This is seriously the best medieval time mystery show ever! Not that there are many... but even if there were, this one is perfect. The first season was all excellent. The second season has been a bit rocky, but this episode ("The Devil's Novice") is splendid:
Go watch it!
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 is often called on to solve murders and other crimes in and around Shrewsbury, Shropshire, in the border country where England meets Wales.
