Monsignor Renard

Season 1 Episode 1: May 1940

Augustin 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.

Genre:

Drama, War & Politics

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

4

Cast:

John Thaw, Cheryl Campbell, Dominic Monaghan

Quality:

HD

Duration:

295 min

First Air:

2000

Rating:

7.5