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The Best Episodes of Cadfael

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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 Abbey, Brother Cadfael is often called on to solve murders

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Cadfael Season 2 Episode 1 - The Virgin in the Ice
    8.3/10(328 votes)

    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.

    Director:Malcolm Mowbray
    Writer:Russell Lewis

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  2. Cadfael Season 2 Episode 2 - The Devil's Novice
    8.1/10(288 votes)

    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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  3. Cadfael Season 1 Episode 3 - The Leper of St. Giles
    8.0/10(351 votes)

    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. Cadfael Season 2 Episode 3 - A Morbid Taste for Bones
    8.0/10(294 votes)

    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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  5. Cadfael Season 1 Episode 4 - Monk's Hood
    7.9/10(304 votes)

    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
    Writer:Russell Lewis

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  6. Cadfael Season 3 Episode 3 - The Raven in the Foregate
    7.9/10(248 votes)

    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
    Writer:Russell Lewis

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  7. Cadfael Season 4 Episode 2 - The Potter's Field
    7.9/10(215 votes)

    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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  8. Cadfael Season 1 Episode 2 - The Sanctuary Sparrow
    7.8/10(359 votes)

    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
    Writer:Russell Lewis

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  9. Cadfael Season 1 Episode 1 - One Corpse Too Many
    7.7/10(464 votes)

    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
    Writer:Russell Lewis

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  10. Cadfael Season 3 Episode 1 - The Rose Rent
    7.7/10(253 votes)

    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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  11. Cadfael Season 3 Episode 2 - St. Peter's Fair
    7.7/10(255 votes)

    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.

    Director:Herbert Wise
    Writer:Russell Lewis

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  12. Cadfael Season 4 Episode 1 - The Holy Thief
    7.6/10(218 votes)

    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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  13. Cadfael Season 4 Episode 3 - The Pilgrim of Hate
    7.6/10(224 votes)

    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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Best Episodes Summary

"The Virgin in the Ice" is the best rated episode of "Cadfael". It scored 8.3/10 based on 328 votes. Directed by Malcolm Mowbray and written by Russell Lewis, it aired on 12/26/1995. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Devil's Novice".