List of Father Brown episodes

For the episodes from the 1974 series, see Father Brown (1974 TV series) § Episodes.

Father Brown is a British television detective period drama which began airing on BBC One on 14 January 2013. It features Mark Williams as the eponymous crime-solving Roman Catholic priest. The series is loosely based on short stories by G. K. Chesterton.

As of 17 January 2020, 120 episodes of Father Brown have aired, concluding the eighth series. A ninth series has been commissioned for broadcast in 2021.

Series overview

Series	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	10		14 January 2013 (2013-01-14)	25 January 2013 (2013-01-25)
2	10		6 January 2014 (2014-01-06)	17 January 2014 (2014-01-17)
3	15		5 January 2015 (2015-01-05)	23 January 2015 (2015-01-23)
4	10		4 January 2016 (2016-01-04)	15 January 2016 (2016-01-15)
5	15		23 December 2016 (2016-12-23)	19 January 2017 (2017-01-19)
6	10		18 December 2017 (2017-12-18)	12 January 2018 (2018-01-12)
7	10		7 January 2019 (2019-01-07)	18 January 2019 (2019-01-18)
8	10		6 January 2020 (2020-01-06)	17 January 2020 (2020-01-17)
9	10		2021 (2021)	2021 (2021)

Episodes

Series 1 (2013)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"The Hammer of God"	Ian Barber	Tahsin Guner	14 January 2013 (2013-01-14)
The brother of an Anglican vicar is killed with a blacksmith's hammer. The blacksmith's wife, who had been blackmailed by the victim, confesses; Father Brown must find a killer who believes it was God's work from the victim's many enemies before an innocent woman is sent to the gallows.
2	2	"The Flying Stars"	Ian Barber	Rachel Flowerday	15 January 2013 (2013-01-15)
The Flying Stars is a valuable necklace belonging to the theatrical Adams famil. When the mother drowns in a lake, this initially is thought to be an accident, until the tensions within the family are exposed. An Italian coin arouses Father Brown's suspicions, and a pair of shoes that are too large put Lady Felicia's life in danger.
3	3	"The Wrong Shape"	Dominic Keavey	Nicola Wilson	16 January 2013 (2013-01-16)
Ex-doctor Leonard Quinton, living with his estranged wife, a young mistress, and Indian manservant, is foretold of his death by the manservant. Quinton asks Father Brown to look after his wife following his death. Quinton is found dead, after apparently hanging himself, but Brown and Inspector Valentine suspect murder. A poisoned cat and the unmarked headstone of a three-month-old baby buried in the garden and his treatment of his wife for morning sickness with a new German drug provides the tragic answer.
4	4	"The Man in the Tree"	Dominic Keavey	Rebecca Wojciechowski	17 January 2013 (2013-01-17)
A man stripped and pushed from a train on a viaduct is found, injured and stuck up a tree, by Lady Felicia. Father Brown meets a visiting German priest, arousing hostility amongst the villagers with recent war memories. Father Brown sees to it that justice is done, though not in a strictly legal fashion.
5	5	"The Eye of Apollo"	Matt Carter	Tahsin Guner	18 January 2013 (2013-01-18)
The Church of Apollo comes to Kembleford, and Susie falls under the spell of their charismatic leader, Kalon (Michael Maloney). Jealousy among the followers leads to the murder, in a locked room, of Kalon's wife. Father Brown must solve the murder and break Kalon's spell over Susie before she leaves with him following baptism into his church.
6	6	"The Bride of Christ"	Ian Barber	Jude Tindall	21 January 2013 (2013-01-21)
Two nuns die of cyanide poisoning, the first in front of Father Brown and the second while Inspector Valentine is investigating the first death. Ill-feeling among the nuns and the bottles of cyanide held at the convent lead to many a suspect. Sister Boniface (Lorna Watson), a fan of Agatha Christie, lends a helping hand to Father Brown.
7	7	"The Devil's Dust"	Dominic Keavey	Dan Muirden	22 January 2013 (2013-01-22)
14-year-old Ruth Bennett (Holly Earl) goes missing. She had been ostracised by the village because of a skin complaint the villagers believe was caused by radiation at her father's place of work. When her blood-stained pyjamas are found, suspects include Ruth's family doctor on whom she had a crush, her mother who had hit her, and a plumber with a similar skin complaint who is dying of cancer.
8	8	"The Face of Death"	Matt Carter	Lol Fletcher	23 January 2013 (2013-01-23)
Lady Margaret (Stella Gonet) runs a man down and his son Daniel blames her for deliberately doing it. At a masked charity garden party a guest is murdered in an identical mask to one worn by Lady Margaret's husband (Stephen Boxer). When Lady Margaret is later murdered, Daniel is suspected but cannot be found.
9	9	"The Mayor and the Magician"	Dominic Keavey	Nicola Wilson	24 January 2013 (2013-01-24)
At the annual village fête, the obnoxious mayor William Knight (Sam Crane) is electrocuted at the microphone. He is a man with many enemies, including his wife (Louise Brealey), who is arrested. Father Brown is shocked by what is heard in the confessional, but it provides a clue about the killer. Mrs McCarthy's 'long dead' husband, Frank (Frank Grimes), turns up dressed as a magician.
10	10	"The Blue Cross"	Ian Barber	Paul Matthew Thompson	25 January 2013 (2013-01-25)
International thief Flambeau forewarns Father Brown of his intention to steal the priceless relic, The Blue Cross, from St Mary's. To pre-empt the theft, Brown takes the cross in what becomes a battle of wits between the two men. The climax reveals a connection between the two men when Brown fought as a 17-year-old soldier in Flanders during the Great War before taking Holy orders. First appearance of John Light as Hercule Flambeau. Final appearance of Kasia Koleczek as Susie Jasinski.

