Father Brown Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - The Hammer of God

First aired: Sep/26/1974
Writer: Hugh Leonard
Director: Robert Tronson
Guest star: Frederick Hall (Landlord), William Russell (Reverend Bohun), Alun Armstrong (Joe), John Forgeham (Simeon Barnes), Harry Walker (Mallory), Geraldine Moffat (Elizabeth Barnes), Robert James (Dr. Wynn), Graham Cowden (Colonel Bohun), Peter Hawkins (Gibbs), Anna Wing (Mrs. Devereaux), Anna Steele (Mrs. Bohun), Roger Hume (Inspector Palmer)

The police have no shortages of suspects in the murder of a retired military officer who got his head bashed in with a hammer left nearby. Can Father Brown, a priest with a fondness for puzzles, solve the case?

2 :01x02 - The Oracle of the Dog

First aired: Oct/03/1974
Writer: Peter Wildeblood
Director: Peter Jefferies
Guest star: Richard Heffer (Harry Druce), Michael Stock (Police Constable), Rupert Davies (Arthur Druce), Mel Martin (Janet Druce), John Atkinson (Aubrey Traill), Guy Slater (Donald Druce), Gerard Paquis (Dr. Henri Valentine), Robert B. Sherman (Patrick Floyd), Edward Evans (Inspector Cole)

Father Brown's host is found stabbed to death with a narrow blade but no murder weapon on the premises. Does he have the answer to the crime?

3 :01x03 - The Curse of the Golden Cross

First aired: Oct/10/1974
Writer: Hugh Leonard
Director: Robert Tronson
Guest star: Bella Emberg (Museum Guide), Sarah Lawson (Lady Diana Wales), Hector Ross (Doctor), Gwyneth Powell (Helen Smaill), Peter Penry-Jones (as John Godfrey), Peter Copley (Reverend John Walters), James Maxwell (Professor Gerald Smaill), Lawrence Trimble (Paul Tarrant), Ronald Mayer (Landlord), Stanley Lebor (Boon), Geoffrey Chater (Leonard Smyth)

An archaeologist informs Father Brown that a mysterious voice inside a cave accused him of stealing a golden cross and now he is in fear of his life.

4 :01x04 - The Eye of Apollo

First aired: Oct/17/1974
Writer: Hugh Leonard
Director: Peter Jefferies
Guest star: Rosamund Greenwood (Miss Ammerley), Alison Key (Pauline Stacey), Oliver Ford Davies (Inspector Corliss), Dudley Jones (Thurston), Christopher Good (Gerald Lloyd), Emily Richard (Joan Stacey), Ken Halliwell (Police Constable), Ronald Pickup (Kalon)

A "priest of Apollo" persuades a follower to alter her will in favor of his "church". When she falls down an elevator shaft to her death Father Brown suspects murder.

5 :01x05 - The Three Tools of Death

First aired: Oct/24/1974
Writer: Hugh Leonard
Director: Robert Tronson
Guest star: James Hayter (Sir Aaron Armstrong), Anthony Dutton (Chief Inspector Gilder), Cyril Cross (Duty Sergeant), Neville Hughes (Moderator), Anne Godley (Lady Armstrong), Keith James (Milkman), John Flanagan (Patrick Royce), David Morton (Sgt. Merton), Jacob Witkin (Magnus), Nina Thomas (Alice Armstrong)

After taking part in a radio discussion, Father Brown learns that one of his fellow panelists, a Scotch philanthropist, has been found shot to death.

6 :01x06 - The Mirror of the Magistrate

First aired: Oct/31/1974
Writer: Michael Voysey
Director: Peter Jefferies
Guest star: Philip Stone (Sir Arthur Travers), Michael O'Hagan (Michael Flood), Lynne Furlong (Florrie), Mark Kingston (Inspector James Bagshaw), Philip Trewinnard (Police Constable), David King (Sir Wilfred Underhill), Artro Morris (Green), Paul Curran (Sir Humphrey Gwynne), Richard Aylen (Firearms Expert), Roger Rowland (Carstairs), Dennis Edwards (Doctor), David Pinner (Osric Orm), Bruno Barnabe (Buller), Michael Logan (Sir Matthew Blake)

A controversial magistrate is shot and killed and Father Brown believes a broken mirror will help identify the guilty party.

7 :01x07 - The Dagger with Wings

First aired: Nov/07/1974
Writer: Peter Wildeblood
Director: Peter Jefferies
Guest star: Zara Jaber (Nurse), David Buck (John Strake), Sarah Golding (Hazel), Nicky Evans (Arnold Aylmer), April Walker (Daphne Aylmer), Vernon Dobtcheff (Simon Vesty), David Swift (Stephen Aylmer), T. P. McKenna (Inspector Boyne), Alan Hockey (Blacker), A. J. Brown (Augustus Aylmer), Michael Sheard (Phillip Aylmer), Norman Scace (Judge), Desmond Cullum-Jones (Police Constable)

A black magician dies before he can confess his sins to Father Brown. Then the man's sons begin dying under suspicious circumstances and the good padre decides to investigate.

