Father Brown | |
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Genre | Detective |
Based on | G. K. Chesterton (novel) |
Starring | |
Theme music composer | Jack Parnell |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Production | |
Producer | Ian Fordyce |
Running time | 49–51 minutes |
Production company | ATV production |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 26 September – 19 December 1974 |
Father Brown is a British television series, which originally aired on ITV in 1974. It featured Kenneth More as Father Brown, a Roman Catholic priest who solved crime mysteries. [1] The episodes were closely based on the stories by G. K. Chesterton. [2] [3]
Actor | Role |
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Alan Gerrard | Grocer |
Alun Armstrong | Joe |
Angela Douglas | Petra Merton |
Anna Wing | Mrs Deveraux |
Bella Emberg | Museum Guide |
Bernard Lee | John Raggley |
Betty Alberge | Mrs Gow |
Bill Maynard | Mr Carver |
Brian Anthony | Phillip |
Brian Croucher | Daniel Devine |
Brian Hawksley | Inspector Greenwood |
Charles Dance | Commandant Neil O'Brien |
Christian Rodska | Giles |
Christopher Benjamin | Jukes |
Christopher Good | Gerald Lloyd |
Cyril Luckham | Lord Galloway |
David Buck | John Strake |
David Healy | Norman Drage |
David Savile | Norman Knight |
David Swift | Stephen Aylmer |
Dennis Burgess | Hercule Flambeau |
Dennis Edwards | Doctor |
Desmond Cullum-Jones | Police Constable |
Dudley Jones | Thurston |
Edward Evans | Inspector Cole |
Eric Dodson | Auctioneer |
Freda Dowie | Opal Banks |
Frederick Hall | Landlord |
Frederick Treves | Reverend David Price-Jones |
Geoffrey Chater | Leonard Smythe |
George Roubicek | John Wilton |
Geraldine Moffatt | Elizabeth Barnes |
Graham Crowden | Colonel Bohun |
Graham Leaman | Colonel Carstairs |
James Hayter | Sir Aaron Armstrong |
James Maxwell | Professor Gerard Smaill |
Joan Benham | Lady Galloway |
John Flanagan | Patrick Royce |
John Normington | Arthur |
John Phillips | Brander Merton |
John Stratton | Munson Mandeville |
Keith James | Milkman |
Mary Ann Severne | Beatrice |
Mel Martin | Janet Druce |
Michael Sheard | Philip Aylmer |
Mike Pratt | Colonel Hector Merton |
Nina Thomas | Alice Armstrong |
Oliver Maguire | Ashton Jervis |
Peter Copley | Reverend John Walters |
Peter Dyneley | Julius K Brayne |
Peter Hawkins | Gibbs |
Peter Penry-Jones | John Godfrey |
Philip Stone | Sir Arthur Travers KC |
Richard Hurndall | Father Superior |
Roberta Tovey | Doris Jennings |
Ronald Pickup | Kalon |
Rosalind Ayres | Christabel |
Rosamund Greenwood | Miss Ammerley |
Rupert Davies | Colonel Arthur Druce |
Sheila Keith | Mrs Sands |
Tariq Yunus | Akbar |
T. P. McKenna | Inspector Boyne |
Vernon Dobtcheff | Simon Vesty |
William Dysart | James Grant |
William Russell | Reverend Wilfred Bohun |
Portions of the series were shot in St. Clements Caves in Hastings, Sussex, England.
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | "The Hammer of God" | Robert Tronson | Hugh Leonard | 26 September 1974 | |
2 | "The Oracle of the Dog" | Peter Jefferies | Peter Wildeblood | 3 October 1974 | |
3 | "The Curse of the Golden Cross" | Robert Tronson | Hugh Leonard | 10 October 1974 | |
4 | "The Eye of Apollo" | Peter Jefferies | Hugh Leonard | 17 October 1974 | |
5 | "The Three Tools of Death" | Robert Tronson | Hugh Leonard | 24 October 1974 | |
Stars James Hayter, John Flanagan, Nina Thomas and Keith James. | |||||
6 | "The Mirror of the Magistrate" | Peter Jefferies | Michael Voysey | 31 October 1974 | |
Stars Dennis Burgess, Philip Stone and Dennis Edwards | |||||
7 | "The Dagger With Wings" | Peter Jefferies | Peter Wildeblood | 7 November 1974 | |
8 | "The Actor and the Alibi" | Robert Tronson | Hugh Leonard | 14 November 1974 | |
9 | "The Quick One" | Ian Fordyce | Hugh Leonard | 21 November 1974 | |
Stars Dennis Burgess, Christopher Benjamin, William Dysart, Bernard Lee, Brian Hawksley, Tariq Yunus and Frederick Treves | |||||
10 | "The Man with Two Beards" | Peter Jefferies | Michael Voysey | 28 November 1974 | |
11 | "The Head of Caesar" | Robert Tronson | Peter Wildeblood | 5 December 1974 | |
Stars Betty Alberge, Rosalind Ayres, Brian Anthony, Graham Leaman, John Normington and Christian Rodska | |||||
12 | "The Arrow of Heaven" | Robert Tronson | John Portman | 12 December 1974 | |
13 | "The Secret Garden" | Peter Jefferies | Hugh Leonard | 19 December 1974 | |
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