Secret Bible Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• The Apocalypse

  How different religions depict the end of the world, and a look at why many Americans - including scientists and members of Congress - believe the Apocalypse is coming

• Gospel of Judas

  The discovery of a religious text in the 1970s, believed to chronicle a version of the life of Jesus Christ. The find sparked debate about its authenticity, but forensic testing revealed it was around 1,700 years old, and written in Egyptian Coptic. Experts examine the document in greater detail to learn more about its author, and attempt to confirm its validity

• Knights Templar - Warriors of God

  The story of the Knights Templar, the medieval warrior monks who protected pilgrims heading for the Holy Land. Its adherents were declared devil-worshippers by Philip IV of France in 1307 and seemingly massacred by the Inquisition, though rumours persist of their survival as a secret order

• Rivals of Jesus

  Christ's rivals for the title of Messiah, who were also said to heal the sick and raise the dead, and were even called 'sons of God'

• The Special

  Investigation into a fascinating find in biblical archaeology. The ancient text paints a completely different portrait of Jesus's disciple Judas Iscariot, the man who betrayed the Messiah by turning him over to the Romans. Forensic experts use state-of-the-art technology to learn the secret concealed by their quarry

• Unlocking Da Vinci's Code

  Elizabeth Vargas asks Dan Brown to sort out fact from fiction in his best-selling religious thriller The Da Vinci Code