It is December 1138. At the Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul in Shrewsbury, Abbot Heribert has been dismissed from his post and office and summoned to London, leaving his ambitious subordinate, the Prior, in charge Robert… something most brothers aren't too happy about.
At the same time, Gervaise Bonel, her family and her household moved into a house belonging to the Abbey as part of an agreement by which Bonel ceded her land and manor to the Abbey in exchange for food, clothing and 'a home for life… but his house is no more peaceful than the abbey community.
When Bonel suddenly falls ill, Brother Cadfael, the abbey's herbalist and gardener, is summoned to care for him… and discovers that Bonel is dead, murdered by poison… a poison prepared by Cadfael himself as a medicinal oil for painful joints. Not only that, but Cadfael discovers that Bonel's widow is the woman he was engaged to forty years ago, and his son Edwin has become the prime suspect in his father-in-law's murder and is now being hunted by the men from the sheriff.
Narrator…Sir Michael Hordern
Brother Cadfael…Philip Madoc
Brother Mark… Ian Targett
Richildis Bonel…Pat Heywood
Abbot Héribert … Timothy Bateson
Prior Robert Pennant … Geoffrey Whitehead
Sergeant William Warden…Ian Hogg
Edwin Gurney…Richard Pearce
Hugh Beringer/Steward at Mallilie…Alan Barker
Brother Rhys/Judge…Norman Jones
Meurig … Kenneth Price
Aelfric…Mark Straker
Aldith…Jane Whittenshaw
Sybil Bellecôte…Petra Markham
Brother Edmund/Martin Bellecote … Timothy Carlton
Brother Petrus…Fraser Kerr
Edwy Bellecôte…Stephen Garlick
Brother Simon/Ifor ap Morgan … Michael Turner
Brother Barnabas… Terence Edmond
Produced by Lissa Evans
Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from 24 September to 22 October 1991
Episode 1 00:00
Troubled times
The year is 1138 and Brother Cadfael, herbalist at Shrewsbury Abbey, is asked to provide a healing potion to an ailing monk.
But the monks' hood oil can kill as well as heal.
Ellis Peters' medieval murder mysteries featuring the Benedictine monk amateur detective.
Starring Philip Madoc – with Sir Michael Hordern as narrator.
Excerpt from The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael.
Episode 2 29:42
The legacy
Brother Cadfael fears the worst because of the illness of the benefactor of Shrewsbury Abbey.
Ellis Peters' medieval murder mysteries featuring the Benedictine monk amateur detective.
Starring Philip Madoc – with Sir Michael Hordern as narrator.
Excerpt from The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael.
Dramatized by Bert Coules.
Narrator……Sir Michael Hordern
Brother Cadfael……Phillip Madoc
Sergeant William Warden……Ian Hogg
Brother Mark……Ian Targett
Prior Robert……Geoffrey Whitehead
Brother Rees……Norman Jones
Rishildis Burnel……Pat Heywood
Elfrick……Mark Straker
Maerreg…Kenneth Price
Aldith……Jane Whittenshaw
Brother Edmond……Timothy Carlton
Edwin Gurney……Richard Pearce
Sybil Bellecott……Petra Markham
Edwy Bellecott……Stephen Garlick
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1991.
Episode 3 1:00:12
Hunted
Medieval monk Brother Cadfael's suspicions grow as to who committed the murder.
Ellis Peters' medieval murder mysteries featuring the Benedictine monk amateur detective.
Episode 4 1:31:35
Mallilie
Confusion reigns in the hunt for the poisoner. Brother Cadfael has new suspicions.
Ellis Peters' medieval murder mysteries featuring the Benedictine monk amateur detective.
Starring Philip Madoc – with Sir Michael Hordern as narrator.
Excerpt from The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael.
Dramatized by Bert Coules.
Episode 5 2:04:11
Judgement
After another arrest for murder, Brother Cadfael wants justice to be done.
Conclusion to Ellis Peters' medieval murder mystery featuring the Benedictine monk amateur sleuth.
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