The Wisdom of Father Brown

The Father Brown stories sit in relation to other detective literature much as the diminutive and seemingly unworldly Priest himself often sits; quietly, thoughtfully and often to be overlooked. However, when he at lasts speaks it is with such understanding of human knowledge that the self-styled sophisticates that surround him are dumbfounded.

G.K Chesterton is not concerned with the procedural minutiae of the detective’s work, nor with leaving a trail of red herrings with which to keep us guessing. Father Brown reaches his conclusions through staring into the human psyche, indeed, at times, into the human soul.

1. Opening Credits
2. Chapter 1: The Absence of Mr. Glass
3. Chapter 2: The Paradise of Thieves
4. Chapter 3: The Duel of Dr Hirsch
5. Chapter 4: The Man in the Passage
6. Chapter 5: The Mistake of the Machine
7. Chapter 6: The Head of Caesar
8. Chapter 7: The Purple Wig
9. Chapter 8: The Perishing of the Pendragon
10. Chapter 9: The God of the Gongs
11. Chapter 10: The Salad of Colonel Cray
12. Chapter 11: The Strange Case of John Bulnois
13. Chapter 12: The Fairy Tale of Father Brown
14. Closing Credits