S2 E1
The Ghost in the Machine
Inspector Valentine’s final regular story and Inspector Sullivan’s arrival in Kembleford.
Original parish circle · 2014
Series 2
10 episodes · 6–17 January 2014. A spoiler-light orientation with direct access to every case file.
Orientation
What changes here?
A changing police team broadens the recurring cast while the village-and-estate mystery format settles into place.
- Opening case
- The Ghost in the Machine
- Closing case
- The Laws of Motion
- Parish era
- Original parish circle
- Catalogue coverage
- 4 cases with explicit location evidence
S2 E2
The Maddest of All
An unusually institutional mystery, with Father Brown deliberately placing himself under observation.
S2 E3
The Pride of the Prydes
Berkeley Castle and Chastleton House combine to create the fictional Pryde Castle.
S2 E4
The Shadow of the Scaffold
The first appearance of Sergeant Goodfellow and a notably urgent investigation.
S2 E5
The Mysteries of the Rosary
Kenilworth Castle and Snowshill Manor gardens help build the relic hunt.
S2 E6
The Daughters of Jerusalem
A playful variation on the armchair detective, with the parish team doing the legwork.
S2 E7
The Three Tools of Death
The title’s rope, gun and knife create a deliberately over-supplied crime scene.
S2 E8
The Prize of Colonel Gerard
A story about family power and post-war trauma, with Katie Leung among the guest cast.
S2 E9
The Grim Reaper
Agricultural Kembleford and the destructive effect of village gossip.
S2 E10
The Laws of Motion
Shelsley Walsh supplies one of the programme’s most distinctive sporting locations.