The Father Brown Mysteries Series 2

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Andrew Sachs stars as G.K. Chesterton's crime-solving cleric, whose unlikely methods make him one of the great heroes of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction

With his black hat, huge umbrella, unworldly simplicity and 'beaming but breathless geniality', Father Brown is one of fiction's best-loved amateur detectives. Short and tatty, but with the wisdom and insight to unravel the most wayward of criminal minds, he has entertained generations.

Episode 1
The Perishing of the Pendragons
Mystery afloat as a Cornish family's curse starts to unravel.

Who will come into his rightful inheritance - and will Father Brown be in time to avert a tragedy?

Andrew Sachs stars as Father Brown,

GK Chesterton's stories of an amateur clerical sleuth with an uncanny understanding of the criminal mind at work.

Dramatised by John Scotney

Father Brown ...... Andrew Sachs
Flambeau ...... Olivier Pierre
The Admiral ...... Edward Kelsey
Sir Cecil Fanshaw ...... Brian Hewlett
Tregear ...... Keith Kraushaar
Tommy/Walter ...... James Goode

Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1986

Episode 2 27:03
The Arrow of Heaven
An American millionaire safe in his fortress, death threats, a murky past and a bolt from the blue.

Father Brown, on his first visit to the United States, unravels the mystery and exposes thereby a mire of hypocrisy.

Episode 3 53:56
The Mistake of the Machine
A suspect is locked away, but has a prison governor got the right man? Can Father Brown discover the answer as he makes his way across America?

Episode 4 1:21:12
The Curse of the Golden Cross
What do an itinerant gambler, an English lady, a steward, a vicar and a professor have in common? And who has the right to it? Father Brown finds the answer.

Episode 5 1:48:26
Actor and Alibi
A theatrical murder amid much back-stabbing is announced in the Chop-House. Father Brown finds himself in the midst of a School for Scandal.

Episode 6 1:15:36
The Absence of Mr Glass
The unusual behaviour of a young man sparks concern in a seaside town. Andrew Sachs stars as GK Chesterton's clerical sleuth.

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