Canterbury Tales: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Canterbury Tales are Geoffrey Chaucer's tales updated to the present day. Producer Kate Barlett wanted to remain as faithful as possible to the spirit of the original tale. Each tale was scripted by a different writer and like the original tales they embody the timeless themes of love, lust, greed, power, anger and bigotry.

Series details

• Title: Canterbury Tales
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2003-09-11
• Final broadcast date listed: 2003-10-16
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 7380
• IMDb ID: tt0353045
• TVDB ID: 73074

Cast and credited roles

• Paul Nicholls — Jerome
• Chiwetel Ejiofor — Paul
• Keeley Hawes — Emily
• Indira Varma — Meena
• Om Puri — Jetender
• Nitin Ganatra — Pushpinder
• Julie Walters — Beth Craddock
• Dennis Waterman — John
• Billie Piper — Alison
• James Nesbitt — Nick
• Nikki Amuka-Bird — Constance
• Andrew Lincoln — Alan King

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2003-09-11; final listed air date 2003-10-16; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Canterbury Tales on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.