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The Worst Episodes of Father Brown

Father Brown was a Catholic priest who doubled as an amateur detective in order to solve mysteries.

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  1. Background image for The Arrow of Heaven
    6.8/10(71 votes)

    #1 - The Arrow of Heaven

    S1:E12

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for The Mirror of the Magistrate
    7.0/10(85 votes)

    #2 - The Mirror of the Magistrate

    S1:E6

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for The Hammer of God
    7.1/10(150 votes)

    #3 - The Hammer of God

    S1:E1

    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?

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    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for The Three Tools of Death
    7.3/10(86 votes)

    #4 - The Three Tools of Death

    S1:E5

    Father Brown takes part in a radio discussion with a Scottish philanthropist, who is found shot dead the following morning.

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    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for The Actor and the Alibi
    7.3/10(78 votes)

    #5 - The Actor and the Alibi

    S1:E8

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for The Quick One
    7.3/10(76 votes)

    #6 - The Quick One

    S1:E9

    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.

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    Director:Ian Fordyce
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Oracle of the Dog
    7.4/10(119 votes)

    #7 - The Oracle of the Dog

    S1:E2

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for The Dagger with Wings
    7.4/10(82 votes)

    #8 - The Dagger with Wings

    S1:E7

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for The Man with Two Beards
    7.4/10(72 votes)

    #9 - The Man with Two Beards

    S1:E10

    Father Brown is staying with an old friend, who is killed, apparently while burgling a house. Brown tries to establish his friend's innocence.

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    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for The Secret Garden
    7.4/10(69 votes)

    #10 - The Secret Garden

    S1:E13

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for The Eye of Apollo
    7.5/10(98 votes)

    #11 - The Eye of Apollo

    S1:E4

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for The Head of Caesar
    7.5/10(72 votes)

    #12 - The Head of Caesar

    S1:E11

    Father Brown comes to the aid of a young woman who is being blackmailed by a mysterious man with a false nose.

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    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for The Curse of the Golden Cross
    7.7/10(102 votes)

    #13 - The Curse of the Golden Cross

    S1:E3

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown

Worst Episodes Summary

"The Arrow of Heaven" is the worst rated episode of "Father Brown". It scored 6.8/10 based on 71 votes. Directed by Robert Tronson and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/12/1974. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Mirror of the Magistrate".