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Cadfael

TV·1994–1998·4 seasons, 13 episodes·ITV1·Drama, Crime·50m·Created by Edith Pargeter

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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.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Cadfael S01E04Monk's HoodS01E04 · 10.0A 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.
  2. 02Cadfael S03E02St. Peter's FairS03E02 · 10.0Cadfael puts Hugh Beringar to the test, and Hugh has to choose between loyalty to the king and friendship with Cadfael. Meanwhile, at the annual St. Peter's Fair in Shrewsbury, townspeople come into conflict with the Abbey's officers and with visiting merchants. A curfew is ordered, but not fully observed—then Cadfael finds he has a murder to solve.
  3. 03Cadfael S01E01One Corpse Too ManyS01E01 · 9.0Brother 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.

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Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode4Episodes1994Aired 9.3Season avg
  1. S01E01Cadfael S01E01One Corpse Too ManyMay 29, 1994 9.0Brother Cadfael has settled down to a quiet religious life at Shrewsbury Abbey after an adventurous, and far from monastic, youth. But when
  2. S01E02Cadfael S01E02The Sanctuary SparrowJune 5, 1994When Shrewsbury's goldsmith is robbed and left for dead, the locals launch a witch-hunt. Pursued by the mob, the prime suspect, a young jugg
  3. S01E03Cadfael S01E03The Leper of St. GilesJune 12, 1994 9.0A 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
  4. S01E04Cadfael S01E04Season's bestMonk's HoodJune 19, 1994 10.0A 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

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season023Episodes1995–96AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Cadfael S02E01The Virgin in the IceDecember 26, 1995Cadfael'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
  2. S02E02Cadfael S02E02The Devil's NoviceAugust 18, 1996A rich priest is found killed, and the finger of suspicion points to a new monk at Shrewsbury Abbey. Meanwhile, a civil war raging around En
  3. S02E03Cadfael S02E03A Morbid Taste for BonesAugust 25, 1996The 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 th

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season033Episodes1997Aired 10.0Season avg
  1. S03E01Cadfael S03E01The Rose RentAugust 12, 1997The recently-widowed wife, Judith Perle, of a rich merchant becomes the object of interest for the men of Shrewsbury. But then a monk and on
  2. S03E02Cadfael S03E02St. Peter's FairAugust 19, 1997 10.0Cadfael puts Hugh Beringar to the test, and Hugh has to choose between loyalty to the king and friendship with Cadfael. Meanwhile, at the an
  3. S03E03Cadfael S03E03The Raven in the ForegateAugust 26, 1997Cadfael is on a double murder hunt following the deaths of a pregnant girl and the priest who refused to take her confession.

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season043Episodes1998AiredSeason avg
  1. S04E01Cadfael S04E01The Holy ThiefJune 23, 1998Dalny, a beautiful slave girl, is abducted from the Abbey—and the relics of St. Winifred are also spirited away, apparently by the same thie
  2. S04E02Cadfael S04E02The Potter's FieldDecember 23, 1998A 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. A
  3. S04E03Cadfael S04E03The Pilgrim of HateDecember 28, 1998The 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 g

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