TV SERIES · 2010
The Pillars of the Earth
Drama52 min per episode
In war-torn 12th-century England, mason Tom Builder dreams of raising a cathedral in Kingsbridge while civil war, royal succession fights, and church intrigue tear the country apart. Rufus Sewell is Tom, whose ambition becomes tangled up with nobles, monks, and the shifting balance between crown and church. Ian McShane's Bishop Waleran Bigod stands on the other side of that struggle, using religion and politics to protect his position. As rival claims to King Henry's legacy fuel violence across the realm, the fate of a single building project becomes bound up with power, faith, and survival.
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