World Without End: Checkmate (S1EP8 Starz 23 Oct 2012, David Bradley)

Checkmate: Caris 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.

Regular Cast: 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), Tom Weston-Jones (Merthin), Tom Cullen (Wulfric), Blake Ritson (Edward III), Sally Bankes (Madge Webber), Neil Bell (Sim Chapman), Alexandra Gallusz (Merchant), Aure Atika (Queen Isabella), Tatiana Maslany (Sister Meir), Peter Firth (Earl Roland), Sarah Gadon (Philippa), Jason Langley (Matthias), Richard Durden (Sir Henry), Ian Pirie (Elfric), Sarah Beck Mather (Anett), Caroline Boulton (Sister Elisabeth), Iván Fenyő (Alan Fernhill), Jude Wright (Sam (Child)), Megan Follows (Maud), John Owens (Blind Carlus), Attila Árpa (General Lecoursy), Daniel Ainsleigh (William), Duncan Bell (Saul Whitehead), Romy Caton-Jones (Young Joan), Oliver Doherty (David), Alex Palmer (Nate Reeve), Scott Alexander Young (John Constable), Indira Varma (Mattie Wise), Kevin Moore (Prior Anthony), Andrew Bicknell (Gerald), Max Jacob Brownas (Luke Webber), Dan Cade (Handsome Jim), Peter Linka (Perking), Victor McGuire (Mark Webber), Gyula Mesterházy (Guard), Stewart Scudamore (Bonaventura Carolli), Laura Lock (Odila),

Writers: John Pielmeier, Ken Follet

Airdate: 23 Oct 2012 on Starz

Series: World Without End Season 1 Episode 8

Show Info: An 8 part sequel to Pillars of the Earth, set 200 years after the building of the Cathedral.

• World Without End: Knight (S1EP1 Starz 4 Sep 2012, Ben Chaplin)

• World Without End: King (S1EP2 Starz 11 Sep 2012, Charlotte Riley)

• World Without End: Prior (S1EP3 Starz 18 Sep 2012, Miranda Richardson)

• World Without End: Check (S1EP4 Starz 25 Sep 2012, Tom Cullen)

• World Without End: Pawns (S1EP5 Starz 2 Oct 2012, Peter Firth)

• World Without End: Rook (S1EP6 Starz 9 Oct 2012, Indira Varma)

• World Without End: Queen (S1EP7 Starz 17 Oct 2012, Megan Follows)

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