Series 2 (2014)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
11	1	"The Ghost in the Machine"	Matt Carter	Rachel Flowerday	6 January 2014 (2014-01-06)
Father Brown investigates the disappearance of a parishioner, Charlotte McKinley, who believed she was being haunted by her sister who had disappeared nine years previously. Husband Victor (Andrew Havill), a struck-off doctor, is arrested as being responsible for the murder of both women. Final regular appearance of Hugo Speer as Inspector Valentine. First appearance of Tom Chambers as Inspector Sullivan.
12	2	"The Maddest of All"	Matt Carter	Tahsin Guner	7 January 2014 (2014-01-07)
Ex-serviceman Felix Underwood (Peter Bramhill), a mental patient at the Danvers Retreat, dies suddenly in the street. Events take an unusual turn when he returns to life two days later at his church committal. Father Brown assists Inspector Sullivan to discover the reason for the resurrection, and gets himself committed at Danvers to covertly investigate the premises.
13	3	"The Pride of the Prydes"	Paul Gibson	Jude Tindall	8 January 2014 (2014-01-08)
The opening to the public of Pryde Castle, an estate mired in death duties, ends when guide Audrey Diggle (Marcia Warren), is struck and killed by an arrow. She was an expert on the Pryde's family history, including an old curse that the first born would be mad. Father Brown is convinced that the motive lies in the Pryde family's past, when a page from the parish birth records goes missing. All the family members are known to use a longbow.
14	4	"The Shadow of the Scaffold"	Paul Gibson	Rachel Flowerday	9 January 2014 (2014-01-09)
Violet Fernsley (Emma Stansfield), convicted of killing her pig-farmer husband whose body has never been found, is given a temporary reprieve from the gallows when she claims she is pregnant. The pregnancy test gives Father Brown three days to find the real killer. When her husband's finger turns up in a pig's stomach, it points to a serial killer amongst the family. Father Brown's investigation concludes God's law is above man's law. First appearance of John Burton as Sergeant Goodfellow
15	5	"The Mysteries of the Rosary"	Ian Barber	Paul Matthew Thompson	10 January 2014 (2014-01-10)
The Lannington Rosary, missing for 500 years, is a relic blessed with healing powers. Professor Hilary Ambrose (James Laurenson) has sent an ancient prayer book containing a clue to its whereabouts to his old friend Father Brown, before he goes missing and his home is ransacked. Brown receives unexpected help from the untrustworthy Flambeau, returned from the dead. A terminally ill fellow priest, Father Ignatius (Anton Lesser), also desperately seeks the rosary to heal both himself and others. Second appearance of John Light as Hercule Flambeau.
16	6	"The Daughters of Jerusalem"	Matt Carter	Jude Tindall	13 January 2014 (2014-01-13)
Father Brown is laid up in his attic bedroom with a broken leg, and young Father Roland Eager is acting as his locum. His film of African orphans being shown at the Kembleford Women's Institute is switched for a pornographic film. In the following days, two members of the Institute are murdered, one poisoned and one stabbed with a hat pin. Inspector Sullivan arrests Dianah Fortescue, whose husband was earlier arrested in a Soho pornographic cinema. Brown investigates with the help of Mrs. McCarthy, Lady Felicia, Sid Carter, and a telescope.
17	7	"The Three Tools of Death"	Paul Gibson	Lol Fletcher	14 January 2014 (2014-01-14)
Alice Armstrong has been treated by electroshock therapy for memory loss and depression after she accidentally killed her mother. When her father is murdered and a rope, gun and knife are left behind, Magnus the chauffeur is suspected together with Peter, Armstrong's secretary, whom Alice loves. The truth of a father in debt leads Father Brown to another conclusion about the deaths.
18	8	"The Prize of Colonel Gerard"	Ian Barber	Dominique Moloney	15 January 2014 (2014-01-15)
Edward Gerard, a prisoner of war who returns from North Korea sympathetic to his captors, greatly displeases his martinet uncle, Colonel Cecil Gerard (Nicholas Jones), who threatens to commit him to an asylum. When the Colonel is murdered, the suspects include Edward, the Colonel's daughter (an adopted Chinese girl) who was going to run away with Edward, the brother-in-law, and the victim's wife, Edward's mother. Father Brown finds the solution lies in the family history and the Colonel's sexual intentions to his adopted daughter. Jai-Li Gerard was portrayed by Katie Leung. She had starred with Mark Williams in the Harry Potter film series.
19	9	"The Grim Reaper"	Matt Carter	David Semple	16 January 2014 (2014-01-16)
Obnoxious farmer John Tatton has an equally obnoxious son, Alfred, who covets the young wife Oona (Maureen O'Connell) of Doctor Crawford (James Fleet). When Alfred is killed in a threshing machine, the doctor is suspected when accusatory poison pen letters appear. John Tatton believes his son was having an affair with the doctor's wife, who is pregnant.
20	10	"The Laws of Motion"	Paul Gibson	Tahsin Guner	17 January 2014 (2014-01-17)
Audrey MacMurray (Tracy-Ann Oberman) is a ruthless businesswoman with many enemies. While racing her car at a local hill climb track, she is killed when her brake line has been cut. Father Brown's investigation infuriates Inspector Sullivan, who already has his own suspect in custody, and the Inspector arrests Brown for a breach of the peace to put an end to his amateur sleuthing. While in jail however, Father Brown receives more information that makes him believe that he is right, and with Sid and Mrs. McCarthy, he escapes to convince them to do the right thing.

