The Best Episodes Directed By Matt Carter

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(7 votes)

   #1 - The Ghost in the Machine

   S2:E11/6/2014

   Father Brown is sceptical when a parishioner believes she's being haunted by her sister who went missing years ago. However, when she herself vanishes, he must investigate both disappearances.

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   7.8/10(6 votes)

   #2 - Maddest of All

   S2:E21/7/2014

   When an ex-serviceman drops dead in the street, Father Brown investigates the facility where he was a patient. Could something sinister lie beneath the surface at Danvers Retreat?

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   7.8/10(6 votes)

   #3 - The Daughters of Jerusalem

   S2:E61/13/2014

   Father Brown finds himself immobilised with a broken leg when a member of Kembleford's WI dies in mysterious circumstances. Can he crack the case armed only with a telescope and the gang to help?

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   7.8/10(9 votes)

   #4 - Last Man Out

   S19:E31/11/2017

   Tensions run high in Lower Pampling as a new type of cricket threatens a century of tradition. When a star player is murdered, Barnaby and Winter's investigation leads them to a surprising person--Barnaby's former sergeant Ben Jones.

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   7.1/10(11 votes)

   #5 - Episode 3

   S1:E33/10/2023

   The community of Shipton Abbott is rocked when a beloved painting disappears in a seemingly impossible heist. Humphrey tries his best to find some common ground with Archie.

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   7.0/10(4 votes)

   #6 - The Curse of the Ninth

   S19:E65/20/2018

   When a prize-winning violinist is killed with his Stradivarius stolen, Barnaby must sort through a myriad of suspects and motives to find the real killer.

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   7.0/10(10 votes)

   #7 - Episode 5

   S1:E53/31/2023

   Panic spreads when an arsonist targets three businesses, bizarrely invoking the Three Little Pigs fable. Meanwhile, Martha has some serious thinking to do.

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   6.9/10(7 votes)

   #8 - The Face of Death

   S1:E81/23/2013

   After a murder at the Kembleford charity treasure hunt, general suspicion falls upon a bereaved man who wants revenge. However, Father Brown is determined to prove the man's innocence.

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   6.8/10(4 votes)

   #9 - The Play's the Thing

   S2:E22/26/2019

   When a LARP battle in the woods goes wrong, Lu and Frank must clear the Queen's name and catch the culprit.

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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #10 - Nothing Will Come of Nothing

    S2:E73/6/2019

    Frank and Lu investigate a missing person's case at a casino, where gambling is a matter of life or death.

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    6.7/10(11 votes)

    #11 - Episode 6

    S1:E64/7/2023

    A house is burgled but the prime suspect was locked up in a police cell at the time. It’s up to Esther to rally a devastated Humphrey and solve this impossible crime.

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    6.6/10(7 votes)

    #12 - The Eye of Apollo

    S1:E51/18/2013

    When the Church of Apollo comes to Kembleford, Susie is drawn to their charismatic leader Kalon. After Kalon's wife is murdered, Father Brown must break his spell over Susie or risk losing her forever.

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    6.4/10(11 votes)

    #13 - A Dying Art

    S18:E42/3/2016

    A new sculpture park is set to open in Angel's Rise, but it's launch is soon marred by murder. Barnaby and Nelson have to crack the case were art seems to imitate death and everything has a meaning deeper then is first realised.

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Agatha Raisin and the Curious Curate

    S2:E31/28/2019

    The arrival of a handsome new curate causes a stir in the village, but when murder strikes, one of Agatha's friends becomes the prime suspect. As she works to clear her friend's name, Agatha's love life gets in the way of her investigation.

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    5.8/10(11 votes)

    #15 - The Lions of Causton

    S20:E48/26/2019

    Barnaby gets to relive his former sporting glory when a death at the local Rugby Club sends Barnaby and Winter into a muddle of rucks, grudges, romance… and artisanal chocolates?

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    5.6/10(8 votes)

    #16 - The Sting of Death

    S21:E32/11/2020

    Barnaby and Winter are called to the stately home of a master beekeeper after he is injured attempting to apprehend a thief. The village of Granville Norton is abuzz with news of the missing bees, and suspicions fly when one of the locals is stung to death.

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    5.5/10(8 votes)

    #17 - The Grim Reaper

    S2:E91/16/2014

    Through a series of poison pen letters, a gruesome death on a local farm is blamed on the Kembleford physician. Father Brown must figure out who sent them in order to save his friend from the gallows.

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    5.3/10(10 votes)

    #18 - The Ghost of Causton Abbey

    S20:E13/10/2019

    Causton is buzzing at the opening of a new brewery on the site of a famously cursed Abbey. But excitement turns to fear when a man is found boiled to death in one of the vats. DCI Barnaby and DS Winter are puzzled; could this really be about beer?

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    4.4/10(15 votes)

    #19 - The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy

    S22:E14/4/2021

    After a local photographer wins an urban myth competition with his creation of The Wolf Hunter, it unexpectedly gains a cult following.

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    3.6/10(5 votes)

    #20 - Top of the Class

    S25:E4Unknown

    After a strict headteacher is brutally murdered during a PTA meeting, Barnaby and Winter dig into the case. To catch the killer, the detectives must sift through school scandals and witnesses with deadly secrets.

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