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.

Created by Edith Pargeter

Network

• ITV1

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Derek Jacobi

  Brother Cadfael

  13 eps

• 

  Michael Culver

  Prior Robert

  13 eps

• 

  Julian Firth

  Brother Jerome

  13 eps

• 

  Terrence Hardiman

  Abbot Radulfus

  10 eps

Themes

• monk
• england
• detective
• period drama
• historical
• medieval
• historical drama
• 12th century
• amateur sleuth
• rural
• cosy crime

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