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Father Brown
E6 of 10
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Series 4 - Episode 6
The Rod of Asclepius
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Review
by
Jane Rackham
There are five more of these superior murder mysteries based on GK Chesterton’s stories about the crime-solving priest to enjoy before Doctors returns.
Here Mrs McCarthy (Sorcha Cusack) regrets accepting a lift from Lady Felicia (Nancy Carroll) after her new sports car veers off the road into a tree. The women end up in adjoining beds at the local cottage hospital, much to Lady Felicia’s discomfort.
Meanwhile, at the presbytery,
Father Brown
(Mark Williams) and Sid’s (Alex Price) newfound freedom is cut short by the arrival of the formidable Mrs Steele (Gillian Bevan) as locum parish secretary and the suspicious news that a routine operation at the hospital has inexplicably gone wrong.
Summary
Lady Felicia's reckless driving lands her in the next hospital bed to Mrs McCarthy - with a killer on the loose. Mystery, starring Nancy Carroll and Sorcha Cusack.
Cast & Crew
Father Brown
Mark Williams
Lady Felicia
Nancy Carroll
Mrs McCarthy
Sorcha Cusack
Sgt Goodfellow
John Burton
Insp Mallory
Jack Deam
Sid Carter
Alex Price
Matron Baxter
Sarah Ball
Peggy Fletcher
Rachel Teate
Sir Malcolm Braithwaite
Dominic Mafham
Flora Honeywell
Faye Castelow
Mrs Steele
Gillian Bevan
Dr Tony Fairfax
Ben Mansfield
Mrs Garrity
Jules Woodman
Albert Garrity
John Branwell
Director
David Beauchamp
Executive Producer
Will Trotter
Producer
Caroline Slater
Writer
Jude Tindall
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