Father Brown

Series 4 - Episode 6 The Rod of Asclepius

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

Drama

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Series 4 - Episode 6 The Rod of Asclepius

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Father Brown

Series 4 - Episode 6 The Rod of Asclepius

Review

Summary

Cast & Crew

When is Father Brown back on TV?

Father Brown will return for a seventh series featuring "anarchists, ramblers and Morris Dancers"

Meet the cast of Father Brown

Who is Father Brown's Emer Kenny?

These are the most popular BBC shows around the world – and the results are a bit weird

Why Christmas TV is so important - and always will be

Father Brown starring Mark Williams gets second series on BBC1

Father Brown's Mark Williams on following in Benedict Cumberbatch's footsteps

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