Posted 04.17.12 by Chris The Emmy Award–winning Pillars of the Earth returns to Reelz this Friday, April 20, at 11pm ET / 8pm PT. The nine-part miniseries features stellar performances from Ian McShane (Deadwood, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides), Rufus Sewell (The Illusionist, A Knightâs Tale), and Donald Sutherland (The Hunger Games, The Italian Job) among others.
Based on Ken Follett's best-selling novel of the same name, Pillars is an epic tale of good and evil set against a backdrop of war, religious strife, and power struggles in 12th-Century England. The miniseries plays out over the next nine weeks, with new episodes airing Fridays through June 15th and encore showings on Saturdays. ReelzChannel is Dish 299, DirecTV 238, and available on your cable system.
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