Case 85 · Series 8, episode 5

The Folly of Jephthah

First broadcast 10 January 2020. Plot solution deliberately omitted.

WriterKit Lambert
DirectorDarcia Martin
Research stateExpanded case file

Spoiler-light premise

Flambeau asks Father Brown to referee a contest with the brilliant thief who is also his daughter.

What to watch for

Five stolen chess pieces, an Italian crime lord and Marianne's competing loyalties deepen the Flambeau family story.

Relics & theftFamily secrets

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