Season 4 • Episode 3
LatestThe 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.
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.
Acting
Derek Jacobi's worldly weariness in a tonsure—pure class.
Production
Gritty medieval Wales that actually looks lived-in, not theme park.
Creator
Edith Pargeter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Edith Pargeter wrote 20 Cadfael novels; the show cherry-picked the strongest mysteries, often improving their pacing.
Derek Jacobi insisted on doing his own herb-gathering scenes—his hands in close-ups are actually his.
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