Series 3 (2015)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
21	1	"The Man in the Shadows"	Paul Gibson	Rob Kinsman	5 January 2015 (2015-01-05)
Sid stumbles across a dead man about to be put in a river and Inspector Sullivan covers-up the death as an accident. Sid is arrested when he and Father Brown investigate and Lady Felicia is blackmailed by an MI5 spymaster looking for a Soviet agent who has infiltrated an intelligence base in a stately home.
22	2	"The Curse of Amenhotep"	Matt Carter	Jude Tindall	6 January 2015 (2015-01-06)
The young wife of Sir Raleigh Beresford dies mysteriously after seeing the coffin of Amenhotep, an Egyptian mummy Beresford had brought back from his excavations some 26 years earlier where his first wife was killed during a rock fall; a curse on the coffin is suspected.
23	3	"The Invisible Man"	Matt Carter	Tahsin Guner	7 January 2015 (2015-01-07)
The circus returns to Kembleford and local waitress Laura is held to her promise given in jest the year before to marry the clown or the hypnotist. The clown is murdered; in his dying breath he names the hypnotist. Laura's boyfriend, the clown's girlfriend, and another clown are all suspected. Laura's willingness to marry the hypnotist puzzles Father Brown, even though he agrees to marry the couple.
24	4	"The Sign of the Broken Sword"	Ian Barber	Stephen McAteer	8 January 2015 (2015-01-08)
A major is murdered on an army base by a legendary broken sword during commemorations of the men killed during the evacuation of Dunkirk. The sword belonged to the regiment's colonel who used the sword to charge an enemy position with his men. Father Brown has to uncover the secret of two murders being kept to uphold the honour of the regiment. Loosely based on the 1911 story of the same title.
25	5	"The Last Man"	John Greening	Jude Tindall	9 January 2015 (2015-01-09)
The arrest of the new cricket captain of Kembleford's cricket team for the murder of the team's fast bowler, a suicide the year before in the cricket pavilion and a match against a rival village to determine the ownership of the cricket ground finds Father Brown consoling the victim's mother, solving a murder involving blackmail, playing cricket and watching Lady Felicia as the "last man" of the innings.
26	6	"The Upcott Fraternity"	Paul Gibson	Paul Matthew Thompson	12 January 2015 (2015-01-12)
Father Brown is visiting his old Rector (Dudley Sutton) at Upcott Seminary for trainee priests when a student commits suicide, Brown attempts to find the truth behind his death and a student a year earlier, both members of a secret fraternity that has closed ranks. Father Brown enlists Sid to go undercover as a trainee priest despite Mrs McCarthy's misgivings.
27	7	"The Kembleford Boggart"	John Greening	Jonathan Neil	13 January 2015 (2015-01-13)
The domineering father (Simon Williams) of a successful young writer, 22-year-old Hannah, is murdered in a locked room and the only suspect is an itinerant traveller who comes to Kembleford every year in a caravan with his mother. Father Brown's suspicions are aroused when the murder has the hallmarks of a boggart, an unwelcome infant from another world created by Hannah in her book.
28	8	"The Lair of the Libertines"	Matt Carter	Lol Fletcher	14 January 2015 (2015-01-14)
Father Brown, Mrs McCarthy and Felicia find themselves stranded at a hotel hired by Madame Chania (Ronni Ancona) and her guests, international playboys, seeking hedonistic pleasures. When a local prostitute is found murdered in the grounds and two of the guests are killed, Father Brown realises they are in the lair of a hunter intent on killing them all.
29	9	"The Truth in the Wine"	Ian Barber	Kit Lambert	15 January 2015 (2015-01-15)
A dead dog in a vat of wine precedes the shooting to death of an itinerant labourer and theft of wages from the safe in the study of Colonel Anthony Forbes-Leith, owner of a failing winery. Father Brown discovers none of the suspects are who they pretend to be.
30	10	"The Judgement of Man"	Ian Barber	Paul Matthew Thompson	16 January 2015 (2015-01-16)
An exhibition of valuable art at the Belvedere Museum includes a priceless artwork on loan from the Vatican. Father Brown spots his nemesis Hercule Flambeau, not realising he is a pawn in Flambeau's plan to steal the picture and wreak revenge on the museum's curator, a man who during the war had helped the Nazis loot paintings from Jewish families. Flambeau is shocked to find a woman from his past he thought dead seeking to avenge the death of her parents by killing the curator. Third appearance of John Light as Hercule Flambeau.
31	11	"The Time Machine"	Ian Barber	Tahsin Guner	19 January 2015 (2015-01-19)
Lady Felicia involves Father Brown with Jacob Francis, a young quantum physicist, who claims to have built a time machine so he can go back in time to prove his father was murdered in his locked laboratory by one of his family. When Francis proves his machine works he is murdered in the same laboratory, leaving Father Brown's only option to use the machine and see who killed the father and son.
32	12	"The Standing Stones"	Matt Carter	Rachel Flowerday	20 January 2015 (2015-01-20)
Father Brown and Mrs McCarthy visit the cottage hospital in the village of Standing where many of the children have been struck down by an outbreak of polio. When a local barmaid is found murdered at the local stone circle, her best friend Ginnie is arrested for her murder when it is discovered that they had fallen out over Ginnie blaming her for her son contracting polio. Unfortunately, the supposed murder weapon that is hoped will clear her only seems to strengthen the case against her. Then a local mystic makes a connection between the death and a legend about sacrificing an innocent at the stones – and someone tries to kill Ginnie and make it look like suicide.
33	13	"The Paradise of Thieves"	Diana Patrick	Rob Kinsman	21 January 2015 (2015-01-21)
Father Brown and Mrs McCarthy are at the local bank when armed raiders force the manager to open the locked safe using Father Brown as a witness. The robbers flee when the vault is opened and the manager's son-in-law is discovered dead inside. As the only key-holder, the manager is arrested by Inspector Sullivan. Father Brown uncovers fraud at the bank by the manager, financing a seedy nightclub owned by his son-in-law, but he needs Sid's help to break into the vault to discover how the murder was committed.
34	14	"The Deadly Seal"	Diana Patrick	Dan Muirden	22 January 2015 (2015-01-22)
Father Brown hears a penitent in confessional declare that they are going to kill Bishop Talbot the next day during a shooting party organised by a theatrical producer. Unable to reveal what he has heard, Father Brown also attends the shoot and although saving the Bishop, the Bishop's Assistant Albert Davies is killed instead. Father Brown discovers a deadly pact involving a child abuse victim and the murdered man's wife to kill another man while providing unbreakable alibis.
35	15	"The Owl of Minerva"	Matt Carter	Jude Tindall	23 January 2015 (2015-01-23)
A body of a journalist about to expose an offshoot of the Freemasons, The Owl of Minerva, is found dead in the woods. Inspector Sullivan's investigations find him on the run for killing a fellow detective and seeking sanctuary in the confessional at St Mary's. Father Brown, with the aid of Mrs McCarthy, Lady Felicia and Sid, rally round to try prove his innocence and protect him from a deadly organisation with members highly placed in the community. Final regular appearance of Tom Chambers as Inspector Sullivan.

