7.1/10126 votes#1 - The Hammer of God
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1974
A retired colonel, who has been having an adulterous affair, is found dead, his head caved in, with the blacksmith's hammer left nearby. The police have several suspects, but can Father Brown, a visiting priest with a fondness for puzzles, solve the mystery?
Director: Robert Tronson
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1096 votes
#2 - The Oracle of the Dog
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1974
Father Brown is staying as the guest of a retired colonel when his host is found dead, stabbed with a narrow blade, but no murder weapon. The police inspector gathers all the suspects together, but Father Brown has the answer.
Director: Peter Jefferies
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1080 votes
#3 - The Curse of the Golden Cross
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/1974
An American archaeologist confides in Father Brown that he fears for his life after a mysterious voice in a cave accused him of stealing a golden cross.
Director: Robert Tronson
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1080 votes
#4 - The Eye of Apollo
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/1974
A self-styled "priest of Apollo" persuades a follower to alter her will, then she falls down a lift shaft and dies. Father Brown suspects murder.
Director: Peter Jefferies
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1070 votes
#5 - The Three Tools of Death
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1974
Father Brown takes part in a radio discussion with a Scottish philanthropist, who is found shot dead the following morning.
Director: Robert Tronson
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1068 votes
#6 - The Mirror of the Magistrate
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1974
A controversial magistrate is shot and killed. A suspect is brought to trial, but Father Brown believes a broken mirror establishes the truly guilty party.
Director: Peter Jefferies
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1067 votes
#7 - The Dagger with Wings
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1974
A man who has dabbled in black magic calls Father Brown to confess his sins, but too late. Father Brown investigates when the man's sons start to die in suspicious circumstances.
Director: Peter Jefferies
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1061 votes
#8 - The Actor and the Alibi
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1974
A theatrical manager is found stabbed to death in a locked room. Everyone in the company has an alibi, but Father Brown is determined to find the guilty party.
Director: Robert Tronson
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1060 votes
#9 - The Quick One
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1974
Father Brown is staying at a country hotel and finds an eccentric stabbed through the heart in the hotel bar. Suspicion falls on a goup of travelling salesmen.
Director: Ian Fordyce
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1058 votes
#10 - The Man with Two Beards
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/28/1974
Father Brown is staying with an old friend, who is killed, apparently while burgling a house. Brown tries to establish his friend's innocence.
Director: Peter Jefferies
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1057 votes
#11 - The Head of Caesar
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/5/1974
Father Brown comes to the aid of a young woman who is being blackmailed by a mysterious man with a false nose.
Director: Robert Tronson
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1058 votes
#12 - The Arrow of Heaven
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/12/1974
Father Brown comes to the aid of a man receiving threatening letters, but he is unable to prevent him from being killed with an arrow.
Director: Robert Tronson
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1055 votes
#13 - The Secret Garden
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/19/1974
Father Brown is called to investigate the beheading of a man, commited in a closed garden. Soon there seems to be some problems: How could the murderer get the body out of the garden? And how did the murderer get away? Soon after the first murder a head is discovered into the Seine. The solution to the murder is simple and brilliant.
Director: Peter Jefferies
Writer: N/A
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Father Brown was a Catholic priest who doubled as an amateur detective in order to solve mysteries.
Genres:CrimeMysteryDrama
Network:ITV1
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Hammer of God" is the best rated episode of "Father Brown" season 1. It scored 7.1/10 based on 126 votes. Directed by Robert Tronson and written by N/A, it aired on 9/26/1974. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "The Oracle of the Dog".