If you had told me two weeks ago that today I would be enthusiastically recommending Cadfael to everyone I see, I would have thought you crazy. I’ve never been adverse to the charms of Masterpiece ...

Before Umberto Eco and CJ Sansom plundered the Middle Ages for literary gems there was the great Edith Pargeter, and Cadfael Good sirs! Fetch me my lute, that I may compose a plaint for the hand of – ...

Cadfael tells the story of the medieval detective monk, looking for two missing children, Yves and Ermina Hugonin and their Nun tutor Sister Hilaria. Whilst also looking after Brother Elyas who was ...

The train from London crossed the Severn River beneath the walls of Shrewsbury Castle and stopped at the station. A small band of women stepped onto the platform and began to organize themselves.

Starring Sir Derek Jacobi as the crusader-turned-monk sleuth in this 12th century set drama, Cadfael fuses crime mystery, medieval historical drama, and a civil war setting for a fully realised and ...

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 ...

08:41, Tue, Sep 9, 2025 Updated: 08:53, Tue, Sep 9, 2025 If you're looking for a crime drama with a bit of a difference, ITVX has just what you need. Cadfael, which ran from 1994 until 1998, stars ...

Brother Cadfael, 12th-century herbalist, sleuth and sometime cupid, outdoes himself in this, his 16th chronicle, in which Peters imbues the familiar territory of murder, young love and odious ...

This year marks the centenary of the birth of Edith Pargeter on September 28, 1913. Who was Edith Pargeter? Fans of the Brother Cadfael books and films for television, will know her better as Ellis ...

Brother Cadfael investigates the suspicious death of Gervase Bonel, rich lord of the manor. Full-cast dramatisation starring Philip Madoc as the medieval monk and sleuth.

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