Series 4 (2016)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
36	1	"The Mask of the Demon"	Paul Gibson	Jude Tindall	4 January 2016 (2016-01-04)
Lady Felicia knows the Hollywood star Rex Bishop who is in Kembleford filming a "B" movie The Brides of the Demon. He invites Father Brown and Mrs McCarthy, a fan of Bishop, to view the filming. Tensions are evident between the film's participants, the director, his actress wife, a starlet, Rex Bishop, and the writer. The director is found dead wearing a demon's mask and Inspector Mallory does not appreciate Father Brown's help. First appearance of Jack Deam as Inspector Mallory. Filming took place at Coughton Court.
37	2	"The Brewer's Daughter"	Paul Gibson	Kit Lambert	5 January 2016 (2016-01-05)
Sid falls for Grace Fitzgerald, the married heiress to a brewery, and is her alibi when Mallory arrests her for murdering her father in a fire. Fitzgerald, refusing to use Sid as an alibi, asks Father Brown to search for the real killer and he uncovers evidence that Fitzgerald's husband and her younger sister killed the father. The suicide and a note left by another lover of Fitzgerald complicates the issue as he had been sacked by her husband when he caught them kissing.
38	3	"The Hangman's Demise"	David Beauchamp	Dan Muirden	6 January 2016 (2016-01-06)
A former hangman, Henry Lee, is confronted at his wedding anniversary by a mother about her son whom he executed a year before for the murder of a court secretary – an execution where the condemned man whispered to Lee the identity of the real killer. The following morning Lee is poisoned with hemlock. His friend George, an ex-policeman, is arrested and released. The mother, recently released from prison, is arrested and a motive for Lee's wife emerges. Father Brown untangles a web of deceit and corruption in the police as Lee lies dying.
39	4	"The Crackpot of the Empire"	David Beauchamp	Lol Fletcher	7 January 2016 (2016-01-07)
Father Brown is apprehensive when he receives an invitation to a party given by the recently-released Uncle Mirth, a former music hall comedian whom Brown helped put in an asylum. When Brown and the other invitees arrive at the venue, a derelict warehouse, he and Mirth's brother find envelopes containing their death certificates. Inspector Mallory finds another death certificate for a second brother who had died of a heart attack outside the presbytery the previous day.
40	5	"The Daughter of Autolycus"	Paul Gibson	Jude Tindall	8 January 2016 (2016-01-08)
Father Brown knows the Pope's coronation gift to the Queen of a priceless cross is too tempting to Flambeau and Brown convinces the Bishop to let him guard it. Flambeau arrives on Brown's doorstep seeking his help to steal the cross in order to save the life of his daughter whom he has never met, and who has been kidnapped by Flambeau's criminal partner he once left for dead. Before they can steal the cross it goes missing from the Bishop's Palace. Brown has underestimated Papal politics, Flambeau's daughter, and the consciences of men. Fourth appearance of John Light as Hercule Flambeau.
41	6	"The Rod of Asclepius"	David Beauchamp	Jude Tindall	11 January 2016 (2016-01-11)
Lady Felicia's reckless driving lands her and Mrs McCarthy in adjoining hospital beds. A new admittance to the ward dies the following morning on the operating table. A nurse claims it is murder and is found dead the same afternoon, forcing Inspector Mallory to do more than his initial cursory investigation. Father Brown, once Sid makes it past the officious substitute Parish Secretary and notifies him of developments, follows a different line of inquiry and Lady Felicia and Mrs McCarthy's snooping put the latter in danger on the same operating table.
42	7	"The Missing Man"	David Beauchamp	Rachel Flowerday	12 January 2016 (2016-01-12)
A pilot returns from the dead after eight years as Father Brown is about to marry his wife to his brother. No-one except his daughter and the family's dog is pleased to see him, especially his father who believes him to be a deserter. When the returnee is found shot in the head and blood-stained women's clothing is found, Inspector Mallory charges the wife, dismissing the daughter's claims that another woman entered the house. Father Brown finds a visiting card for a cross-dressing bar, realises the identity of the real killer and decides that they cannot be exposed.
43	8	"The Resurrectionists"	James Larkin	Rob Kinsman	13 January 2016 (2016-01-13)
Father Brown is puzzled when the grave of a recent burial is opened and the body is missing, only for it to turn up at the premises of a different undertaker. Inspector Mallory is even more mystified as the victim died of decapitation in a motor cycle accident with no sign of other injury. The undertaker is arrested and the animosity between him and the victim's mother is evident for all to see. Father Brown uncovers the reason behind their hatred and the forbidden love which the victim had for the undertaker's daughter.
44	9	"The Sins of the Father"	Paul Gibson	Al Smith	14 January 2016 (2016-01-14)
Robert Twyman, a leading aeronautics magnate, receives a note that his son, a piano player and contestant in a local variety show, would be killed if he does not confess. Next morning the son is found strangled next to his piano in a locked house with only his father and butler present. Twyman is convinced a journalist piano-player rival of his son is the killer. Inspector Mallory arrests Twyman after Lady Felicia finds him standing over the dead body of the journalist by her piano. Father Brown notices that both pianists had been somehow playing the same music and the answer is to be found in a book given to him by Doctor Mordaunt Jackson, a psycho-analyst currently giving a lecture in Kembleford.
45	10	"The Wrath of Baron Samdi"	James Larkin	Tahsin Guner	15 January 2016 (2016-01-15)
Baron Samdi is the voodoo spirit of the dead that Emmanuel Jannite invokes when he follows his love, Yveline Lafond, to Kembleford. Lafond is working as lead singer in a Haitian jazz band. The band leader, also in love with Lafond, is found dead in a swimming pool, poisoned, and Jannite dies following a police chase. Inspector Mallory believes the case closed but Father Brown's snooping uncovers the real killer. As he confronts the culprit, Brown collapses after being informed that he has already been poisoned that morning. Final regular appearance of Alex Price as Sid Carter.

