Potters Field

Acclaimed British stage and screen actor Sir Derek Jacobi takes the title role as the sleuthing medieval monk in this detective series based on the novels by Ellis Peters. Acclaimed British stage and screen actor Sir Derek Jacobi takes the title role as the sleuthing medieval monk in this detective series based on the best-selling novels by Ellis Peters. In this episode, while ploughing a field, the monks of Shrewsbury Abbey turn up a crude burial plot containing a woman's remains. Who is she? And who buried her? Cadfael is compelled to clear a fellow brother's name by proving that others were responsible for this bizarre crime of passion.