Cadfael (TV series)

Cadfael
Photo of Derek Jacobi as Cadfael
Derek Jacobi as Brother Cadfael
GenrePeriod drama
Historical mystery
Created byEdith Pargeter
Written byRussell Lewis
Directed byVarious
StarringDerek Jacobi
Michael Culver
Julian Firth
Sean Pertwee
Eoin McCarthy
Anthony Green
Mark Charnock
Peter Copley
Terrence Hardiman
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes13 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producersNeville C. Thompson
Ted Childs
ProducerStephen Smallwood
Production locationUnited Kingdom
Running time75 minutes
Production companyCentral Independent Television
Original release
NetworkITV
Release29 May 1994 (1994-05-29) –
28 December 1998 (1998-12-28)
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Cadfael is a British mystery television series, broadcast on ITV between 29 May 1994 and 28 December 1998, based on The Cadfael Chronicles novels written by Ellis Peters. Produced by Central, it starred Derek Jacobi as the medieval detective and title character, Brother Cadfael. The complete series was released on DVD on 24 August 2009.[1] The series aired in the United States as part of the Mystery! series.

  1. ^ "Cadfael - the complete collection DVD". Amazon in the UK. Retrieved 1 November 2016.