The setting jumps between modern and medieval France and follows two women (played by Vanessa Kirby and Jessica Brown Findlay) who are searching for the Holy Grail.

Other cast members include Katie McGrath, Tom Felton, Sebastian Stan, Emun Elliott, Tony Curran, and John Hurt.

The series follows two women—medieval Alaïs Pelletier du Mas (Jessica Brown Findlay), who lives through the Crusades and Cathar massacres in medieval France, and modern-day Alice Tanner (Vanessa Kirby)—in their quest to find the Holy Grail.

[1] Alice, a volunteer at a French archaeological excavation, discovers the skeletal remains of two people in a cave, as well as a labyrinth-engraved ring, which attracts the attention of unscrupulous individuals.

It was the best-selling fiction title in 2006 in the United Kingdom and reached The New York Times bestseller list.

[4][5] Production designer Tom Hannam recreated parts of Carcassonne at Cape Town Film Studios.

The cinematographer is Australian Robert Humphreys[4] The series has a total running time of 180 minutes and is split in two parts.

[5] In the fall of 2012, the series aired on Showcase in Canada, AXN in Korea, TVCine in Portugal, and Canal + Film in Poland.

Some of the modern scenes have the advantage of location filming in Carcassonne, which helps distract you from the mostly indifferent performances.

And the cast, which includes Tom Felton, Sebastian Stan, Katie McGrath, Tony Curran, John Lynch, and others, is large and appealing".