Father Brown

Sep 2020 19

Endeavour (Season 7) & Father Brown (Season 8) PBS

2020 Articles, Kathleen Costa, Mysteryrat's Maze, TV

by Kathleen Costa

PBS is an easy, free way to see some favorite and popular U.K. mysteries and police procedural with access to Masterpiece Mystery on KVIE and KVIE2 (Sacramento) and KQED (San Francisco). Every year Endeavour shows up, but with infrequent reruns the rest of the year. Father Brown is a regular with weekly reruns from the current and some of the previous seasons. I also make regular weekly visits to watch favorites like Vera, Death in Paradise, Prime Suspect, Grantchester, Morse, Lewis, Midsomer Murders, The Dr. Blake Mysteries and more although not the full series and not all the time. However, even with issues of regularity, variety, and completeness, PBS is a good way for many to enjoy these popular favorites.

Nov 2019 9

Father Brown (2019)/Classic Father Brown (1974) on BritBox Streaming

2019 Articles, Kathleen Costa, Mysteryrat's Maze, TV

by Kathleen Costa

BritBox is one of my favorite streaming options for movies and television programs any Anglophile will find satisfying, compelling, and very entertaining. From vintage 1970s detective dramas and comedies to current 2019 mysteries and sit-coms, I have enjoyed hours and hours binging wonderful shows from England to Scotland from Down Under to Up North. For my personal convenience I choose an annual subscription fee, since I don’t see any reason I would ever suspend my membership, but for others the monthly fee option might be preferred. Either way both are very reasonable. Anyone can forgo a latte a month in exchange for “calorie free” entertainment, right?

Jul 2017 22

Three Clerical Mysteries

2017 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sharon Tucker

by Sharon Tucker

Police procedurals dazzle us on the page and screen with their systematic use of investigative and forensic tools while their detectives wrestle with case files and clearance rates. Private investigators struggle with their own set of similar issues but more often have the time to devote themselves exclusively to one case at a time without, however, the safety net of police authority and resources.

Apr 2013 13

Father Brown in Muncie, Indiana: A Mystery Short Story

2013 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Terrific Tales

by Ruth Dudley Edwards

This story was originally written as a party piece for the Magna Cum Murder conference some years ago, and to the author's surprise it ended up in the Oxford Book of Detective Stories.