Monk's Hood by Ellis Peters

A BBC Radio adaptation by Bert Coules of the novel by Ellis Peters.

It is December 1138. In the Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul in Shrewsbury, Abbot Heribert has been relieved of his position and duties and summoned to London, leaving his ambitious subordinate Prior Robert in charge...something most of the brothers are not too happy about.

At the same time, Gervaise Bonel, his family and household have moved into a house owned by the Abbey as part of a deal in which Bonel gave to the Abbey his lands and manor in return for food, clothing and lodging for life...but his household is no more at peace that the Abbey community.

When Bonel is suddenly taken sick, Brother Cadfael, the Abbey herbalist and garden-keeper, is summoned to attend him...and finds that Bonel has died, murdered by poison...a poison prepared by Cadfael himself as a medicinal oil for aching joints. Not only that, but Cadfael finds that Bonel's widow is the woman he was once affianced to forty years ago, and her son Edwin has become the main suspect in his step-father's murder and is now being hunted by the Sheriff's men.

Narrator ... Sir Michael Hordern
Brother Cadfael ... Philip Madoc
Brother Mark ... Ian Targett
Richildis Bonel ... Pat Heywood
Abbot Heribert ... Timothy Bateson
Prior Robert Pennant ... Geoffrey Whitehead
Sergeant William Warden ... Ian Hogg
Edwin Gurney ... Richard Pearce
Hugh Beringer/Steward at Mallilie ... Alan Barker
Brother Rhys/Judge ... Norman Jones
Meurig ... Kenneth Price
Aelfric ... Mark Straker
Aldith ... Jane Whittenshaw
Sybil Bellecote ... Petra Markham
Brother Edmund/Martin Bellecote ... Timothy Carlton
Brother Petrus ... Fraser Kerr
Edwy Bellecote ... Stephen Garlick
Brother Simon/Ifor ap Morgan ... Michael Turner
Brother Barnabas ... Terence Edmond

Produced by Lissa Evans

Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 24 September - 22 October 1991

Episode 1 00:00
Troubled Times
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.

Episode 2 29:42
The Inheritance
Brother Cadfael fears the worst over the sickness of Shrewsbury Abbey's benefactor.

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 by Bert Coules.

Narrator ...... Sir Michael Hordern
Brother Cadfael ...... Phillip Madoc
Sergeant William Warden ...... Ian Hogg
Brother Mark ...... Ian Targett
Prior Robert ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Brother Rees ...... Norman Jones
Rishildis Burnel ...... Pat Heywood
Elfrick ...... Mark Straker
Maerreg ...... Kenneth Price
Aldith ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Brother Edmund ...... Timothy Carlton
Edwin Gurney ...... Richard Pearce
Sybil Bellecott ...... Petra Markham
Edwy Bellecott ...... Stephen Garlick

Producer: Lissa Evans

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1991.

Episode 3 1:00:12
Hunted
Medieval monk Brother Cadfael’s suspicions grow over who committed the murder.

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

Episode 4 1:31:35
Mallilie
Confusion reigns in the hunt for the poisoner. Brother Cadfael has fresh suspicions.

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 by Bert Coules.

Episode 5 2:04:11
Judgement
With a fresh arrest made for murder, Brother Cadfael is keen to see justice delivered.

Conclusion of Ellis Peters' medieval murder mystery featuring the Benedictine monk-cum-amateur sleuth.

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