Cadfael

7.4 May 1994 4 Seasons 13 Episodes

Ended

Overview

Brother Cadfael is a twelfth-century Anglo-Welsh monk. A retired crusader disappointed in love, and now a herbalist in charge of the gardens of Shrewsbury Abbey, Brother Cadfael is often called on to solve murders and other crimes in and around Shrewsbury, Shropshire, in the border country where England meets Wales.

Created by Edith Pargeter

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · English

Cast

Derek Jacobi

Brother Cadfael

Sean Pertwee

Hugh Beringar

Terrence Hardiman

Abbot Radulfus

Peter Copley

Abbot Heribert

Michael Culver

Prior Robert

Julian Firth

Brother Jerome

Mark Charnock

Brother Oswin

Eoin McCarthy

Hugh Beringar

Albie Woodington

Sergeant Warden

Anthony Green

Hugh Beringar

Key Crew

Herbert Wise

Director

Ken Grieve

Director

Malcolm Mowbray

Director

Russell Lewis

Writer

The Holy Thief

Dalny, a beautiful slave girl, is abducted from the Abbey—and the relics of St. Winifred are also spirited away, apparently by the same thief. Cadfael is commissioned to find them both.

Jun 23, 1998

The Potter's Field

A potter's wife dies suddenly, and he gives up his old life to enter the Abbey, but the other monks suspect him of having killed his wife. As Cadfael investigates the death he finds a curious web of jealousy, infidelity and suicide.

Dec 23, 1998

The Pilgrim of Hate

The dead body of an elderly man is found hidden in a sack at the Abbey, and Cadfael believes he was murdered. The principal suspects are a group of pilgrims, who include two known thieves. Cadfael locks them up, in a bid to draw out the killer.

Dec 28, 1998

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