Series 5 (2016–17)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
46	1	"The Star of Jacob"	Paul Gibson	Jude Tindall	23 December 2016 (2016-12-23)
The Duke of Frome, John Langton, with his wife, their baby born after complications during childbirth, a domineering nanny, nursery maid and valet arrive at Montague Hall for Lady Felicia's Yuletide ball. During the evening the baby is taken from his cot. Inspector Mallory suspects an inside job by the valet when his secret wife arrives while Brown is more interested in the birth of the baby at a home for unmarried mothers. Mrs McCarthy, under pressure from the diocese to provide a Christmas service fit for a Duke, receives unexpected help from Michael Negal, a vagrant she finds sleeping in the confessional.
47	2	"The Labyrinth of the Minotaur"	Paul Gibson	Jude Tindall	2 January 2017 (2017-01-02)
Robert Malmort and Joan Vanderlande are brought together by their respective parents with a view to marriage. When the maid Ruby is found dead, Lady Felicia's niece, Bunty, is suspected. Father Brown suspects the answer lies at the end of a Labyrinth and a sad secret the Malmorts are hiding. Following her latest scandalous headlines, Bunty's father insists she stay in Kembleford and Felicia needs her to look after her home as she is leaving with her husband, Monty, who has been appointed Governor of Northern Rhodesia. Final regular appearance of Nancy Carroll as Lady Felicia Montague. First appearance of Emer Kenny as Penelope (Bunty) Windermere.
48	3	"The Eve of St John"	Gary Williams	Jude Tindall	3 January 2017 (2017-01-03)
Kembleford District Council holds an emergency meeting attended by the local clergy to discuss a coven in Crow's wood. Father Brown's liberal views on witchcraft do not go down well and when the body of one of the coven is found dead, feelings run high in the village. Tensions are fanned by the Reverend Gillespie, a Methodist minister whose wife and daughter died in the blitz. Father Brown invites the warlock, Eugene Bone; his partner, Selina Crow; new initiate, Dione Moon; and the Reverend Allsworthy to dinner. Mrs McCarthy sends Bunty to gather mushrooms for her soup and over dinner. Allsworthy, smitten by Bunty, has reason to propose marriage.
49	4	"The Chedworth Cyclone"	Paul Gibson	Paul Matthew Thompson	4 January 2017 (2017-01-04)
Roy Tomkins, a washed up boxer and rival of Jed Cornish – the 'Chedworth Cyclone' – is found dead. Father Brown is drawn into the shady world of London Boxing promoter and racketeer, Denis Nelson, who is involved in illegal betting, fixed fights, and blackmail. Jed, suspected of murder, is arrested and then bailed into the care of Father Brown who uncovers Jed's secret love for Nelson's girlfriend. She has lured a town councillor into a compromising position so Nelson can obtain a boxing venue. Father Brown has to uncover the murderer, ensure a fair fight and break Nelson's hold over everyone.
50	5	"The Hand of Lucia"	Paul Gibson	Lol Fletcher	5 January 2017 (2017-01-05)
Bankrupt writer of erotic novel 'Lulu and Lucia', Lucia Morell is murdered with an axe and her hand removed. Subject of a previous attack, her threat to reveal on whom Lulu was based is thought to be the motive. Suspects include Lady Ursula Lansford of Uxbridge who runs a home for released female prisoners, Lansford's son whom Lucia humiliated, the gardener, and two ex-prisoners. Bunty becomes ill after eating the gardener's soup and one of the girls is poisoned; and when the hand is discovered in Lady Ursula's private bathroom the gardener confesses. Father Brown believes the answer is in the novel, leading to tragic consequences.
51	6	"The Eagle and the Daw"	Gary Williams	Kit Lambert	6 January 2017 (2017-01-06)
Katherine Corven, awaiting execution for murdering her husband, summons Father Brown, who helped to convict her, to hear her confession; that she has arranged the death of her lover Raymond Worrall. When Inspector Mallory finds Worrall, in a locked cottage, dead from a gunshot to the head and Father Brown in possession of a pistol and the key to the cottage, he arrests him on suspicion of murder. Bunty and McCarthy seek to prove his innocence and Sergeant Goodfellow contrives his escape from the police station cell. A Jackdaw egg at the cottage provides Father Brown with a clue to explain the death of Worrall.
52	7	"The Smallest of Things"	Bob Thomson	Tahshin Guner	9 January 2017 (2017-01-09)
Agnes Lesser creates aids to detection in the form of dioramas of crime scenes. She invites Father Brown to an awards ceremony at her home where she unveils an exact diorama of her mother' death, at the bottom of a staircase 10 years previously, to the shocked guests including her father, the Chief Constable, and the detective who investigated at the time; hoping the death would be reinvestigated. When the detective is murdered after removing a miniature newspaper from the diorama; Inspector Mallory is arrested for his murder and Father Brown realises the newspaper holds the clue to the tragic events that had befallen the Lesser family including the death of Agnes' younger sister by drowning.
53	8	"The Crimson Feather"	Paul Gibson	Kit Lambert	10 January 2017 (2017-01-10)
Joselyn, Mrs McCarthy' niece and god-daughter, visits and then disappears. A red feather leads Father Brown to a private gentlemen's club, The Crimson Feather. With Bunty's help Father Brown discovers Joselyn is at the club where she has been working for months. When one of the other girls, Verity, is murdered at the club wearing Joselyn's costume; Bunty goes undercover as Pepper Seymore, a burlesque dancer, and Mrs McCarthy as a cleaner take jobs at the club looking for clues. Father Brown uncovers a pregnant victim, jealously, unrequited love, blackmail and other services being offered within the club.
54	9	"The Lepidopterist's Companion"	Paul Gibson	Kit Lambert	11 January 2017 (2017-01-11)
Mrs McCarthy looks after Kembleford's Mobile Library when the manager, Margaret Cartwright, is discovered injured in the library by her assistant Ada. Cartwright's husband, a photographer, accidentally kills his assistant, Lewis, boyfriend of Ada, with a cricket bat believing him a burglar. Lewis is found to have been poisoned and Father Brown discovers his cache of nude photographs of local girls. One of the photographs is of Ada. Inspector Mallory arrests the photographer while Father Brown wonders why a book, The Lepidopterist's Companion, is loaned out so often for only a day or two, and who used the photographer's studio where the pictures were taken. Mrs McCarthy walks out with a ne'er-do-well.
55	10	"The Alchemist's Secret"	Simon Gibney	Rob Kinsman	12 January 2017 (2017-01-12)
Professor Hilary Ambrose, who is experiencing memory loss and delusions, seeks the help of Father Brown to solve a riddle over 300 years old relating to an Alchemist who hid a formula believed to turn lead into gold. When one of his students is murdered and the evidence points to Ambrose, Inspector Mallory arrests him. To prove his innocence, Father Brown has to solve the riddle, find the hidden formula, and discover the real killer. Discovering the terrible secret of the formula, and the killer, poses a dilemma for Father Brown but explains why an entire village, Thorndike, disappeared from the map over 300 years ago.
56	11	"The Sins of Others"	Diana Patrick	Tahsin Guner	13 January 2017 (2017-01-13)
Sid Carter is released from prison after a year following his conviction of assault on Judith Miles, then a prostitute, now working in a solicitors office. Bent on revenge, Sid confronts his defence lawyer Giles Foster, now a judge, with Father Brown at the home of a Edward Reese, who appointed Foster. When Foster is found dead from stabbing by a glass to the throat, Sid is accused by Reese's son of the murder. Father Brown becomes a target of a paid assassin and his only clue a pail of ashes. First guest appearance of Alex Price as Sid Carter
57	12	"The Theatre of the Invisible"	Bob Thomson	David Semple	16 January 2017 (2017-01-16)
The radio quiz show Up to You comes to Kembleford and Mrs McCarthy and Bunty win an audition to become contestants. When their landlady is murdered by smoke from a blocked chimney, yet her three kittens survived. The three cast members and new producer, who falls for Bunty and wants to impress, are suspected. Father Brown is concerned when Bunty invites the cast members to stay at Montague Hall. Bunty finds the show announcer's diary revealing his colourful lifestyle and his new found prospects. When he is found dead in a locked bathroom Father Brown realises Bunty and blackmail are the motives.
58	13	"The Tanganyika Green"	Simon Gibney	Catherine Skinner	17 January 2017 (2017-01-17)
Aldous Kemp and his daughter Grace arrive in Kembleford for the County Fair to sell a valuable item so he can pay for her training as a doctor. An employee of the East African Postal Service which he had in common with John Hammond whose father's business is failing. When Kemp is murdered Inspector Mallory arrests first the daughter, then John Hammond. Father Brown recognises John's skill as an engraver and that the Tanganyika Green is a stamp. Bunty lodges the antiques valuer at Montague Hall and is surprised when petrol is stolen from her car while Mrs McCarthy believes he's a fraud.
59	14	"The Fire in the Sky"	Diana Patrick	Kit Lambert	18 January 2017 (2017-01-18)
Fear of alien invasion hits Kembleford as Charlotte, daughter of widower William Bailey, goes missing overnight and lights are seen in the sky. Charlotte arrives at the police station and collapses from injury and abdominal pains. The hospital doctor, a war hero, confirms she is pregnant. William Bailey is found dead the following day from poisoning and Inspector Mallory arrests his gardener, Sean Crimp, he had recently dismissed who was Charlotte's boyfriend. More lights in the sky overnight and Crimp disappears from his police cell. Father Brown finds the answer in a science fiction comic that the younger brother of Charlotte's hospital nurse is reading.
60	15	"The Penitent Man"	Paul Gibson	Tahsin Guner	19 January 2017 (2017-01-19)
Hercule Flambeau awaiting trial for murder asks for Father Brown to act as his chaplain and professes his innocence yet at his pre-trial hearing he pleads guilty and is condemned to death. Father Brown realises he is part of Flambeau's plan to find a gold medallion hidden by the architect of the prison that Flambeau is being held. A plan that begins to unravel when Flambeau's victim fails to reappear after he is murdered by his wife intent on obtaining the gold medallion for herself. Father Brown has to engineer Flambeau's escape from the death cell. Fifth appearance of John Light as Hercule Flambeau.

