Scripted series · BBC One
Father Brown
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Mark Williams
Father Brown
140 eps
Sorcha Cusack
Mrs Bridgette McCarthy
101 eps
John Burton
Sergeant Goodfellow
122 eps
Tom Chambers
Inspector Sullivan
67 eps
Claudie Blakley
Mrs. Devine
40 eps
Ruby-May Martinwood
Brenda Palmer
41 eps
Jack Deam
Inspector Mallory
65 eps
Kasia Kołeczek
Susie Jasinski
7 eps
Emer Kenny
Penelope "Bunty" Windermere
47 eps
Alex Price
Sid Carter
51 eps
Nancy Carroll
Lady Felicia Montague
49 eps
Hugo Speer
Inspector Valentine
21 eps
Adam Astill
Rev Wilfred Bohun
1 eps
Dan Fredenburgh
James Trewlove
1 eps
Ramon Tikaram
Umesh Varma
1 eps
Robert Cavanah
Leonard Quinton
1 eps
Katherine Dow Blyton
Annie Mace
1 eps
Camilla Power
Dominique Baxter
1 eps
Lorna Watson
Sister Boniface
2 eps
Pip Torrens
Geoffrey Bennett
1 eps
Stirling Gallacher
Emily Bennett
1 eps
Stella Gonet
Lady Margaret Galloway
1 eps
Sam Crane
William Knight
1 eps
Louise Brealey
Eleanor Knight
1 eps
Christopher Villiers
Justin De Vey
1 eps
Lizzy McInnerny
Charlotte McKinley
1 eps
Andrew Havill
Victor McKinley
1 eps
Peter Bramhill
Felix Underwood
1 eps
Kenny Wyton
Jeremy
1 eps
Robert Boulter
Alan Archer
1 eps
Marcia Warren
Miss Audrey Diggle
1 eps
Emma Stansfield
Violet Fernsley
1 eps
Joe Sims
Wilf Fernsley
1 eps
Clare Higgins
Dinah Fortescue
1 eps
James Rastall
Father Roland Eager
1 eps
Alice Henley
Alice Armstrong
1 eps
Nick Fletcher
Roger Sharpe QC
2 eps
Michael Maloney
Gerald Firth / Kalon
2 eps
Jonathan Rigby
Radio Newsreader (voice)
5 eps
Malcolm Storry
Bishop Talbot
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Father Brown actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Father Brown reads strongest on Tension, Character Depth and Bingeability.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
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.
The run
Seasons
13 seasons · 140 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Series 1
201310 episodes
6.9IMDbBest episode · S01E10 The Blue Cross
Season 2 · Complete
Series 2
201410 episodes
7.5IMDbThis 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.
Best episode · S02E04 The Shadow of the Scaffold
Season 3 · Complete
Series 3
201515 episodes
7.3IMDbIn 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.
Best episode · S03E15 The Owl of Minerva
Season 4 · Complete
Series 4
201610 episodes
7.1IMDbThis 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.
Best episode · S04E06 The Rod of Asclepius
Season 5 · Complete
Series 5
201615 episodes
6.7IMDbBest episode · S05E01 The Star of Jacob
Season 6 · Complete
Series 6
201710 episodes
7.4IMDbBest episode · S06E05 The Face of the Enemy
Season 7 · Complete
Series 7
201910 episodes
5.6IMDbBest episode · S07E08 The Blood of the Anarchists
Season 8 · Complete
Series 8
202010 episodes
6.1IMDbBest episode · S08E01 The Celestial Choir
Season 9 · Complete
Series 9
202210 episodes
5.8IMDbBest episode · S09E03 The Requiem for the Dead
Season 10 · Complete
Series 10
202310 episodes
6.6IMDbBest episode · S10E01 The Winds of Change
Season 11 · Complete
Series 11
202410 episodes
6.1IMDb
Season 12 · Complete
Series 12
202510 episodes
5.9IMDb
Season 13 · Complete
Series 13
202610 episodes
6.3IMDb
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S05E01
The Star of Jacob
A mysterious stranger, a missing donkey, an outbreak of laryngitis in the church choir and a kidnapped baby threaten to spoil Kembleford's Christmas festivities.
S02E04
The Shadow of the Scaffold
When convicted killer Violet is given a temporary reprieve from the gallows, she begs Father Brown to prove her innocence. With only three days in hand, can he find the real culprit before it's too late?
- Directed by Paul Gibson
- Written by Rachel Flowerday
S02E01
The Ghost in the Machine
Father Brown is sceptical when a parishioner believes she's being haunted by her sister who went missing years ago. However, when she herself vanishes, he must investigate both disappearances.
- Directed by Matt Carter
- Written by Rachel Flowerday
S02E05
The Mysteries of the Rosary
The mysterious disappearance of an old friend sends Father Brown and Sid on a quest to find the mythical Lannington Rosary. However can an old adversary, back from the dead, be trusted to help?
- Directed by Ian Barber
- Written by Paul Matthew Thompson
S02E02
Maddest of All
When an ex-serviceman drops dead in the street, Father Brown investigates the facility where he was a patient. Could something sinister lie beneath the surface at Danvers Retreat?
- Directed by Matt Carter
- Written by Tahsin Guner
S02E08
The Prize of Colonel Gerard
Father Brown is unconvinced when a recently returned prisoner of war is suspected of the killing of his tyrannical uncle. And it seems that someone will stop at nothing to keep the priest from the truth...
- Directed by Ian Barber
- Written by Dominique Moloney
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S13E10
The Bishop's Revenge
- Directed by Ian Barber
- Written by Neil Irvine
S13E09
The Power of Suggestion
- Directed by David Innes Edwards
- Written by Philip Ralph
S13E08
The Oath of Silence
- Directed by Vicki Kisner
- Written by Dominique Moloney
S13E07
The Bodhi Tree
- Directed by Vicki Kisner
- Written by Rebecca Ramsden
S13E06
The Obedient Wife
- Directed by Miranda Howard-Williams
- Written by Rebecca Ramsden
S13E05
The Shadow of Lazarus
- Directed by Paul Riordan
- Written by Asher Pirie
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Rachel Flowerday
Creator
Tahsin Guner
Showrunner
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John Yorke
Executive producer
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Neil Irvine
Executive producer
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Deborah Sathe
Executive producer
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Will Trotter
Executive producer
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Kit Lambert
Writer
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Rebecca Ramsden
Writer
Jude Tindall
Writer
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Lou Ramsden
Writer
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Rebecca Wojciechowski
Writer
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Lol Fletcher
Writer
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Liberty Martin
Writer
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Nicola Wilson
Writer
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Michelle Lipton
Writer
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David Semple
Writer
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Dan Muirden
Writer
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Asher Pirie
Writer
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Writer
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Philip Ralph
Writer
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Paul Matthew Thompson
Writer
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Dominique Moloney
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- John YorkeExecutive Producer
- Sam HillProducer
- Neil IrvineExecutive Producer
- Jonny PhillipsProducer
- Ceri MeyrickProducer
- David Innes EdwardsProducer
Writing
- Kit LambertWriter
- Rebecca RamsdenWriter
- Jude TindallWriter
- Lou RamsdenWriter
- Neil IrvineWriter
- Rebecca WojciechowskiWriter
Direction
- Ian BarberDirector
- Miranda Howard-WilliamsDirector
- Jennie PaddonDirector
- Sean HealyDirector
- Carys LewisDirector
- Darcia MartinDirector
Cinematography
- Stuart BiddlecombeDirector of Photography
Music
- Debbie WisemanOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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