Season 1 · Episode 1 of 8
The succession to the crown of England is in doubt and causes King Henry’s daughter and nephew to compete for the throne. The Hamleigh family’s hope for an advantageous marriage for their son William falls apart. Tom Builder and his family search for work and encounter Ellen and her mysterious son Jack. Church politics see Philip, a monk, elected the new prior, which leaves him indebted to Deacon Waleran.
Ken Follett (Writer) · John Pielmeier (Writer)
Robert Bathurst
Percy Hamleigh
Donald Sutherland
Earl Bartholomew
Matthew Macfadyen
Prior Phillip
Rufus Sewell
Tom Builder
Ian McShane
Waleran Bigod
Eddie Redmayne
Jack Jackson
Natalia Wörner
Ellen
Hayley Atwell
Aliena
David Oakes
William Hamleigh
Tony Curran
King Stephen
Alison Pill
Maud
Sarah Parish
Regan Hamleigh
Liam Garrigan
Alfred Builder
Götz Otto
Walter
Sam Claflin
Richard
Jody Halse
Anatole Taubman
Remigius
Skye Bennett
Young Martha
John Pielmeier
Cuthbert
Matt Devere
Gordon Pinsent
Archbishop
Ken Follett
Merchant
Féodor Atkine
Abbot Sugar
Virág Bárány
Young Woman Whore
Freddie Boath
Henry - 15 year
Barnabás Réti
Brother Paul
Piroska Molnár
Grandmama
Lisa Millett
Kate
Clive Wood
King Henry I
Richard Rifkin
Matthew
László Áron
Architect
Kelly Banlaki
Princess
David Bark-Jones
Francis
Tamás Baross
Gabriel
Tatiana Turner
Gabriel's Mother
Michael Mehlmann
Prior James
Skye Lourie
Elisabeth
Peter Linka
Mark Phelan
Otto
Douglas Booth
Eustace (15 years old)
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A sweeping epic of good and evil, treachery and intrigue, violence and beauty, a sensuous, spirited story set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles in 12th Century England.
