Derek Jacobi. Based on the novel by Ellis Peters. Originally produced in 1995 by Central Films, England ; program copyright 1995 Carlton UK Television. Special features include: Interactive menus ; scene index ; audio comments by Derek Jacobi ; Ellis Peters biography and book list ; production scrapbook.
Summary:
Cadfael suspects the motives of the young man wanting to join Shrewsbury Abbey as a novice to be not entirely selfless. A senior cleric sent to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a colleague forms the same impression. Suspicions increase when the half-burnt body of the cleric is found and a wild man from the woods is falsely accused.
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