Father Brown

Episode 1 | The Hammer of God

The brother of the vicar of the village where Father Brown has his parish church is a cad and a wastrel. When he's found near the church tower with his head smashed by a very small hammer, the local blacksmith is the first suspect...

Episode 2 | The Flying Stars

When an alcoholic woman is found drowned near her home, Father Brown suspects murder, although the police think it's an accident.

Episode 3 | The Wrong Shape

A poet hangs himself in his locked conservatory. Father Brown thinks that it was not a suicide, but a murder.

Episode 4 | The Man in the Tree

Lady Felicia finds an unconscious, stripped man in a tree, apparently having been thrown from a train passing on the viaduct above.

Episode 5 | The Eye of Apollo

Susie is fallen under the spell of the charismatic leader of a sect. When his wife dies in a suspicious accident, Father Brown intervenes but the prophet has a cast-iron alibi.

Episode 6 | The Bride of Christ

When two nuns are murdered, Father Brown investigates in the convent with the help of a young nun, very keen on detective fiction.

Episode 7 | The Devil's Dust

A radioactive girl is missing and only Father Brown can find the one responsible for her disappearance.

Episode 8 | The Face of Death

When Clarence Clifton is murdered at a charity treasure hunt, its organizer Professor Galloway believes he was the intended victim as they wore identical fancy dress. Daniel Walsh, whose father had recently been killed by Lady Mar...

Episode 9 | The Mayor and the Magician

At a fête to raise funds for a Polish school unpleasant mayor William Knight is electrocuted by a microphone. Valentine arrests his long suffering wife Eleanor after a screwdriver is found in her handbag but there are plenty of ot...

Episode 10 | The Blue Cross

When the notorious thief Flambeau declares his intention to steal a valuable blue cross from the church, Father Brown, against the advice of Valentine, decides to take it to safety to Newbury abbey by train. He meets a trio of fel...