Series 6 (2017–18)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
61	1	"The Tree of Truth"	Paul Gibson	Jude Tindall	18 December 2017 (2017-12-18)
A skeleton from a seven-year-old murder case is found buried in the woods, bringing doubts on the conviction of the confessed killer. Inspector Mallory and Father Brown reinvestigate the murder. Sid Carter brings letters for Father Brown and Bunty as well as a Christmas present for Mrs McCarthy. Father Brown, Mrs McCarthy, and Bunty audition for the local amateur pantomime, Cinderella, but do not get the roles they expected. Sid is recruited to partner Father Brown; Mallory and Sergeant Goodfellow also get roles as the ugly sisters. When an accident happens during rehearsals, Father Brown realises the truth lies within the theatre. Second guest appearance of Alex Price as Sid Carter and voice-over cameo of Nancy Carroll as Lady Felicia.
62	2	"The Jackdaw's Revenge"	Gary Williams	Kit Lambert	2 January 2018 (2018-01-02)
Katherine Corven awaiting execution for murdering her husband is reprieved on the confession of her housekeeper. Father Brown is afraid she will take revenge on his friends. A wardress from Corven's prison is found hanged in a locked cottage and Corven's alibi is provided by the Mother Superior of a convent where she is training as a postulant. A local reporter pursues Father Brown, accusing him in the press of impropriety with Corven. Bunty goes missing while Father Brown is blackmailed to confirm the story under the threat of Bunty's life. A Jackdaw flying in the church gives Father Brown the clue to the death of the wardress.
63	3	"The Kembleford Dragon"	Christiana Ebohon-Green	David Semple	3 January 2018 (2018-01-03)
British Railways proposes closing Kembleford Station due to non-profitability, causing its stationmaster Ben Webb, to have a heart attack. A fete to save the station finds Webb bludgeoned to death in a trunk on the platform. Learning Webb was a philanderer over many years gives Father Brown many suspects ranging from his pregnant wife Julia, a bus company boss, a British Railways manager, and the church's new cleaner Pandora. The murder is complicated by the fact that Webb died from drowning.
64	4	"The Angel of Mercy"	Niall Fraser	Dan Muirden	4 January 2018 (2018-01-04)
Mrs McCarthy's friend, Freda, dies in her sleep at a care home. Father Brown suspects foul play when he smells an unusual odour from the body. Animosity between Freda's son and Freda's new friend, Charlie, who is to inherit Freda's estate arouses Father Brown's suspicions until Charlie dies in his sleep. Another death and Mallory arrests Freda's son. All the victims were terminally ill and a white feather at each scene confirmed they were complicit in their own death by an angel of mercy. Bunty's friend, Ellen, who is terminally ill and uses a wheelchair, goes missing and Bunty fears the worst after finding a white feather in her room.
65	5	"The Face of the Enemy"	Christiana Ebohon-Green	Tahsin Guner	5 January 2018 (2018-01-05)
Felicia and Sid return from Northern Rhodesia and visit Kembleford while her husband, Monty, is in London. Felicia finds herself blackmailed by a MI5 agent, Daniel Whittaker to exchange a roll of film one of her lovers, a known soviet agent, has. At a party her task goes wrong when a sculptor is shot dead and Whittaker orders Mallory to find Felicia as the prime suspect. Father Brown becomes involved with spies, British and Soviet, not knowing who is friend or foe, traitor or patriot. Lady Felicia has to choose between lover and husband and Moscow get the film they do not expect. Third guest appearance of Alex Price as Sid Carter and second guest appearance (first as more than a voice-over cameo) of Nancy Carroll as Lady Felicia.
66	6	"The Devil You Know"	Niall Fraser	Jude Tindall	8 January 2018 (2018-01-08)
Alec Frobisher, deputy commander at Scotland Yard, is garrotted at Kembleford Bowls club. Inspector Mallory is taken off the case as he was present at the time. Replaced by Inspector Ironside who is after Mallory's job; Mallory seeks Father Brown's help. Frobisher was with the War Crimes Commission and war time memories are stirred up when Mallory and Father Brown discover Eric and Christina Worcester, from Poland had respectively connections with the SS and concentration camp survivor. When Eric commits suicide; a typewritten suicide note gives Father Brown the clue to the killer of Frobisher.
67	7	"The Dance of Death"	Piotr Szkopiak	Rob Kinsman	9 January 2018 (2018-01-09)
Father Brown , Mrs McCarthy, and Bunty attend a ballroom competition and one of the contestants, Lucy Dawes, is murdered; her blind dancing partner Alexander Walgrave, who found the body, believes he knows who the murderer is and asks Father Brown and Bunty prove it. A necklace Lucy was wearing is missing and Inspector Mallory arrests Lucy's fiancé Oliver when he is found in possession of it. Father Brown realises the answer lies some time ago when Alexander was blinded when pushed downstairs. To continue his investigation Brown, McCarthy and Bunty join the competition.
68	8	"The Cat of Mastigatus"	Piotr Szkopiak	Mark Hiser & Bridget Colgan	10 January 2018 (2018-01-10)
St Saviours schoolgirl, May Lewis, is found with a serious head injury in the boiler room of the adjoining boys school. Father Brown discovers the weapon, a cricket bat, and Inspector Mallory arrests the owner; schoolboy Daniel Gates her boyfriend. In hospital May is attacked again and her suspected attacker, gardener Jack Coll, is found dead. Father Brown uncovers years of bullying at the school and the use of a modified cat o' nine tails.
69	9	"The Flower of the Fairway"	Gary Williams	Rachel Flowerday	11 January 2018 (2018-01-11)
Raylan Reeve, an ostentatious American, opens a golf course and during the inaugural competition The Flower of the Fairway for women and Bunty taking part, a serious rival to Reeve's granddaughter, finds a body in the reeds. Inspector Mallory allows the contest to continue when a gunshot is heard and Reeve is found shot dead in his study. Mallory arrests neighbour Hermione Harvey who had a revolver and hated Reeve. Father Brown investigates the family; father, daughter, and granddaughter and uncovers a dark family secret, when a daughter can also be a sister.
70	10	"The Two Deaths of Hercule Flambeau"	Paul Gibson	Kit Lambert	12 January 2018 (2018-01-12)
Two items catch Father Brown's eye in the newspaper: Flambeau's death in Italy and the Iron Crown of Lombardy containing a nail from the True Cross on display at Gloucester cathedral. Father Brown opens a letter with a key that Flambeau had sent to him a few days before his death. A woman claiming to be his wife (Lisandra Flambeau) wants the key, but it is stolen while the presbytery is empty. Father Brown becomes part of an elaborate plan of Flambeau and his wife to steal the crown requiring a key and a combination to a safe. Flambeau double crosses his wife and to flush out her husband, she injects Father Brown with a slow-acting poison. Sixth appearance of John Light as Hercule Flambeau.

