Father Brown (2013)

Crime · Drama · Mystery

Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.

IMDb rating: 7.8 (17,666 votes)
Seasons: 12
Streaming (US): Britbox Apple TV Channel · BritBox · BritBox Amazon Channel · Hoopla
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (2013)

7.48 avg 10 episodes 7.3 → 7.8 47 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Hammer of God	7.3	842
2	The Flying Stars	7.3	658
3	The Wrong Shape	7.3	637
4	The Man in the Tree	7.6	591
5	The Eye of Apollo	7.1	581
6	The Bride of Christ	7.9	627
7	The Devil's Dust	7.5	563
8	The Face of Death	7.6	543
9	The Mayor and the Magician	7.4	528
10	The Blue Cross	7.8	558

Season 2 (2014)

7.63 avg 10 episodes 7.7 → 7.8 44 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Ghost in the Machine	7.7	545
2	The Maddest of All	7.6	499
3	The Pride of the Prydes	7.6	535
4	The Shadow of the Scaffold	7.6	502
5	The Mysteries of the Rosary	7.6	520
6	The Daughters of Jerusalem	7.9	518
7	The Three Tools of Death	7.3	480
8	The Prize of Colonel Gerard	7.6	485
9	The Grim Reaper	7.6	472
10	The Laws of Motion	7.8	480

Season 3 (2015)

7.65 avg 15 episodes 7.7 → 8.5 44 min avg

Big finale
Rebound
Rollercoaster

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Man in the Shadows	7.7	489
2	The Curse of Amenhotep	7.7	517
3	The Invisible Man	7.2	492
4	The Sign of the Broken Sword	7.5	466
5	The Last Man	8.0	522
6	The Upcott Fraternity	7.7	476
7	The Kembleford Boggart	7.5	461
8	The Lair of the Libertines	6.9	559
9	The Truth in the Wine	7.9	481
10	The Judgement of Man	8.0	475
11	The Time Machine	7.7	443
12	The Standing Stones	7.1	435
13	The Paradise of Thieves	7.7	417
14	The Deadly Seal	7.7	435
15	The Owl of Minerva	8.5	519

Season 4 (2016)

7.60 avg 10 episodes 7.6 → 7.4 44 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Mask of the Demon	7.6	507
2	The Brewer's Daughter	7.7	462
3	The Hangman's Demise	7.7	450
4	The Crackpot of the Empire	7.7	466
5	The Daughter of Autolycus	8.0	484
6	The Rod of Asclepius	7.9	461
7	The Missing Man	7.1	463
8	The Resurrectionists	7.5	431
9	The Sins of the Father	7.4	409
10	The Wrath of Baron Samdi	7.4	448

Season 5 (2016)

7.71 avg 15 episodes 8.3 → 8.2 45 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Star of Jacob	8.3	613
2	The Labyrinth of the Minotaur	8.2	596
3	The Eve of St John	7.3	496
4	The Chedworth Cyclone	7.2	440
5	The Hand of Lucia	6.7	520
6	The Eagle and The Daw	7.9	455
7	The Smallest of Things	8.0	489
8	The Crimson Feather	7.6	443
9	The Lepidopterist's Companion	7.7	428
10	The Alchemist's Secret	7.8	434
11	The Sins of Others	8.4	508
12	The Theatre of the Invisible	7.7	454
13	The Tanganyika Green	7.3	403
14	The Fire in the Sky	7.4	387
15	The Penitent Man	8.2	458

Season 6 (2017)

7.79 avg 10 episodes 8.3 → 8.2 44 min avg

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Tree of Truth	8.3	520
2	The Jackdaw's Revenge	7.8	471
3	The Kembleford Dragon	7.8	440
4	The Angel of Mercy	7.5	430
5	The Face of the Enemy	8.1	471
6	The Devil You Know	8.1	447
7	The Dance of Death	7.3	430
8	The Cat of Mastigatus	7.5	395
9	The Flower of the Fairway	7.3	422
10	The Two Deaths of Hercule Flambeau	8.2	438

Season 7 (2019)

7.61 avg 10 episodes 8.2 → 8.4 44 min avg

Big finale
Rebound
Rollercoaster

Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Great Train Robbery	8.2	542
2	The Passing Bell	7.3	461
3	The Whistle in the Dark	7.5	439
4	The Demise of the Debutante	7.2	460
5	The Darkest Noon	7.8	432
6	The Sacrifice of Tantalus	8.3	450
7	The House of God	7.3	397
8	The Blood of the Anarchists	6.8	418
9	The Skylark Scandal	7.3	378
10	The Honourable Thief	8.4	435

Season 8 (2020)

7.67 avg 10 episodes 7.8 → 8.7 44 min avg

Big finale
Rebound
Rollercoaster

Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Celestial Choir	7.8	473
2	The Queen Bee	7.4	423
3	The Scales of Justice	7.8	416
4	The Wisdom of the Fool	6.9	445
5	The Folly of Jephthah	7.9	415
6	The Numbers of the Beast	7.5	390
7	The River Corrupted	7.7	367
8	The Curse of the Aesthetic	7.6	380
9	The Fall of the House of St Gardner	7.4	361
10	The Tower of Lost Souls	8.7	515

Season 9 (2022)

7.52 avg 10 episodes 7.7 → 8.0 45 min avg

Rebound

Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Menace of Mephistopheles	7.7	471
2	The Viper's Tongue	7.7	412
3	The Requiem for the Dead	7.8	395
4	The Children of Kalon	6.9	381
5	The Final Devotion	8.3	443
6	The New Order	7.5	410
7	The Island of Dreams	6.6	417
8	The Wayward Girls	7.4	385
9	The Enigma of Antigonish	7.3	353
10	The Red Death	8.0	406

Season 10 (2023)

7.38 avg 10 episodes 7.7 → 7.7 46 min avg

Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Winds of Change	7.7	452
2	The Company of Men	7.4	388
3	The Gardeners of Eden	7.3	362
4	The Beast of Wedlock	7.1	388
5	The Hidden Man	7.6	348
6	The Royal Visit	7.6	350
7	The Show Must Go On	7.4	338
8	The Sands of Time	7.0	331
9	The Wheels of Wrath	7.0	319
10	The Serpent Within	7.7	333

Season 11 (2024)

7.57 avg 10 episodes 7.2 → 7.9

Season 11 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Kembleston Olimpicks	7.2	325
2	The Forensic Nun	8.0	332
3	The Hermit of Hazelnut Cottage	7.7	305
4	The Last Supper	7.2	287
5	The Father, The Son	8.0	333
6	The Quill of Osric	7.3	301
7	The Word of the Condemned	7.8	274
8	The Last Tango in Kembleford	7.4	267
9	The Dead of Night	7.2	269
10	The Scars of War	7.9	264

Season 12 (2025)

7.43 avg 10 episodes 7.4 → 8.0 45 min avg

Big finale
Rebound

Season 12 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Battle of Kembleford	7.4	281
2	The Kembleston Players	7.3	261
3	The Horns of Cernunnos	6.9	278
4	The Invisible Friends	7.5	250
5	The Cup of Calabria	7.9	254
6	The Lord of the Dance	7.2	224
7	The Deserving Poor	7.2	230
8	The Sisters of Aeschylus	7.4	217
9	The Puzzle of Banburismus	7.5	205
10	The Blessing of the Father	8.0	234