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1. Troubled Times

Whodunnits Cadfael - Monk's Hood
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The Abbey's ill benefactor needs Brother Cadfael's ointment, deadly if ingested. Ellis Peters' mystery stars Philip Madoc.

The year is 1138, and Brother Cadfael, herbalist of Shrewsbury Abbey, is asked to supply a healing potion for a sick monk.

But monk's hood oil can kill as well as cure....

Ellis Peters' medieval murder mysteries featuring the Benedictine monk-cum-amateur sleuth.

Starring Philip Madoc.

With Sir Michael Hordern as the narrator.

From the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael.

Dramatised in five-parts by Bert Coules.

Narrator ...... Sir Michael Hordern
Brother Cadfael ...... Phillip Madoc
Brother Mark ...... Ian Targett
Prior Robert ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Brother Rees ...... Norman Jones
Rishildis Burnel ...... Pat Heywood
Father Heribert ...... Timothy Bateson
Elfrick ...... Mark Straker
Maerreg ...... Kenneth Price
Aldith ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Brother Edmund ...... Timothy Carlton
Brother Petrus ...... Fraser Kerr

Producer: Lissa Evans

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in September 1991.

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