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.
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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Cadfael's novice, Brother Oswin, is found close to death, babbling about a woman. When a nun is found raped, murdered and encased in the ice of a frozen stream, Oswin is accused of murder. Cadfael tracks the nun's companion, Ermina Hugonin, and sets out to prove Oswin's innocence.
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Directed by Malcolm MowbrayWritten by Russell LewisGuest stars Ronan Vibert, Amelia Curtis, Robert Cavanah, Valentine Pelka, William Mannering, Guy Oliver-Watts, Tim Barker, Éva Madarász
A rich priest is found killed, and the finger of suspicion points to a new monk at Shrewsbury Abbey. Meanwhile, a civil war raging around England is piling political pressures on the Abbot. Cadfael investigates the murder and uncovers a tangled web of dishonesty and nepotism.
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Directed by Herbert WiseGuest stars Chloë Annett, Christien Anholt, Julian Glover, Ian McNeice, Gábor Urmai, Ian Reddington, Daniel Betts, Patrick Toomey
The monks of Shrewsbury go to Wales to recover the bones of St. Winifred. But their attempted bribery of the Welsh puts them at odds with the local residents—and when the local landowner is found murdered, the monks are regarded as prime suspects.
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Guest stars Stephen Moyer, John Hallam, Anna Friel, Ellis Jones, Nick Patrick, Phil Rowlands, Steffan Trefor, Elizabeth Fitzherbert
