The BEST episodes of Cadfael season 4
Every episode of Cadfael season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Cadfael season 4!
Brother Cadfael is a twelfth-century Anglo-Welsh monk created by the late Edith Pargeter writing under the pen name of Ellis Peters. A retired crusader disappointed in love, now a herbalist in charge of the gardens of Shrewsbury Abbey, Cadfael (played by Derek Jacobi) is often called on to solve murders and other crimes in and around Shrewsbury, Shropshire, in the border country where England meets Wales.
#1 - The Holy Thief
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/23/1998
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.
#2 - The Pilgrim of Hate
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/28/1998
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.
#3 - The Potter's Field
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/23/1998
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.