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Cadfael
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A monk with a difference... who delves into the human soul and manages to get criminals and evil people to either turn over a new way of living or just face their punishment.
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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.
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- E1 One Corpse Too ManyNext upMay 29, 1994 · 75 min
Synopsis
Brother Cadfael has settled down to a quiet religious life at Shrewsbury Abbey after an adventurous, and far from monastic, youth. But when he uncovers a murder, he turns detective to solve the crime.
Guest stars: Michael Grandage (King Stephen), Maggie O'Neill (Aline Siward), Juliette Caton (Godith / Godric), Christian Burgess (Adam Courcelle), Richard Henders (Torold Blund), Jeremy Young (Arnulf of Hesdin), David Garfield (Sergeant Rhys), Geoffrey Leesley (Sheriff Prestcote)
- E2 The Sanctuary SparrowJun 5, 1994 · 75 min
Synopsis
When Shrewsbury's goldsmith is robbed and left for dead, the locals launch a witch-hunt. Pursued by the mob, the prime suspect, a young juggler who performed at the wedding of the goldsmith's son, seeks sanctuary at the Abbey. But as Cadfael investigates, a second body is found floating in the River Severn.
Guest stars: Roy Barraclough (Walter Aurifaber), Steven Mackintosh (Liliwin), Toby Jones (Griffin), Rosalie Crutchley (Juliana Aurifaber), Natascha McElhone (Cecily Corde), Hugh Bonneville (Daniel Aurifaber), Raymond Llewellyn (Madog), Fiona Gillies (Susanna Aurifaber)
- E3 The Leper of St. GilesJun 12, 1994 · 76 min
Synopsis
A great wedding is to take place at the Abbey, between a beautiful young girl and a powerful baron. But this is no love match, and when the baron disappears before the wedding, Cadfael is on the case.
Guest stars: Susan Fleetwood (Agnes Piccard), Tara Fitzgerald (Iveta de Massard), Danny Dyer (Bran), Jonathan Firth (Joscelyn), Jamie Glover (Simon), Jonathan Hyde (Godfrid Piccard), John Bennett (Lazarus the Leper), Norman Eshley (Baron Huon de Domville)
- E4 Monk's HoodJun 19, 1994 · 75 min
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A rich landowner cuts his stepson out of his will to leave his fortune to Shrewsbury Abbey, and is found poisoned. When Cadfael is called in to investigate, he is shocked to find that the dead man's wife is his own childhood sweetheart, whom he has not seen for forty years.
Guest stars: Terrence Hardiman (Abbot Radulfus), Jonny Lee Miller (Edwin Gurney), Sophie Lawrence (Aldith), Thomas Craig (Aelfric), Aubrey Richards (Brother Rhys), Raymond Llewellyn (Madog), Steven Beard (Brother Anselm), Gábor Urmai (Jehan)
Cast & crew
Created by Edith Pargeter
Derek Jacobi
Terrence Hardiman
Michael Culver
Julian Firth
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