"The Black Death, a pandemic disease that ravaged in the 1300s, caused a never-before-seen human catastrophe of frightening magnitude. Over the course of three terrible years, more than a third of Europe's population was wiped out."
Denis Lawson
as Narrator
Simon Thorp
as Gabriele De Mussis
Vincent Carmichael
as Giovanni Boccaccio
Philip Madoc
as Gentile da Foligno
Jonathan Firth
as Louis Heyligen
Patrick Toomey
as Robert of Avesbury
Nicholas Rowe
as Gui de Chauliac
Timothy Watson
as Bailiff of the Court
Dorian Lough
as Nicholas Deneys
Susan Engel
as Lady Rose de Saxham
Mark Tandy
as Brother John Clynn
Peter Nicholson
Director
Nick Dance
Camera Operator
Ben Oliver
Simon Farmer
Sound
Dave Hutton
Gaffer
Julie Berranger
Location Manager
Federica Abaterusso
Stephanie Dawes
Casting Director
David Blight
Production Design
Mari Lucaccini
Art Department Manager
Niccolò Cioni
Art Department Assistant
Craig Emmerson
Isolde Sommerfeldt
Costume Designer
Antonia Donlea
Costume Assistant
Clive Mattock
Online Editor
Katherine Grincell
Colorist
Sarah Class
Music
Kate Solomon
Production Assistant
Chrissie Barlow
Production Manager
Laurence Williamson
Editor
Bill Jones
Executive Producer
Producer