Father Brown season 13 shares first-look pictures as star Mark Williams teases "a real crisis" for the priest
The BBC crime drama returns for new episodes next week.
Father Brown has unveiled a host of new images from its upcoming 13th season.
The popular BBC daytime crime drama returns for all-new episodes next week and we now have our first look at some of the returning faces.
Mark Williams will of course be back as the sleuthing priest, and will be joined by familiar characters such as John Burton's Sergeant Goodfellow, Ruby-May Martinwood's Brenda Palmer, Tom Chambers's Inspector Sullivan and Claudie Blakley's Mrs Isabel Sullivan (formerly Devine).
Fans will also be delighted to hear that Sorcha Cusack's Bridgette McCarthy (pictured below) will be popping in for a guest appearance in the first episode.
It's set to be a testing time for Father Brown. Not only does he face a deadly game of cat-and-mouse after visiting Father Lazarus (Lex Shrapnel) in prison, but his job also comes under threat when Bishop-elect Fox (Roger May) enacts a revenge plan that could leave Kembleford changed forever...
Teasing the fallout, star Williams said: "Father Brown has a real crisis, and it looks like it's unsolvable... until fate intervenes. We had a lot of fun filming that episode. There's some great (and I use the word advisedly) some great bicycle work."
Guest stars across the 10 new episodes include Dame Maureen Lipman, Julia Sawalha, Phil Daniels, Debra Stephenson, Phil Cornwell and Davood Ghadami.
Speaking about working with the array of acting talent, Williams added: "It's always really flattering that people come and do the show, and we always look forward to seeing people; it’s one of the joys of doing this job.
"Because we have multiple episodes, we have different actors coming in regularly, for example Phil Daniels and Phil Cornwell this series, and I love it. I love just watching them as well. Sometimes I forget that I'm supposed to be acting too, because I'm too busy looking at other people!"
The new episodes also include a seaside trip to the fictional town of Brockton on Sea, Sergeant Goodfellow teaching Brenda how to drive, and newlyweds Mr and Mrs Sullivan adjusting to married life.
Father Brown is based on the classic character created by GK Chesterton and has proven to be hit beyond the UK too, with dedicated viewers in the US, Canada, Australia, India and more.
Father Brown returns on Friday 9th January at 2pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
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