8 :01x08 - The Actor and the Alibi

First aired: Nov/14/1974
Writer: Hugh Leonard
Director: Robert Tronson
Guest star: Oliver Maguire (Ashton Jarvis), Sheila Keith (Mrs. Sands), Richard Warner (Inspector Forbush), Michael Hall (Ralph Randall), John Crocker (George), John Stratton (Mundon Mandeville), Ellen Sheean (Lady Miriam Marden), Roberta Tovey (Doris Jennings), Rita Giovannini (Irene Maroni), Frederick Radley (Sam), David Savile (Norman Knight), Wally Thomas (Police Sergeant), John Leavitt (Aubrey Vernon), Rachel Gurney (Margaret Mandeville)

A theatrical manager is found stabbed to death in a locked room and everyone in the company has an alibi. Father Brown is determined to get to the truth.

9 :01x09 - The Quick One

First aired: Nov/21/1974
Writer: Hugh Leonard
Director: Ian Fordyce
Guest star: Alexander John (Police Constable), Tariq Yunus (Akbar), Brian Hawksley (Inspector Greenwood), Robert Walker (Police Constable), Mary Ann Severne (Beatrice Ashley), William Dysart (James Grant), Penelope Horner (Edith Raggley), Bernard Lee (John Raggley), Maxwell Shaw (Ashley), Paul Williamson (Frank Vance), Anthony Langdon (Leeds), Frederick Treves (Rev. David Pryce-Jones), Geoffrey Russell (Willis), Christopher Benjamin (Jukes), Charlotte Mitchell (Miss Paravant)

Did one of a group of traveling salesmen stab someone to death in the lounge of a country hotel where Father Brown is staying?

10 :01x10 - The Man with Two Beards

First aired: Nov/28/1974
Writer: Michael Voysey
Director: Peter Jefferies
Guest star: Alan Gerrard (Doctor), Bill Maynard (Carver), Eric Longworth (Barnard), Brian Croucher (Daniel Devine), Peter Graves (Sir Leopold Pulman), Larry Noble (Michael Smith), David Lodge (Banks), Fabia Drake (Lady Pulman), Megs Jenkins (Mrs. Banks), Freda Dowie (Opal Banks), Anthony Allen (John Banks)

Father Brown tries to establish the innocence of an old friend who was killed while apparently burglarizing a dwelling.

11 :01x11 - The Head of Caesar

First aired: Dec/05/1974
Director: Robert Tronson
Guest star: Robin Meredith (Truslove), Brian Anthony (Phillip), Elsie Randolph (Miss Oliphant), John Rutland (Max), Michelle Newell (Madge), Rosalind Ayres (Christabel), Betty Alberge (Mrs. Gow), Stephen Marsh (Hector), Graham Leaman (Colonel Carstairs), Lala Lloyd (Fisher), Christian Rodska (Giles), John Normington (Arthur)

A young damsel finds herself blackmailed by a mysterious man with a false nose. She goes to Father Brown for help in her predicament.

12 :01x12 - The Arrow of Heaven

First aired: Dec/12/1974
Writer: John Portman
Director: Robert Tronson
Guest star: Tony Scott (Harris), Mike Pratt (Col. Hector Merton), Christopher Crooks (First Guard), Jonathan Phillips (Brander Merton), Mike Lewin (Second Guard), Eric Dodson (Auctioneer), David Healy (Norman Drage), Richard Hurndall (Father Superior), Julian Somers (Bernard Blake), Angela Douglas (Petra Merton), George Roubicek (John Wilton)

Father Brown tries to help a man who's been on the receiving end of threatening letters but the man gets killed by an arrow.

13 :01x13 - The Secret Garden

First aired: Dec/19/1974
Writer: Hugh Leonard
Director: Peter Jefferies
Guest star: Joan Benham (Lady Galloway), Rowland Davies (Dr. Bernard Simon), Cyril Luckham (Lord Galloway), Athol Coats (Ivan), Stefan Gryff (Beaumont), Rosemarie Dunham (Duchess of St. Michel), Charles Dance (Commandant O'Brien), Ferdy Mayne (Aristede Valentin), Peter Dyneley (Julius Brayne), Eileen Waugh (Lady Margaret Graham)

Father Brown is called to investigate the beheading of a man committed in a closed garden. It's a classic locked room puzzle for the padre.