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‘Father Brown’: S08.E01-E10. “Series Eight”

The eighth series sees some of our favourite characters return

Screen Capture: Ashley Campbell, John Burton, Joseph Prowen (choir — back row), Daisy Maywood, Nancy Carroll (choir — middle row), Sarah Ingram (choir — front) as Wesley Summerton, Sergeant Daniel Goodfellow, Nicholas Curtley, Audrey Belchant, Lady Felicia, and Barbara, respectively, in “Father Brown.” With her back to the camera, playing Mrs McCarthy, is Sorcha Cusack.

Father Brown, set in the picturesque fictional Cotswold village of Kembleford, is a BBC period drama set in the 1950s. The series title character, Father Brown, is a Catholic priest. Further to being the priest at St Mary’s Catholic Church, Father Brown likes to solve murder cases.

Father Brown’s passion for solving crimes frequently annoys the local bumbling police inspector because his success rate is unblemished. As for the police inspector himself, he has a tendency to arrest the wrong people.

The Britain we see in these episodes is vastly different than the one we see today. Even though it has been several years since the Second World War ended, Britons are still struggling with deprivations and various other hardships.

During the period in which the series is set, the death penalty still exists in the United Kingdom. Father Brown adamantly opposes capital punishment.

Series Main Cast

Mark Williams — Father Brown

Sorcha Cusack — Bridgette “Mrs M” McCarthy