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Father Brown (2013)

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Genre
detective fiction
Country
United Kingdom
Length
13 seasons, 140 episodes
Rated
TV-PG
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 139 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Father Brown is a Catholic priest in a 1950s English village who solves murders. He uses his understanding of human nature to uncover the truth behind each crime.

cozylightheartedintelligentwhimsicalgentleperiodpacedclever

What happens

Father Brown is a British period detective television series loosely based on the Father Brown short stories by G. K. Chesterton, starring Mark Williams as the titular crime-solving Catholic priest. Broadcast began on BBC One on 14 January 2013. In April 2023 the BBC confirmed that filming had begun on an 11th series, for broadcast in January 2024, and also confirmed the return of Lorna Watson as Sister Boniface. The commissioning of series 12 and 13 was confirmed in April 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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