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7.52 votes2000NR4h 55mEndedDrama

Synopsis

Monsignor Renard was a four-part ITV television drama set in occupied France during World War II. It starred John Thaw as Monsignor Augustine Renard, a French priest who is drawn into the Resistance movement. The series was later shown in the U.S. as part of Masterpiece Theatre.

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Season 1

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1. May 1940Now viewing2000-03-274h 55mAugustin Renard, a decorated war hero in the First World War, left his Picardy hometown in 1920 and went off against his family's wishes to become a priest. Now he has been appointed parish priest to St.Josse des Bois but his arrival coincides with an exodus south by many of the population, the evacuation of a local airfield by the British and the arrival of the Germans, as Marshal Petain announces an armistice.
2. July 19402000-04-034h 55mThe folk of St.Josse prepare to celebrate Bastille Day, but liberty, equality and fraternity are in short supply when Gestapo Officer Rudi Brandt descends on the town and unleashes his jackbooted minions. A battle of wills soon develops with Renard, who resists the temptation to collaborate with the invaders. He is arrested for an act of resistance, and his former lover Madeleine is forced to re-examine her attitude towards the Germans.
3. September 19402000-04-104h 55mAs the German prosecution of the Jews begins, Renard uses the annual procession of St.Josse to register the disgust at events taking place.
4. November 19402000-04-174h 55mRenard leads the townsfolk in an open snub to the Germans, while Etienne incurs the nazis' anger with a foolhardy and premature show of resistance.

Cast

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John Thaw
Monsignor Augustine Renard
Cheryl Campbell
Dominic Monaghan
Etienne Pierre Rollinger
Jimmy Yuill
Barbara Kellerman
Richard Cubison

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Monsignor Renard has 1 season and 4 episodes.

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Monsignor Renard first aired in 2000.

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Monsignor Renard is classified as Drama.