List of Father Brown episodes in order

By Alex Wiggan

In 2013, British detective period drama, Father Brown made its television debut. The series – based on a collection of short stories by author G. K. Chesterton – was initially broadcast on BBC One and followed the eponymous Father as he solved crimes.

Mark Williams took on the role of Roman Catholic priest, Father Brown for the series, alongside a cast which included Sorcha Cusack, Nancy Carroll, and Alex Price. Set during the 1950s, the show quickly became a hit with audiences, leading to over 100 episodes, appearing over multiple seasons.

If you’re new to Father Brown, you may wish to know how many episodes there are in the series, and you may also wish to know the names of all the episodes you need to seek out. Well, if this is the case, don’t worry, you can find all the details laid out below.

And should you wish to go beyond the series, to check out the original short stories which inspired the show, you’ll also find a list of all the Father Brown stories by G. K. Chesterton. Just keep reading!

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Father Brown episode list

Season One (2013)

01) The Hammer of God
02) The Flying Stars
03) The Wrong Shape
04) The Man in the Tree
05) The Eye of Apollo
06) The Bride of Christ
07) The Devil’s Dust
08) The Face of Death
09) The Mayor and the Magician
10) The Blue Cross

Season Two (2014)

11) The Ghost in the Machine
12) The Maddest of All
13) The Pride of the Prydes
14) The Shadow of the Scaffold
15) The Mysteries of the Rosary
16) The Daughters of Jerusalem
17) The Three Tools of Death
18) The Prize of Colonel Gerard
19) The Grim Reaper
20) The Laws of Motion

Season Three (2015)

21) The Man in the Shadows
22) The Curse of Amenhotep
23) The Invisible Man
24) The Sign of the Broken Sword
25) The Last Man
26) The Upcott Fraternity
27) The Kembleford Boggart
28) The Lair of the Libertines
29) The Truth in the Wine
30) The Judgement of Man
31) The Time Machine
32) The Standing Stones
33) The Paradise of Thieves
34) The Deadly Seal
35) The Owl of Minerva

Season Four (2016)

36) The Mask of the Demon
37) The Brewer’s Daughter
38) The Hangman’s Demise
39) The Crackpot of the Empire
40) The Daughter of Autolycus
41) The Rod of Asclepius
42) The Missing Man
43) The Resurrectionists
44) The Sins of the Father
45) The Wrath of Baron Samdi

Season Five (2016 – 2017)

46) The Star of Jacob
47) The Labyrinth of the Minotaur
48) The Eve of St John
49) The Chedworth Cyclone
50) The Hand of Lucia
51) The Eagle and the Daw
52) The Smallest of Things
53) The Crimson Feather
54) The Lepidopterist’s Companion
55) The Alchemist’s Secret
56) The Sins of Others
57) The Theatre of the Invisible
58) The Tanganyika Green
59) The Fire in the Sky
60) The Penitent Man

Season Six (2017 – 2018)

61) The Tree of Truth
62) The Jackdaw’s Revenge
63) The Kembleford Dragon
64) The Angel of Mercy
65) The Face of the Enemy
66) The Devil You Know
67) The Dance of Death
68) The Cat of Mastigatus
69) The Flower of the Fairway
70) The Two Deaths of Hercule Flambeau

Season Seven (2019)

71) The Great Train Robbery
72) The Passing Bell
73) The Whistle in the Dark
74) The Demise of the Debutante
75) The Darkest Noon
76) The Sacrifice of Tantalus
77) The House of God
78) The Blood of Anarchists
79) The Skylark Scandal
80) The Honourable Thief

Season Eight (2020)

81) The Celestial Choir
82) The Queen Bee
83) The Scales of Justice
84) The Wisdom of the Fool
85) The Folly of Jephthah
86) The Numbers of the Beast
87) The River Corrupted
88) The Curse of the Aesthetic
89) The Fall of the House of St Gardner
90) The Tower of Lost Souls

Season Nine (2022)

91) The Menace of Mephistopheles
92) The Viper’s Tongue
93) The Requiem for the Dead
94) The Children of Kalon
95) The Final Devotion
96) The New Order
97) The Island of Dreams
98) The Wayward Girls
99) The Enigma of Antigonish
100) The Red Death

Season Ten (2023)

101) The Winds of Change
102) The Company of Men
103) The Gardeners of Eden
104) The Beast of Wedlock
105) The Hidden Man
106) The Royal Visit
107) The Show Must Go On
108) The Sands of Time
109) The Wheels of Wrath
110) The Serpent Within

Season Eleven (2024)

111) The Kemleston Olimpicks
112) The Forensic Nun
113) The Hermit of Hazelnut Cottage
114) The Last Supper
115) The Father, The Son
116) The Quill of Osric
117) The Word of the Condemned
118) The Last Tango in Kembleford
119) The Dead of Night
120) The Scars of War

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The Father Brown short stories

Should you wish to go beyond the Father Brown series, you might like to read the original short stories which inspired the show. Below you will find a list of all 53 stories by G. K. Chesterton:

01) The Blue Cross
02) The Secret Garden
03) The Queer Feet
04) The Flying Stars
05) The Invisible Man
06) The Honour of Israel Gow
07) The Wrong Shape
08) The Sins of Prince Saradine
09) The Hammer of God
10) The Eye of Apollo
11) The Sign of the Broken Sword
12) The Three Tools of Death
13) The Absence of Mr Glass
14) The Paradise of Thieves
15) The Duel of Dr Hirsch
16) The Man in the Passage
17) The Mistake of the Machine
18) The Head of Caesar
19) The Purple Wig
20) The Perishing of the Pendragons
21) The God of the Gongs
22) The Salad of Colonel Cray
23) The Strange Crime of John Boulnois
24) The Fairy Tale of Father Brown
25) The Resurrection of Father Brown
26) The Arrow of Heaven
27) The Oracle of the Dog
28) The Miracle of Moon Crescent
29) The Curse of the Golden Cross
30) The Dagger with Wings
31) The Doom of the Darnaways
32) The Ghost of Gideon Wise
33) The Secret of Father Brown
34) The Mirror of the Magistrate
35) The Man with Two Beards
36) The Song of the Flying Fish
37) The Actor and the Alibi
38) The Vanishing of Vaudrey
39) The Worst Crime in the World
40) The Red Moon of Meru
41) The Chief Mourner of Marne
42) The Secret of Flambeau
43) The Scandal of Father Brown
44) The Quick One
45) The Blast of the Book/The Five Fugitives
46) The Green Man
47) The Pursuit of Mr Blue
48) The Crime of the Communist
49) The Point of a Pin
50) The Insoluble Problem
51) The Vampire of the Village
52) The Donnington Affair
53) The Mask of Midas

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Editor/writer/crime solver

Alex Wiggan

Alex is a writer, editor, and blogger specialising in movies, TV, comics, retro toys, and general geekery. He is a championing voice in nerd content, an expert in pop culture, and a trusted movie critic who publishes new reviews on a weekly basis. After graduating with a degree in film & television studies from the University of Derby in the UK, Alex went on to study journalism in Sheffield, before acquiring NCTJ accreditation. Prior to a career in blogging, Alex was a magazine editor, a senior copywriter, a features writer, and a freelancer.

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