I wasn't aware of this series, so thank you for posting the thread and comments. I would love to check it out. I have always loved "biblical" times shows, but so often cringe at the inaccuracies. My husband refuses to watch anything "biblical" not produced by the org because they "embellish" and imply too many things. Well good grief, so does the org, in ALL their bible times movies.
I watched The Passion of The Christ, I can't remember the names but there was a movie about Jeremiah that was quite good (someone mentioned it here) and one about Paul. More recently there was a series, only one season, called
A.D. The Bible Continues available
here of course it was not completely accurate, but I really enjoyed it, so much so that I bought it on Blu-Ray. I tried to get my hubby to watch it. I told him it built my faith and made me feel more attached to those first century Christians, but he wouldn't watch it. My daughter watched it with me and she really liked it too.