7.048 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestCaris and Merthin are reunited in love, but it may be too late. Godwyn will stop at nothing to destroy Caris and see her burned as a witch. The King’s Army arrives to quell the peasant rebellion and destroy Kingsbridge. Brother Thomas reveals a great secret.
Two hundred years after the construction of the great cathedral, the medieval town of Kingsbridge is taken under siege by Queen Isabella. Caris, a visionary young woman, inspires her people to stand up for their rights and revolt against to the most powerful forces of her time, the Church and the Crown.
Production
Austria and Hungary standing in for England—surprisingly lush and filthy.
Acting
Charlotte Riley carries the whole damn town on her shoulders.
Costume
Everyone looks authentically unwashed; the wool budget alone was massive.
Creator
Michael Caton-Jones
Oliver Maltman
Bishop Richard
David Bradley
Brother Joseph
Ben Chaplin
Sir Thomas Langley
Charlotte Riley
Caris
Cynthia Nixon
Petranilla
Carlo Rota
Edmund
Rupert Evans
Godwyn
Nora Waldstätten
Gwenda
Miranda Richardson
Mother Cecilia
Kostja Ullmann
Holger
André Hennicke
Joby
Hannes Jaenicke
Roger Mortimer
Diana Kent
Rose
Hera Hilmar
Margery
Oliver Jackson-Cohen
Ralph
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a sequel miniseries to 2010's 'Pillars of the Earth'—same author, different cast, somehow even more diseases.
The Black Death scenes were filmed during an actual heatwave in Hungary, so everyone's miserable sweating was 100% authentic.
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