Father Brown
Father Brown
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Father Brown

6.6 / 10
1974
1 season
13 episodes
CrimeMysteryDrama

Father Brown was a Catholic priest who doubled as an amateur detective in order to solve mysteries.

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.The Hammer of God

    5.0
    26-09-197450m

    A retired colonel, who has been having an adulterous affair, is found dead, his head caved in, with the blacksmith's hammer left nearby. The police have several suspects, but can F...

  • Ep 2

    2.The Oracle of the Dog

    03-10-197450m

    Father Brown is staying as the guest of a retired colonel when his host is found dead, stabbed with a narrow blade, but no murder weapon. The police inspector gathers all the suspe...

  • Ep 3

    3.The Curse of the Golden Cross

    10-10-197450m

    An American archaeologist confides in Father Brown that he fears for his life after a mysterious voice in a cave accused him of stealing a golden cross.

  • Ep 4

    4.The Eye of Apollo

    17-10-197450m

    A self-styled "priest of Apollo" persuades a follower to alter her will, then she falls down a lift shaft and dies. Father Brown suspects murder.

  • Ep 5

    5.The Three Tools of Death

    24-10-197450m

    Father Brown takes part in a radio discussion with a Scottish philanthropist, who is found shot dead the following morning.

  • Ep 6

    6.The Mirror of the Magistrate

    31-10-197450m

    A controversial magistrate is shot and killed. A suspect is brought to trial, but Father Brown believes a broken mirror establishes the truly guilty party.

  • Ep 7

    7.The Dagger with Wings

    07-11-197450m

    A man who has dabbled in black magic calls Father Brown to confess his sins, but too late. Father Brown investigates when the man's sons start to die in suspicious circumstances.

  • Ep 8

    8.The Actor and the Alibi

    14-11-197450m

    A theatrical manager is found stabbed to death in a locked room. Everyone in the company has an alibi, but Father Brown is determined to find the guilty party.

  • Ep 9

    9.The Quick One

    21-11-197450m

    Father Brown is staying at a country hotel and finds an eccentric stabbed through the heart in the hotel bar. Suspicion falls on a goup of travelling salesmen.

  • Ep 10

    10.The Man with Two Beards

    28-11-197450m

    Father Brown is staying with an old friend, who is killed, apparently while burgling a house. Brown tries to establish his friend's innocence.

  • Ep 11

    11.The Head of Caesar

    05-12-197450m

    Father Brown comes to the aid of a young woman who is being blackmailed by a mysterious man with a false nose.

  • Ep 12

    12.The Arrow of Heaven

    12-12-197450m

    Father Brown comes to the aid of a man receiving threatening letters, but he is unable to prevent him from being killed with an arrow.

  • Ep 13

    13.The Secret Garden

    19-12-197450m

    Father Brown is called to investigate the beheading of a man, commited in a closed garden. Soon there seems to be some problems: How could the murderer get the body out of the gard...

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