- Radio Times
- Review by:
- David Butcher
Oh the ignorance! The brutality! The sheer unfairness of everything in provincial England in 1334! World without End keeps hitting us between the eyes with it all – the “wantonness and evil” as a nun complains to Prior Godwyn, though he’s the most evil of the lot, and underneath his saintly talk, wanton too, in a creepy, pervy way.
He actually goes a bit nuts tonight, ranting against women and Jews and taking drastic steps to prevent Mother Cecilia (Miranda Richardson) building her hospice. There are about 47 other plot developments among the huge cast, including rape, poisoning, stabbings and disembowelment.
But it’s all laced with such a sense of grand passion and seriousness that it’s very enjoyable indeed.
About this programme
3/6. With the construction of the new bridge now well in hand under Merthin's supervision, Ralph undertakes a task of his own - to fund the ongoing war with France by any means necessary and at whatever price. Meanwhile, Godwyn is outraged when Mother Cecilia rejects his plans to build a palace on the convent estate and promises Caris a hospital instead. Fighting back, he issues an edict giving the Priory control over all town land.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Petranilla
- Cynthia Nixon
- Sir Thomas Langley
- Ben Chaplin
- Sir Roland
- Peter Firth
- Caris Wooler
- Charlotte Riley
- Merthin Fitzgerald
- Tom Weston-Jones
- Godwyn
- Rupert Evans
- Gwenda
- Nora von Waldstatten
- Ralph Fitzgerald
- Oliver Jackson-Cohen
- Edward III
- Blake Ritson
- Philippa
- Sarah Gadon
- Edmund Wooler
- Carlo Rota
- Queen Isabella
- Aure Atika
- Lady Maud
- Megan Follows
- Sister Mair
- Tatiana Maslany
- Wulfric
- Tom Cullen
- Brother Joseph
- David Bradley
- Joby
- Andre Hennicke
- Holger
- Kostja Ullmann
- Roger Mortimer
- Hannes Jaenicke
- Mattie Wise
- Indira Varma
- Mother Cecilia
- Miranda Richardson
Crew
- Director
- Michael Caton-Jones
- Executive Producer
- Ridley Scott
- Executive Producer
- Tony Scott
- Executive Producer
- Rola Bauer
- Executive Producer
- David W Zucker
- Executive Producer
- Tim Halkin
- Executive Producer
- John Weber
- Executive Producer
- Jonas Bauer
- Writer
- John Pielmeier
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