Father Brown
Plot Summary
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.
Cast & Characters
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Seasons (12)
Series 1
10 episodes
Aired: 2013
Series 2
10 episodes
Aired: 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
15 episodes
Aired: 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
10 episodes
Aired: 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.
Series 5
15 episodes
Aired: 2016
Series 6
10 episodes
Aired: 2017
Series 7
10 episodes
Aired: 2019
Series 8
10 episodes
Aired: 2020
Series 9
10 episodes
Aired: 2022
Series 10
10 episodes
Aired: 2023
Series 11
10 episodes
Aired: 2024
Series 12
10 episodes
Aired: 2025
Production
BBC Worldwide
BBC
BBC Drama Productions
BBC Studios Productions