Lifetime: ALONE IN THE DESERT
25Nov68 rpt Thames Mon 11:25pm
[29] Journey of a Lifetime: WATER OF JERUSALEM
2Dec68 rpt Thames Mon 11:25pm
[30] Journey of a Lifetime: JERASH - THE SILENT CITY
9Dec68 rpt Thames Mon 11:25pm
[31] Journey of a Lifetime: HOME TO BETHANY
[32] Journey of a Lifetime: THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE
[33] Journey of a Lifetime: THE PRISON ON THE HILL
[34] Journey of a Lifetime: ABIDE WITH US
[35] Journey of a Lifetime: MEETING IN JERUSALEM
23Dec68 rpt Thames Mon 11:25pm
[36] Journey of a Lifetime: BROCADE FROM DAMASCUS
[37] Journey of a Lifetime: THE BATTLE OF JERICHO
[38] Journey of a Lifetime: PETRA
[39] Journey of a Lifetime: INTO ALL THE WORLD (final episode)
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