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Based on the short stories by G. K. Chesterton, Father Brown is a Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective.
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- E1 The Hammer of GodNext upSep 26, 1974 · 52 min
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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 conquests and shows only disdain for the beliefs of his brother Wilfred, the local Anglican vicar. When James is found in the churchyard with his skull smashed by a single blow from a blacksmith's hammer, Father Brown, a guest of the vicar's, brings his sleuthing skills to the case.
Guest stars: Graham Crowden (Colonel James Bohun), William Russell (Reverend Wilfred Bohun), Geraldine Moffat (Elizabeth Barnes), John Forgeham (Simeon Barnes), Anna Steele (Mrs James Bohun), Alun Armstrong (Joe), Peter Hawkins (Gibbs), Robert James (Doctor Wynn)
- E2 The Oracle of the DogOct 3, 1974 · 51 min
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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 his will, only to be stabbed to death shortly thereafter in the estate's summer house. Houseguest Father Brown assists in tracking down his late host's killer.
Guest stars: Rupert Davies (Colonel Arthur Druce), Richard Heffer (Harry Druce), Mel Martin (Janet Druce), Guy Slater (Donald Druce), Gerard Paquis (Dr Henri Valentine), Bob Sherman (Patrick Floyd), John Atkinson (Aubrey Traill), Edward Evans (DI Cole)
- E3 The Curse of the Golden CrossOct 10, 1974 · 52 min
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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 receives further threats and confides in fellow traveller Father Brown. A secret crypt beneath a Dover church has been recently uncovered containing the body of a 13th-century bishop mummified in Egyptian fashion, along with a similar golden cross. Smaill, Brown, and several passengers investigate the find and risk the curse that accompanies it.
Guest stars: James Maxwell (Professor Gerald Smaill), Peter Copley (Reverend John Walters), Sarah Lawson (Lady Diana Wales), Geoffrey Chater (Leonard Smythe), Gwyneth Powell (Helen Smaill), Peter Penry-Jones (John Godfrey), Stanley Lebor (Boon), Lawrence Trimble (Paul Tarrant)
- E4 The Eye of ApolloOct 17, 1974 · 51 min
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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. Unfortunately, Pauline is not as astute on judging character and has fallen under the spell of ex-convict Kalon, who has reinvented himself as the high priest to Apollo, the sun god. Pauline makes out her will, ignoring her sister and naming him as her sole heir, before falling to her death. Having been in close proximity, Kalon becomes a suspect, but he has an impeccable alibi provided by one Father Brown.
Guest stars: Dennis Burgess (Hercule Flambeau), Alison Key (Pauline Stacey), Ronald Pickup (Kalon), Rosamund Greenwood (Miss Dorothy Ammerley), Emily Richard (Joan Stacey), Dudley Jones (Thurston), Christopher Good (Gerald Lloyd), Oliver Ford Davies (DI Corliss)
- E5 The Three Tools of DeathOct 24, 1974 · 52 min
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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 Armstrong learns that his daughter Alice plans to marry Royce, he ignores Royce's fifteen months of sobriety and discharges him. Not long after, Armstrong is found with a broken neck outside a high window on his estate, the apparent victim of foul play. Father Brown assists Inspector Gilder in investigation.
Guest stars: James Hayter (Sir Aaron Armstrong), John Flanagan (Patrick Royce), Nina Thomas (Alice Armstrong), Anne Godley (Lady Armstrong), Anthony Dutton (CI Gilder), David Morton (DS Merton), Jacob Witkin (Magnus), Neville Hughes (Moderator)
- E6 The Mirror of the MagistrateOct 31, 1974 · 52 min
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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 how an indoor mirror in his house came to be shattered. Osric Orm, a Fabian Socialist known for his radical views, is charged, but Father Brown instinctively believes him innocent and sets out to find the real killer.
Guest stars: Dennis Burgess (Hercule Flambeau), Philip Stone (Sir Arthur Travers, K.C.), Paul Curran (Sir Humphrey Gwynne), Mark Kingston (DI James Bagshaw), David Pinner (Osric Orm), Roger Rowland (Carstairs, K.C.), David King (Sir Wilfred Underhill, K.C.), Michael Logan (Sir Matthew Blake, K.C.)
