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Release year: 2013

Storyline

In the early 1950s, Father Brown, a Roman Catholic priest based in the fictional Cotswold village of Kembleford, uses his distinctive skills to solve various crimes.

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Cast

Mark Williams — Father Brown
John Burton — Sergeant Goodfellow
Sorcha Cusack — Mrs McCarthy, Mrs. McCarthy
Tom Chambers — Inspector Sullivan, Chief Inspector Sullivan

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Did you know

• Mark Williams has said that he was surprised to be offered the lead role in the show as he hadn't read any of the books and was brought up in the Protestant faith. A real Catholic priest was brought on board as a consultant to show him how to give last rites, hold mass and how to pronounce some of the Latin terminology.

• Commissioned for daytime TV schedules, the first few seasons were not massive ratings successes in the UK. The BBC contemplated cancelling the show until they noticed sales to foreign TV networks were extraordinarily high. This persuaded them to stick with it where it became a slow-burn success with a loyal audience in the UK, especially when episodes became available on the BBC iPlayer streaming service, and viewers normally out at work binge-watched over the Christmas holidays.

• Filming takes place in the Gloucestershire village of Blockley using the church of Saints Peter and Paul (Church of England) as the St Mary Roman Catholic church of the series.