Derek Jacobi has his own charm.... but I LUURVE the late great Philip Madoc as Brother Cadfael in the bbc radio dramas.... if only he could have reprised his role onscreen......I can’t believe he’s gone......

Thank you so much. One of my favorite shows.

49:51 “A pretty nest, without an egg.” That right there is some clever dialogue. Beaumont isn’t just talking about his chapel, he’s talking about his home. He has a beautiful castle, full of riches, but no family.

Brilliant as always. Derek Jacoby is perfect as Brother Cadfael.

I personally did not care for characterization of Hugh Beringar in this particular season. He always seemed so quick to believe the obvious, so ready to pass judgement without knowing the truth. It seems they took the unsavory traits of Sergeant Warden and amalgamated them into Hugh Beringar to create someone who was just "The Sheriff of Shrewsbury"; a man who cared more about dispensing judgement rather than finding justice.

Thanks so much for this upload! A great episode!!!!!!

CADFAEL - DEREK JACOBI - ITV 1994-1998 This series is interesting for many reasons. First of all, it is well done in a real setting, with a real abbey church and abbey, Shrewsbury Abbey, real stone and not plywood. The costumes and the quality of life in this twelfth century England are credible. The mud and the dirt are constantly present. The medicine of the time and the agriculture of the time are also in many ways true to what it was. The Benedictines are often called the engineers of the Middle Ages, and they were. A quick look in one episode on the scriptorium is probably not enough about that intellectual and technological importance of the order. They saved the libraries and the knowledge of the Roman Empire and brought it out when needed, particularly starting in the tenth century to develop the green revolution and later on the proto-industrial revolution centered on water mills, a Roman invention that the Romans did not use since they had slaves. The think that is missing though is the fact that this evolution was based on the religious reform of the 9th century that imposed the fifty two Sundays as days without work, plus the three religious festivities, Nativity, Passion and Assumption, altogether seventy-five days without human work. You can imagine how important it was to invent the horse collar, crop rotation, fertilizing, and these water mills that replaced so many men and women, even children, making the dream of a society centered on religion and without slaves a possible dream. We do not see these realities and these events enough. It is interesting too because many episodes are on the background of a civil war between a king and some rebels. King Stephen reigned from 1135 to 1154. This civil war connected with Wales as for the rebels is depicted as violent, brutal and absolutely unreliable. The monks were supposed to be neutral and at the same time supporting the King. Complicated. It is surprising though that the religious status they had was too often enough to protect them against the villains on either side. But this civil war was only an event that enabled the suspense to work in the episodes. The main interest is of course in the mysteries and crimes that happen in this context. Brother Cadfael is an ex-crusader who came back and did not hold his promise to go back to the woman he left waiting behind. Instead he joined the Benedictine order. But he developed a vast knowledge on plants and cures for many ailments and his mind was also very speculative about the motivations of people and he was often called upon to investigate this or that strange situation with one or two dead people. He is of course very innovative, and yet we know that these Benedictines were very clever as for disentangling some complicated situation. We of course think of “The Name of the Rose.” The murders, or at times mysterious deaths, were always dealt with in a modern way and the solution is never really what we expect. The director and the author play on our nerves and let us believe we know, though at times this piece of truth is so obvious that we know they want us to think we know, and the last twist reveals that we were wrong all along, just like Cadfael actually. That makes the stories interesting just at that level and the Crime Scene Investigation is always rich and tricky. For all these reasons I think this series should satisfy many people who want to be titillated with mystery, crime and a spiritual dimension which is at times perverse but most of the time just real. Some of the monks are real obnoxious people, selfish, self-centered, frankly racist or segregationist. But some others are full of compassion and patience and they are those who carry the day in the end. Dr. Jacques COULARDEAU

someone asked about the music for the series,. composer is a Colin Towns

For those not understanding why the bones are in a small box OssuaryAn ossuary is a chest, box, building, well, or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains. They are frequently used where burial space is scarce. A body is first buried in a temporary grave, then after some years the skeletal remains are removed and placed in an ossuary

Gracias,buen film.

Enjoyed the movie. Thanks.

I really enjoyed this series allot,Thnx 👍❤️

Excelente

He echado de menos al simpático fraile los días que he estado fuera. Gracias por darnos la oportunidad de disfrutar de tus vídeos a las personas que no sabemos idiomas

Great horse stunt at 10:44 - While the horse is getting up, a guy dives over it :)

The reliquary is different and much smaller from the one from A morbid taste for bones

thanks for upload.. .in the written story lord Beaumont was actually quite honorable and did nothing wrong..the rest of the video goes along w/the book pretty well.

Hola!. He descubierto hace unos dias esta serie GENIAL!.El protagonista se asemeja a G.de Baskerville en "El nombre de la rosa" de Umberto.Eco, en cuanto a sus facultades detectivescas.El actor principal de esta serie es el que -también- interpretó al emperador romano Claudio, en la famosa serie "Yo, Claudio". Gracias por subirla. Espero que puedas subtitular en español, todos los capítulos que la componen. Saludos.

An absolute travesty of the original book. Robert Beaumont, earl of Leicester (alias Robert Bossu) - so not "Lord Beaumont" anyway! - was an honourable, decent, peace-loving man with an impish sense of humour. A most likeable character. Seems to me that the makers of this series delight in turning every pleasant and decent character in the books into some kind of monster. But at least the actress playing Daalny is absolutely stunningly beautiful, which compensates a little for the unjustifiable vilification of poor Robert Bossu.

muy buenas todas,versión antigua ,del investigador columbo

uuummmm, not sure if they even looked at the book before they made this episode. Could have looked at the back cover maybe and then made it up from then on

A travesty of Edith Pargeter's original story, just re-read having watched this film. Why? Read the book - so very much better.

Many of the elder monks in high “rank” in this series seem quite bitter, what happened to the teaching of God that they were supposed to follow. They seemed to follow the angry God of the Old Testament not the teachings of the New Testament

Subtítulos en Español terminados. ¡Disfruten!

Bears very little resemblance to the original novel. Even the murderer is different.

00:57 Bueno, yo soy partidaria de la Emperatriz Matilde. Para mí, es Esteban de Blois el 'pretendiente' y no ella. :)

Who is the killer in the book?

Bit concerned about 'if one floats one is guilty'. Probably air bubbles in the clothes keep one buoyant.

They also are but Human Billy, we aspire but frequently fail in our ambitions to be close to our God.

its a deep one this one

Wasn't Brother Columbanus's body placed in the relic casket? Aren't Saint Winifred's bones back in Gwytherin?

Perche non in italiano

¿Cuándo podremos tener "The Holy Thief" subtitulado en español¡

Αυτός δεν είναι ο ηθοποιός που έπαιζε στο "Εγώ, ο Κλαύδιος"; Τι εκπληκτικός που ήταν σ' αυτόν τον ρόλο

It seems like some of the monks portrayed in this series are extremely hateful. How can a order dedicated to the ways of Christ not love everyone?

I am glad this age is gone forever ans one will not be judged by inquisition...or to be thrown in to the water to prove one's innocente or guilt!!

lot of holy roller bs. like saying "its not my fault blame it on the Saint"

those relics are one of the reasons why Jesus and the Bible are against worshiping THINGS

Why is the video so poor?

Brother prior reminds me of Stephen Miller and so many of the evil doers in the Trump administration

nothing but greedy monks. guess these monks aren't related to St. Francis of Assisi