- E7 The Dagger with WingsNov 7, 1974 · 52 min
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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. Aylmer had made Strake his heir because he feels his natural sons aren't needy, but ultimately realises his error and disinherits the necromancer. When two of his sons die under unusual circumstances, Brown suspects foul play.
Guest stars: David Buck (John Strake), April Walker (Daphne Aylmer), David Swift (Stephen Aylmer), Michael Sheard (Philip Aylmer), T. P. McKenna (DI Boyne), Vernon Dobtcheff (Simon Vesty), Sarah Golding (Hazel), Norman Scace (Judge)
- E8 The Actor and the AlibiNov 14, 1974 · 51 min
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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 consult a 17-year-old into returning home to her worried parents who don't realise she has lied about her age in order to follow her dreams as an aspiring actress.
Guest stars: Dennis Burgess (Hercule Flambeau), John Stratton (Mundon Mandeville), Rachel Gurney (Margaret Mandeville), Roberta Tovey (Doris Jennings), David Savile (Norman Knight), Richard Warner (DS Forbush), Oliver Maguire (Ashton Jarvis), Michael Hall (Ralph Randall)
- E9 The Quick OneNov 21, 1974 · 51 min
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While staying at a country hotel, Father Brown becomes involved in the murder of an unpopular local man found stabbed in the hotel bar. As suspicion falls on several of the guests, Father Brown and Flambeau investigate the circumstances surrounding his mysterious death.
Guest stars: Dennis Burgess (Hercule Flambeau), Bernard Lee (John Raggley), Penelope Horner (Edith Raggley), Christopher Benjamin (Jukes), Frederick Treves (Reverend David Pryce-Jones), Brian Hawksley (DI Greenwood), Maxwell Shaw (Ashley), Charlotte Mitchell (Miss Paravant)
- E10 The Man with Two BeardsNov 28, 1974 · 51 min
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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 when he is found shot, the local police inspector assumes he had returned to his former profession. Brown sets about clearing his name.
Guest stars: Bill Maynard (Carver), Anthony Allen (John Banks), Megs Jenkins (Mrs Banks), David Lodge (Mr Banks), Fabia Drake (Lady Pulman), Peter Graves (Sir Leopold Pulman), Freda Dowie (Opal Banks), Larry Noble (Michael Smith)
- E11 The Head of CaesarDec 5, 1974 · 51 min
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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. As an art student, she becomes infatuated with a male model and impulsively steals a coin from the collection as she believes its likeness of Augustus Caesar Augustus resembles the young man in question. When a blackmailer tries to coerce money from her to keep the theft secret, she tuns to Father Brown and Flambeau for help.
Guest stars: Dennis Burgess (Hercule Flambeau), Rosalind Ayres (Christabel Carstairs), Christian Rodska (Giles), John Normington (Arthur), Elsie Randolph (Miss Oliphant), Brian Anthony (Philip), Graham Leaman (Colonel Carstairs), Robin Meredith (Mr Truslove)
- E12 The Arrow of HeavenDec 12, 1974 · 51 min
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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 neck. The irrepressible Father Brown must sift through a plethora of red herrings to find the killer and the motive.
Guest stars: John Phillips (Brander Merton), Angela Douglas (Petra Merton), Mike Pratt (Colonel Hector Merton), David Healy (Norman Drage), George Roubicek (John Wilton), Richard Hurndall (Father Superior), Julian Somers (Bernard Blake), Antony Scott (Harris)
- E13 The Secret GardenDec 19, 1974 · 51 min
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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 through a variety of puzzling clues, only for the verdict to be simple but incredible.
Guest stars: Ferdy Mayne (Aristide Valentin), Peter Dyneley (Julius K. Brayne), Cyril Luckham (Lord Galloway), Joan Benham (Lady Galloway), Eileen Waugh (Lady Margaret Graham), Charles Dance (Commandant Neil O'Brien), Rosemarie Dunham (Duchess of Mont St Michel), Rowland Davies (Dr Bernard Simon)
Cast & crew
Created by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Lew Grade
Kenneth More
