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The Worst Episodes of Cadfael

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The Worst Episodes of 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...

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  1. Background image for One Corpse Too Many
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    #1 - One Corpse Too Many

    S1:E1

    Brother Cadfael has settled down to a quiet religious life at Shrewsbury Abbey after an adventurous, and far from monastic, youth. But when he uncovers a murder, he turns detective to solve the crime.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Background image for The Sanctuary Sparrow
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    #2 - The Sanctuary Sparrow

    S1:E2

    When Shrewsbury's goldsmith is robbed and left for dead, the locals launch a witch-hunt. Pursued by the mob, the prime suspect, a young juggler who performed at the wedding of the goldsmith's son, seeks sanctuary at the Abbey. But as Cadfael investigates, a second body is found floating in the River Severn.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Background image for The Leper of St. Giles
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    #3 - The Leper of St. Giles

    S1:E3

    A great wedding is to take place at the Abbey, between a beautiful young girl and a powerful baron. But this is no love match, and when the baron disappears before the wedding, Cadfael is on the case.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Monk's Hood
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    #4 - Monk's Hood

    S1:E4

    A rich landowner cuts his stepson out of his will to leave his fortune to Shrewsbury Abbey, and is found poisoned. When Cadfael is called in to investigate, he is shocked to find that the dead man's wife is his own childhood sweetheart, whom he has not seen for forty years.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Background image for The Rose Rent
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    #5 - The Rose Rent

    S3:E1

    The recently-widowed wife, Judith Perle, of a rich merchant becomes the object of interest for the men of Shrewsbury. But then a monk and one of her suitors are murdered.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for St. Peter's Fair
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    #6 - St. Peter's Fair

    S3:E2

    Cadfael puts Hugh Beringar to the test, and Hugh has to choose between loyalty to the king and friendship with Cadfael. Meanwhile, at the annual St. Peter's Fair in Shrewsbury, townspeople come into conflict with the Abbey's officers and with visiting merchants. A curfew is ordered, but not fully observed—then Cadfael finds he has a murder to solve.

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  8. Background image for The Raven in the Foregate
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    #7 - The Raven in the Foregate

    S3:E3

    Cadfael is on a double murder hunt following the deaths of a pregnant girl and the priest who refused to take her confession.

    Director:Ken Grieve
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  9. Background image for The Holy Thief
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    #8 - The Holy Thief

    S4:E1

    Dalny, a beautiful slave girl, is abducted from the Abbey—and the relics of St. Winifred are also spirited away, apparently by the same thief. Cadfael is commissioned to find them both.

    Director:Ken Grieve
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for The Potter's Field
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    #9 - The Potter's Field

    S4:E2

    A potter's wife dies suddenly, and he gives up his old life to enter the Abbey, but the other monks suspect him of having killed his wife. As Cadfael investigates the death he finds a curious web of jealousy, infidelity and suicide.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for The Pilgrim of Hate
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    #10 - The Pilgrim of Hate

    S4:E3

    The dead body of an elderly man is found hidden in a sack at the Abbey, and Cadfael believes he was murdered. The principal suspects are a group of pilgrims, who include two known thieves. Cadfael locks them up, in a bid to draw out the killer.

    Director:Ken Grieve
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for A Morbid Taste for Bones
    8.0/10(279 votes)

    #11 - A Morbid Taste for Bones

    S2:E3

    The monks of Shrewsbury go to Wales to recover the bones of St. Winifred. But their attempted bribery of the Welsh puts them at odds with the local residents—and when the local landowner is found murdered, the monks are regarded as prime suspects.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for The Devil's Novice
    8.1/10(272 votes)

    #12 - The Devil's Novice

    S2:E2

    A rich priest is found killed, and the finger of suspicion points to a new monk at Shrewsbury Abbey. Meanwhile, a civil war raging around England is piling political pressures on the Abbot. Cadfael investigates the murder and uncovers a tangled web of dishonesty and nepotism.

    Director:Herbert Wise
    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for The Virgin in the Ice
    8.2/10(306 votes)

    #13 - The Virgin in the Ice

    S2:E1

    Cadfael's novice, Brother Oswin, is found close to death, babbling about a woman. When a nun is found raped, murdered and encased in the ice of a frozen stream, Oswin is accused of murder. Cadfael tracks the nun's companion, Ermina Hugonin, and sets out to prove Oswin's innocence.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"One Corpse Too Many" is the worst rated episode of "Cadfael". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Russell Lewis, it aired on 5/29/1994. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Sanctuary Sparrow".