Father Brown (2013)

TV-PG

Drama
Crime
Mystery

Overview

Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.

Tahsin GunerCreator
Rachel FlowerdayCreator

StatusReturning Series

TypeScripted

Original LanguageEnglish

Network

Seasons

Series 1

2013 | 10 Episodes

Series 1 of Father Brown premiered on January 14, 2013

Series 2

2014 | 10 Episodes

Series 2 of Father Brown premiered on January 6, 2014

This season, Father Brown finds himself pitted against new Inspector Sullivan, as the priest attempts to solve cases more sinister than ever - an exorcism, an abduction, a poisoning and a murder put Father Brown's instincts to the test and his own livelihood at risk.

Series 3

2015 | 15 Episodes

Series 3 of Father Brown premiered on January 5, 2015

In this series the priest finds himself embroiled with the Secret Service, which puts Lady Felicia in a compromising position. Sid is sent undercover into a theological college to flush out a killer and Mrs McCarthy takes on a group of travellers when a local man is found dead. Finally a fugitive takes sanctuary in St Mary's. Father Brown is stunned to realise that the man in the confessional is in fact Inspector Sullivan - and he's wanted for murder.

Series 4

2016 | 10 Episodes

Series 4 of Father Brown premiered on January 4, 2016

This season, a man missing for years returns just as his wife is about to remarry, but when he’s found dead, suspicion falls on those closest to him. The village gets a dose of Hollywood glamour when a film crew arrives. And Sid’s romance with a brewer’s daughter gets complicated when he finds out she’s not only married and he is also her alibi for the night her father is murdered.