S01E01 The Hammer of God
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 Father Brown, a visiting priest...
Father Brown
S01E09: The Quick One
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.
Overview
Father Brown was a Catholic priest who doubled as an amateur detective in order to solve mysteries.
Episodes
S01E02 The Oracle of the Dog
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 suspects together, but...
S01E03 The Curse of the Golden Cross
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.
S01E04 The Eye of Apollo
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.
S01E05 The Three Tools of Death
Father Brown takes part in a radio discussion with a Scottish philanthropist, who is found shot dead the following morning.
S01E06 The Mirror of the Magistrate
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.
S01E07 The Dagger with Wings
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.
S01E08 The Actor and the Alibi
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.
S01E09 The Quick One
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.
S01E10 The Man with Two Beards
Father Brown is staying with an old friend, who is killed, apparently while burgling a house. Brown tries to establish his friend's innocence.
S01E11 The Head of Caesar
Father Brown comes to the aid of a young woman who is being blackmailed by a mysterious man with a false nose.
S01E12 The Arrow of Heaven
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.
S01E13 The Secret Garden
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 garden? And...
Cast
Kenneth More
Father Brown
Dennis Burgess
Flambeau
