1st Series (1994) One Corpse Too Many (2nd Chronicle) Music by Colin Towns Equipment by Andrew Ackland-Snow Cut by Alan Jones Camera by Nyika Jancsó Produced by Steven Smallwood Adapted by by Russel Lewis Directed by Graham Theakston   Character Actor Brother Cadfael Derek Jacobi Hugh Beringar Sean Pertwee Abbot Heribert Peter Copley Prior Robert Michael Culver Brother Jerome Julian Firth Adam Courcelle Christian Burgess Kinig Stephen Michael Grandage Torold Blund Richard Henders Godith Blund Juliette Caton Arnulf of Hesdin Jeremy Young Sergeant Rhys David Garfield Aline Siward Maggie O'Neil Sheriff Prestcote Geoffrey Leesley Nicholas Faintree Bill Neville Giles Siward Nigel Hastings Edric Flescher Robert Oates Fleshers wife Marlene Sidaway FitzAlan Michael Cadman Adeney Sandor Teri Boy Gregory Body Captain Ten Heyt Zoltan Papp Sergeant Warden Albie Woodington Madog Ray Llewellyn   When fighting engulfs Shrewsbury as King Stephen battles for the throne of England, Brother Cadfael is called upon toadminister rites to some hanged prisoners. There are, he is told, 94 corpses - but his own careful count reveals 95, and once again, the sleuthing monk is on the trail of a murderer...   Sanctuary Sparrow (7th Chronicle) Music by Colin Towns Equipment by Andrew Ackland-Snow Produced by Steven Smallwood Adapted by by Russel Lewis Directed by Graham Theakston   Charater Actor Brother Cadfael Derek Jacobi Hugh Beringar Sean Pertwee Abbot Heribert Peter Copley Prior Robert Michael Culver Brother Jerome Julian Firth Walter Aurifaber Roy Barraclough Juliana Aurifaber Fiona Miles Susanna Aurifaber Fiona Gillies Margery Aurifaber Maria Miles Daniel Aurifaber Richard Bonneville Liliwin Steven Mackintosh John Boneth Patrick Brennan Baldwin Perche Roger Booth Rannilt Sara Stephens Iestyn David Tysall Griffin Toby Jones Cecily Corde Natascha McElhone Ailwin Corde Michael Nightingale Brother Oswin Mark Charnock Sergeant Warden Albie Woodington Daniel’s Friend Peter Gyori Brother Anselm Steven Beard Madog Ray Llewellyn   Sudden drama strikes the Benedictine monastery at Shrewsbury when a young man, pursued by a lynching mob, claims sanctuary just in time to save his own life. The accusation is robbery and murder: yet Brother Cadfael senses his innocence and sets out to solve yet another tangle of human passions where love - both in its brighter and darker aspects - plays its inevitable part.   Monks-Hood (3rd Chronicle) Music by Colin Towns Equipment by Andrew Ackland-Snow Produced by Steven Smallwood Adapted by by Russel Lewis Directed by Graham Theakston   Character Actor Brother Cadfael Derek Jacobi Hugh Beringar Sean Pertwee Abbot Heribert Peter Copley Prior Robert Michael Culver Brother Jerome Julian Firth Gervase Bonel Bernard Gallagher Richildis Mary Miller Meurig Huw Garmon Aldith Sophie Lawrence Aelfric Thomas Craig Brother Oswin Mark Charnock Sergeant Warden Albie Woodington Edwin Gurney Jonny Lee Mille Abbot Radulfus Terence Hardiman Brother Peter Freddie Boardley Sibil Bellecote Sally Baxter Brother Rhys Aubrey Richards Jehan Gabor Urmai Madog Ray Llewellyn Welsh Judge Davyd Harries Tom Bellecote Greg Saunders Martin Bellecote Istwan Imre Brother Potter Tibor Gyukar Brother Urien Adam Suranyi Brother Anselm Steven Beard   At the monastery in Shrewsbury in 1138, Brother Cadfael's herbarium shelves are richly stocked after a splendid summer. Then one Gervase Bonel, who had planned to leave his valuable manor to the Abbey, is poisoned with Cadfael's own concoction for aching joints. As the monk investigates, he finds a web of family intrigues, where suspicion has fallen on someone he is certain is innocent...   The Leper Of Saint Giles (5th Chronicle) Music by Colin Towns Equipment by Andrew Ackland-Snow Produced by Steven Smallwood Adapted by by Paul Pender Directed by Graham Theakston   Character Actor Brother Cadfael Derek Jacobi Hugh Beringar Sean Pertwee Abbot Heribert Peter Copley Prior Robert Michael Culver Brother Jerome Julian Firth Lazarus John Bennett Avice of Thornbury Sarah Badel Iveta de Massard Tara Fitzgerald Agnes Picard Susan Fleetwood Godfrid Picard Jonathan Hyde Jocelyn Jonathan Firth Simon Jamie Glover Guy Adrian Ross Magenty Huon de Domville Norman Eshley Sergeant Warden Albie Woodington Jehan Gabor Urmai Brother Oswin Mark Charnock Brother Mark Stanley Kowalski Bran Danny Dyer Madlyn Marta Bako   A marriage has been arranged between an ageing nobleman and a very young woman, ill-matched as January and May, but coerced by greedy guardians. Both parties arrive in Shrewsbury, with escorts suitable to their rank. A savage killing calls Brother Cadfael from his herbarium, and leads him to the leper house of Saint Giles - a sanctuary for the sick, but also a possible refuge for the hunted man ...

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