Series 7 (2019)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
71	1	"The Great Train Robbery"	Paul Gibson	Jude Tindall	7 January 2019 (2019-01-07)
Opera diva Bianca Norman offers Lady Felicia and Mrs McCarthy passage in her personal Pullman train carriage with her adopted children, latest husband, and staff. The carriage is stopped and robbed, where two shots are fired putting out the lights and a third killing Norman. To escape, the robbers kidnap Felicia and Mrs McCarthy. Father Brown and Bunty reconstruct the robbery with the family, while Felicia and Mrs McCarthy deal with the inept robbers to discover that family problems are the motive for both the robbery and the killing. Third guest appearance of Nancy Carroll as Lady Felicia.
72	2	"The Passing Bell"	Ian Barber	David Semple	8 January 2019 (2019-01-08)
Mervyn Glossop, St Mary's Bell Captain, is upset when Canon Fox's nephew is appointed the new musical director. Glossop is found dead in the bell tower and Father Brown uncovers a web of secrets; gambling, forbidden love, robbery, perjury, and blackmail amongst the group of bell ringers, all having a motive to kill Glossop.
73	3	"The Whistle in the Dark"	Ian Barber	Tahsin Guner	9 January 2019 (2019-01-09)
Professor Robert Wiseman, who prides himself on his rationality, organises an auction of a medieval whistle that can conjure demons. Father Brown enveigles himself into the house as a severe thunderstorm moves into the area. The bidders soon arrive: an army major, a clairvoyant and her son, and a collector of objets d'art. Father Brown soon finds the professor has been faking the whistle's power because he needs money for his impoverished daughter and grandchildren. As the night progresses, Wiseman is murdered and the whistle has gone missing. A second murder occurs, with the Father's dangerous conclusion that the murderer is one of the remaining guests.
74	4	"The Demise of the Debutante"	Paul Gibson	Lol Fletcher	10 January 2019 (2019-01-10)
Maude Riley, a nurse at the Rosewood Finishing School for Girls, is murdered following her release from prison after being prevented from performing an illegal abortion on student Nel Winford. Father Brown uncovers the hidden desires of staff and students at the school while Mallory arrests Maude's husband, Jimbo, bent on revenge on the school's lecherous American chaplain responsible for his wife's arrest.
75	5	"The Darkest Noon"	Christiana Ebohon-Green	Kit Lambert	11 January 2019 (2019-01-11)
Father Brown and Inspector Mallory are called to Spencer Hall, but are missing the morning after when Edmund Noon is found dead in St Mary's churchyard next to grave of George and Jasmin Haggard, whom he is believed to have murdered. Flashbacks show Noon lured both Mallory and Father Brown to profess his innocence of the crime. Sergeant Goodfellow, Mrs McCarthy, and Bunty use reasoning, deduction, and clues to try to find the missing men. Even Harold "Blind 'Arry" Slow pitches in, finding a key in the churchyard.
76	6	"The Sacrifice of Tantalus"	Dominic Keavey	Kit Lambert	14 January 2019 (2019-01-14)
Alan Tylett, wanted for killing a policeman, is pursued by Inspector Mallory and Sergeant Goodfellow. Goodfellow is shot saving Mallory and both are hospitalised. Inspector Sullivan posing as “Inspector Trueman” is sent from Special Branch to take over the case. With Father Brown's help, they capture Tylett, who protests his innocence. A wide-ranging web of police corruption is uncovered. Regaining consciousness at the hospital, Goodfellow might be in danger if he is able to identify the shooter. First guest appearance of Tom Chambers as Inspector Sullivan.
77	7	"The House of God"	Paul Gibson	Dan Muirden	15 January 2019 (2019-01-15)
Patrick O'Leary, a stalwart of St Mary's, whose romantic overtures to Mrs McCarthy turn sour when his sacked gardener Angelica Evans dies of cyanide poisoning in front of the congregation. Father Brown uncovers the secret of O'Leary's house of God where three women, his gardener, his widowed niece, his housekeeper and her son lived together. Mrs McCarthy provides Father Brown with the clues to solve the murder while Inspector Mallory pursues the wrong suspect.
78	8	"The Blood of the Anarchists"	Dominic Keavey	Lol Fletcher	16 January 2019 (2019-01-16)
Lionel, the writer/actor for a performing troupe of travelling anarchists is found dead, apparently suicide, in a locked farm out building. The troupe had been invited to perform by farmers wife Sally Clegg who knew Titan Stark, the troupe leader, when she was much younger. Titan is found dead leaving the two other members of the troupe in fear of their lives; Titan's daughter Magdelana, who seeks comfort from married actor Angus Boyle who rejects her. Inspector Mallory arrests Sally's husband and Father Brown uncovers the desires within the troupe and the love between husbands and wives.
79	9	"The Skylark Scandal"	Christiana Ebohon-Green	Rachel Smith	17 January 2019 (2019-01-17)
Lord Hollingworth is murdered at the Skylark Youth Hostel where Father Brown, Mrs McCarthy, Bunty, Inspector Mallory, and Sergeant Goodfellow are all staying on an outing with the Kembleford Ramblers and Twitchers. Ill feeling between Hollingworth and the ramblers and owners of the hostel was apparent; his sponsorship of the hostel and nearby girls convent ended 15 years previously and his daughter, Hetty, an old schoolfriend of Bunty's has been covering up blackmail letters her father had been receiving.
80	10	"The Honourable Thief"	Paul Gibson	Kit Lambert	18 January 2019 (2019-01-18)
Lady Felicia returns to Kembleford to sell their valuables after her husband, Monty, loses a fortune in a diamond mine. Nicholai Solevey who had offered to buy her necklace steals it and places it in an impregnable safe in his hotel room. Father Brown asks Flambeau for help who agrees because Solevey had betrayed him previously. Flambeau hatches a plan using Bunty, Mrs McCarthy, and Lady Felicia as distractions while he attempts to break into the safe. Father Brown finds his trust in Flambeau could be misplaced when he steals the entire contents of the safe and disappears and returns to Paris. Fourth guest appearance of Nancy Carroll as Lady Felicia. Seventh appearance of John Light as Hercule Flambeau.

