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Season 4, 3 episodes

Episode 1: The Holy Thief
- Now playing
- 1h 16m
- Jun 23, 1998
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.
Episode 2: The Potter's Field
- 1h 15m
- Dec 23, 1998
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.
Episode 3: The Pilgrim of Hate
- 1h 16m
- Dec 28, 1998
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.

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.

1994 to 1998
4 seasons
50m per episode
Drama
Crime

7.5TMDB(37)

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.

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Based on
Based on The Cadfael Chronicles
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Ran for 4 seasons and 13 episodes (1994 to 1998)
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Filming locations
Filmed in Hungary
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Setting
Set in Shrewsbury
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Music
Music by Colin Towns
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Created by: Edith Pargeter
Status: Ended
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 13
First aired: May 29, 1994
Last aired: December 28, 1998
Original language: English
Countries: GB

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Season 4, 3 episodes

Episode 1: The Holy Thief
- Now playing
- 1h 16m
- Jun 23, 1998
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.
Episode 2: The Potter's Field
- 1h 15m
- Dec 23, 1998
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.
Episode 3: The Pilgrim of Hate
- 1h 16m
- Dec 28, 1998
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.

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Based on
Based on The Cadfael Chronicles
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Episodes
Ran for 4 seasons and 13 episodes (1994 to 1998)
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Filming locations
Filmed in Hungary
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Setting
Set in Shrewsbury
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Music
Music by Colin Towns
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E1 Episode 1: The Holy Thief

E2 Episode 2: The Potter's Field

E3 Episode 3: The Pilgrim of Hate

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E1 Episode 1: The Holy Thief

E2 Episode 2: The Potter's Field

E3 Episode 3: The Pilgrim of Hate

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Episode 1: The Holy Thief

Episode 2: The Potter's Field

Episode 3: The Pilgrim of Hate

Episode 1: The Holy Thief

Episode 2: The Potter's Field

Episode 3: The Pilgrim of Hate