Cadfael

About Cadfael

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.

ITV1's Cadfael is a crime series. Its themes are medieval, cosy crime, rural, and monk.

Its 4 seasons and 13 episodes aired between May 1994 and December 1998. Seasons run to about 3 episodes.

Derek Jacobi appears as Brother Cadfael, Terrence Hardiman as Abbot Radulfus, Michael Culver as Prior Robert, and Julian Firth as Brother Jerome.

In the United States it streams on BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, and Britbox Apple TV channel. The Pillars of the Earth, Peaky Blinders, and Marco Polo make useful companions to Cadfael, all filed under 12th century, england, and historical.