Series 8 (2020)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
81	1	"The Celestial Choir"	Paul Gibson	Kit Lambert	6 January 2020 (2020-01-06)
The Kembleford Choristers, this year run by Mrs McCarthy, reach the final of the Three Counties Choir Competition 1953 at Worcester Cathedral. Mrs McCarthy arranges a coach to take the choristers that include Sergeant Goodfellow and Lady Felicia, together with Inspector Mallory, whose daughter is singing in a junior competition, and Father Brown. Events conspire to prevent them reaching Worcester in time. Both Mallory and Brown suspect sabotage by one of the choristers and Mrs McCarthy suspects a rival choir. A dark secret from the past proves them right. Fifth guest appearance of Nancy Carroll as Lady Felicia.
82	2	"The Queen Bee"	Dominic Keavey	David Semple	7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)
Bee Keeper Beatie May, a flamboyant outgoing over-protective mother is found dead in a smoke-filled room. Mallory arrests her son because of recent accidents involving his mother. May had recently changed her will leaving a diamond hidden on her property with a coded anagram that her son could decipher. Brown suspects, Miss Slither, her neighbour of sixty years; a missing cake and a photograph of a soldier killed in the first world war who was May's gardener provide the answer.
83	3	"The Scales of Justice"	Darcia Martin	Dominique Moloney	8 January 2020 (2020-01-08)
Inspector Mallory arrests Bunty for the murder, by bludgeoning to the head, of wealthy socialite Teddy Neville-Crowley at a party the previous day. Blood on her dress and her admitting she hit him with a branch rejecting his advances sends her to trial where her dubious morals are laid bare. Father Brown and Sergeant Goodfellow, looking to clear Bunty, discover Teddy was being blackmailed, a secret baby whose mother killed herself, and a sister-in-law who hated him. Father Brown gains access to Teddy's blood soaked clothes and discovers an anomaly of blood on his socks, and with Goodfellow and Mallory they search amongst grass cuttings for a broken fingernail.
84	4	"The Wisdom of the Fool"	Paul Gibson	Lol Fletcher	9 January 2020 (2020-01-09)
A "Convention of Merriment" fair of jesters, led by an ex-Chief Inspector, is in Kembleford, home of Uncle Mirth. When a discredited doctor stumbles into the fair and dies, Father Brown, Mrs McCarthy, and Bunty find themselves amongst a group of vigilantes, of grieving souls, righting wrongs throughout the country. The group fearing exposure condemn the three to be executed. The execution to be carried out by Bunty's friend whose brother had been murdered.
85	5	"The Folly of Jephthah"	Darcia Martin	Kit Lambert	10 January 2020 (2020-01-10)
Flambeau seeks Father Brown's help to catch a thief, Alexander Romanici, who is Flambeau's daughter Marianne Delacroix. She has been stealing items ahead of her father, including from an Italian crime lord, Vincenzo Murgida (Vincenzo Nicoli), who will kill to recover his property. Father Brown is asked to act as referee and organise a contest between the pair, the loser has to give up their criminal ways. Father Brown devises a contest to recover five chess pieces; the person with the most wins. Neither Flambeau nor Father Brown realise Marianne has made a deal with Murgida; a deal he does not intend to honour. Eighth appearance of John Light as Hercule Flambeau.
86	6	"The Numbers of the Beast"	Paul Gibson	Dan Muirden	13 January 2020 (2020-01-13)
Mrs McCarthy's sister, Roisin, turns up in Kembleford owing money to loan sharks. She takes Mrs McCarthy to her new found friend, a fortune teller and lifter of curses. Reading Mrs McCarthy's tea leaves, he reads the winning numbers in a charity bingo game worth £750 -- a game Mrs McCarthy wins. She gives half the money to the bingo organiser desperate for money to pay for the restoration of a church roof. Also at the game is Alison and her husband Peter cursed with schizophrenia. When Alison is found dead and her husband with the murder weapon, Mallory arrests him. Father Brown looks for the connection between the fortune teller, the bingo organiser, Alison, Peter and Mrs McCarthy's win.
87	7	"The River Corrupted"	Jennie Paddon	Kit Lambert	14 January 2020 (2020-01-14)
Sid returns to Kembleford aboard a canal boat with his new girlfriend and her father, Pat Lochlin. Lochlin has an argument in a pub with local factory owner, Roger Barford, who is later found dead bludgeoned with one of Lochlin's fishing tools, a Priest, and with the receipt of a gold necklace in his mouth. Father Brown discovers Barford got the barmaid her job at the pub after dismissing her from his factory because she was pregnant. Lochlin had switched a valuable necklace with a cheap imitation that Barford asked him to collect; the original necklace found in possession of Sid's girlfriend. Father Brown discovers that Barford truly loved his childless wife, though she suspected her husband's fidelity. Fourth guest appearance of Alex Price as Sid Carter.
88	8	"The Curse of the Aesthetic"	Paul Gibson	Lol Fletcher	15 January 2020 (2020-01-15)
An artist's muse, Isabella, commits suicide, though no body is found, and Father Brown, Bunty, and Mrs McCarthy are drawn into the artist's obsessive and hallucinatory thoughts of Isabella and his over protective nanny. When the nanny is murdered he expects to die. An equally obsessive art critic wants to buy all his artworks of Isabella and is nearly electrocuted. Father Brown discovers finger scratch marks on the inside of a locked store cupboard door in the artists studio and also inside a book of Jacobean plays, that the artist loved, that included the play A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, and in her suicide note she referred to herself as a Chaste Maid.
89	9	"The Fall of the House of St Gardner"	Jennie Paddon	Rachel Smith	16 January 2020 (2020-01-16)
Bunty helps her latest boyfriend, Harvey St Gardner, and his sister, fashion designer Lady Vivien St Gardner-Verde, hold a fashion show in Kembleford, housing the entourage at Montague Hall. They are followed by gossip columnist Barbara Farrell, who has Bunty, Harvey, Vivien and her husband Sir Ralf and top model Camille in her sights for past and present misdemeanours, since Harvey had her sacked for gossip about Bunty. When she is murdered Father Brown uncovers secrets of opium use, gambling debts, assault and the cryptic message of dead heading the roses leading to a back street abortionist in London's East End. Mallory pursues Bunty's boyfriend testing her loyalties.
90	10	"The Tower of Lost Souls"	Dominic Keavey	Tahsin Guner	17 January 2020 (2020-01-17)
Reginald Brody is found dead at the bottom of a tower owned by Alistair Hemsley MP; apparently suicide jumping from the sealed roof. Chief Inspector Valentine returns, believing a message in the form of a red scarf, regarding an eight year old murder when Valentine arrested Brody's son who was convicted. Valentine is found on the sealed roof by Inspector Mallory with a knife and the dead body of Hemsley's brother, whom Valentine now suspected of being the real murderer, on the same sealed roof. Chief Inspector Sullivan returns to investigate Valentine's arrest, to the annoyance of Inspector Mallory, who has already been moved aside by Valentine. Father Brown with Bunty and Mrs McCarthy has to solve three murders and discover a secret room of evil in the house left as a shrine to Hemsley's late father. Guest appearance of Hugo Speer as Inspector Valentine. Second guest appearance of Tom Chambers as Inspector Sullivan.

Series 9 (2021)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
91	1	TBA	TBD	TBD	2021 (2021)

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