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Season: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4
Year: 1994  |  1995  |  1996  |  1997  |  1998

Season 1

Season 1, Episode 1: One Corpse Too Many

Original Air Date—29 May 1994
Assigned by King Stephen to dispose of 94 hanged rebels, Cadfael discovers the body of a murdered man among the corpses and given just four days to solve the crime.

Season 1, Episode 2: The Sanctuary Sparrow

Original Air Date—5 June 1994
Liliwin is a poor acrobat hired to entertain at an Aurifaber wedding. But when he is dismissed and the master of the house is found unconscious and robbed, Cadfael must find the real thief before the mob takes vengeance.

Season 1, Episode 3: The Leper of St. Giles

Original Air Date—12 June 1994
When a cruel middle-aged baron and a beautiful wealthy orphan are to be wed at the abbey, it comes as no surprise when the sadistic nobleman is found bludgeoned to death.

Season 1, Episode 4: Monk's Hood

Original Air Date—19 June 1994
When an unpleasant and cruel nobleman spites his stepson by ceding his estate to the abbey, he ends up being poisoned by one of Brother Cadfael's medications.

Season 2

Season 2, Episode 1: The Virgin in the Ice

Original Air Date—26 December 1995
A young nun is found violated and murdered, while the brother and sister she was escorting have disappeared. A mysterious forest ranger dedicates himself to rescuing the children, while Brother Oswin blames himself for Sister Hilaria's death. Cadfael must identify the killer and do what he can to aid in the children's rescue.

Season 2, Episode 2: The Devil's Novice

Original Air Date—18 August 1996
Cadfael is sure the unlikely novice Meriet is hiding a secret, and when a missing bishop's envoy is found dead, Meriet takes the blame. Cadfael must discover who Meriet is protecting and who is the real murderer. Ellis Peters fans will find the character name changes confusing and not helpful to the story.

Season 2, Episode 3: A Morbid Taste for Bones

Original Air Date—25 August 1996
Cadfael and a deputation of monks from Shrewsbury are dispatched to Wales to recover the remains of martyred St. Winifred over the objections of the local lord and residents.

Season 3

Season 3, Episode 1: The Rose Rent

Original Air Date—12 August 1997
A beautiful, wealthy widow turns her back on the world to find solace with the church and gives her house over to the abbey for the rent of a single white rose each year.

Season 3, Episode 2: St Peter's Fair

Original Air Date—19 August 1997
A dispute between Church and State over Fair fees leads to a brawl and the murder of a prominent visiting merchant, supposedly by a townsman. As more bodies are found, Cadfael starts to think the Church/State difference isn't the cause after all.

Season 3, Episode 3: The Raven in the Foregate

Original Air Date—26 August 1997
An unpopular Puritanical priest new to Shrewsbury refuses to give a pregnant young girl absolution resulting in her apparent suicide.

Season 4

Season 4, Episode 1: The Holy Thief

Original Air Date—23 June 1998
Ramsey Abbey in Cambridgeshire puts in a claim for the remains of St. Winifred, whose reliquary is the object of prayer and lucrative donations to Shrewsbury Abbey.

Season 4, Episode 2: The Potter's Field

Original Air Date—23 December 1998
A year after Brother Ruald answers his vocation and becomes a monk at Shrewsbury, a body, believed to be his deserted wife, is unearthed near his cottage.

Season 4, Episode 3: The Pilgrim of Hate

Original Air Date—28 December 1998
In this maladaptation, the noble knight and repentant killer have become two brothers, one of whom is blamed for their father's death. Winsome Melangell has become a thief to support her con-artist brother (their aunt doesn't exist). Only Cadfael is still interested in the truth, even if it disarranges the plans of any of these unsympathetic characters.

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