Father Brown: Season 1
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
The Hammer of God
Sep 26, 1974
Lord of the manor Colonel James Bohun, a sadistic bully and chauvinistic womaniser, is widely loathed in his small English village. Despite being married, he openly flaunts his con
The Oracle of the Dog
Oct 3, 1974
Colonel Arthur Druce is unhappy with his son Harry for his frivolous behaviour and his daughter Janet for her choice of a French doctor as fiancé. He summons his lawyer and changes
The Curse of the Golden Cross
Oct 10, 1974
When American archaeologist Gerald Smaill uncovers a golden Byzantine cross in cave in Asia Minor, a disembodied voice threatens death. En route back to England via cruise, he rece
The Eye of Apollo
Oct 17, 1974
Aging, blind dowager Miss Dorothy Ammersly, an advocate of equality for women in the workplace, has consigned her fortune to her niece, successful businesswoman Pauline Stacey. Unf
The Three Tools of Death
Oct 24, 1974
Scottish noble Sir Aaron Armstrong is a reformed alcoholic who advocates temperance and hires dipsomaniac Patrick Royce as his secretary on condition he give up the sauce. When Arm
The Mirror of the Magistrate
Oct 31, 1974
Brilliant but controversial conservative jurist Sir Arthur Travers is found murdered by gunshot in his estate garden. As he was murdered outdoors, the police are unable to explain
The Dagger with Wings
Nov 7, 1974
Wealthy Essex landowner Augustus Aylmer confesses to Father Brown that fear of his impending death has caused him to dabble in the occult, enabled by John Strake, his adopted son.
The Actor and the Alibi
Nov 14, 1974
Mundon Mandeville, who runs a reviled repertoire theatre troupe, is murdered inside a windowless room. Everyone has an alibi. Father Brown is there as a favour to Flambeau to consu
The Quick One
Nov 21, 1974
Cantankerous, xenophobic crank John Raggley, inclined to writing complaints and constricting the freedom of his pretty spinster daughter, is found in a local hotel bar with a knife
The Man with Two Beards
Nov 28, 1974
Father Brown is staying with an old friend, a former jewel thief who retired to beekeeping in the country. Someone has been using his m.o. to commit a rash of local robberies, and
The Head of Caesar
Dec 5, 1974
Christabel Carstairs has inherited the estate of her late, well-to-do father with the exception of his celebrated collection of Ancient Roman coins, which go to her elder brother.
The Arrow of Heaven
Dec 12, 1974
A paranoid millionaire becomes obsessed with a priceless early Christian chalice and wins it at auction. He lives with it in an impervious citadel, but is killed by an arrow in the
The Secret Garden
Dec 19, 1974
Father Brown is staying at a beautiful French mansion with an assortment of red herrings when a decapitated body is discovered in its enclosed, inaccessible garden. Brown sorts thr