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‘Father Brown’: S10.E06. “The Royal Visit”

Would you like to guess who visited Kembleford?

Shain E. Thomas
Father Brown
Published in
3 min readMar 14, 2023

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Pictured: Mark Williams, Claudie Blakley, Tom Chambers, Olivia Benjamin, and Sarah Smart in “Father Brown”

The royal visit to Kembleford is jeopardised when a school janitor is found murdered. Can Father Brown save the visit from being cancelled?

Father Brown, with a remarkable 110 episodes televised, is as fresh as the day it premiered. The period drama, loosely based on characters created by English writer G.K. Chesterton, is hugely popular amongst daytime viewers and BBC iPlayer subscribers.

The Royal Visit, directed by Paul Riordan from a teleplay penned by Mark Brotherhood, has villagers preparing for an important visitor to their small out-of-the-way community.

It turns out that, not long into the story, it is revealed Father Brown, Mrs. Isabel Devine, and Brenda Palmer played an instrumental role in raising the much needed funds for the new school library. Conversely, according to school headmistress Miss Amanda Clement, Mayor Anthony Wood contributed nothing from his own pocket. It is what it is. The greater good, unless it leads to lining their own pockets, doesn’t mean anything to some people. Mayor Wood, considering Miss Clement’s words, is clearly one of those people.

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Shain E. Thomas
Father Brown

With an M.Sc. from the University of North Texas, I’m a freelance journalist and a social historian. #APStylebook #BBCStyleGuide http://shainethomas.com/