Father Brown (1974 TV series) explained

Genre:Detective
Theme Music Composer:Jack Parnell
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Num Series:1
Num Episodes:13
Producer:Ian Fordyce
Runtime:49–51 minutes
Company:ATV production
Channel:ITV

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]

Cast

Main

Guests (partial)

ActorRole
Alan Gerrard Grocer
Joe
Petra Merton
Mrs Deveraux
Museum Guide
John Raggley
Mrs Gow
Mr Carver
Brian Anthony Phillip
Daniel Devine
Brian Hawksley Inspector Greenwood
Commandant Neil O'Brien
Giles
Jukes
Gerald Lloyd
Lord Galloway
John Strake
Norman Drage
David Savile Norman Knight
Stephen Aylmer
Hercule Flambeau
Dennis Edwards Doctor
Police Constable
Dudley Jones Thurston
Inspector Cole
Auctioneer
Opal Banks
Landlord
Reverend David Price-Jones
Leonard Smythe
John Wilton
Elizabeth Barnes
Colonel Bohun
Graham Leaman Colonel Carstairs
Sir Aaron Armstrong
Professor Gerard Smaill
Lady Galloway
John Flanagan Patrick Royce
Arthur
Brander Merton
Munson Mandeville
Keith James Milkman
Beatrice
Janet Druce
Philip Aylmer
Colonel Hector Merton
Nina Thomas Alice Armstrong
Oliver Maguire Ashton Jervis
Reverend John Walters
Julius K Brayne
Gibbs
John Godfrey
Sir Arthur Travers KC
Father Superior
Doris Jennings
Kalon
Christabel
Miss Ammerley
Colonel Arthur Druce
Mrs Sands
Akbar
Inspector Boyne
Simon Vesty
James Grant
Reverend Wilfred Bohun

Production

Portions of the series were shot in St. Clements Caves in Hastings, Sussex, England.

Notes and References

  1. Filmink. Stephen. Vagg. Surviving Cold Streaks: Kenneth More. 16 April 2023.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20090119015026/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/22351 BFI.org
  3. Web site: Father Brown: The empathetic detective. The Guardian. 18 January 2013.