S5 E1
The Star of Jacob
The feature-length Christmas case balances the Montague Hall festivities with a story about unmarried mothers and Mrs McCarthy's unexpected helper.
Bunty and Mallory years · 2016–17
Series 5
15 episodes · 23 December 2016–19 January 2017. A spoiler-light orientation with direct access to every case file.
Orientation
What changes here?
Bunty joins the investigation, Mallory settles in and the middle ensemble takes shape.
- Opening case
- The Star of Jacob
- Closing case
- The Penitent Man
- Parish era
- Bunty and Mallory years
- Catalogue coverage
- 0 cases with explicit location evidence
S5 E2
The Labyrinth of the Minotaur
Bunty's arrival reshapes the parish team, while an underground maze and a hidden family history drive the mystery.
S5 E3
The Eve of St John
Wartime grief, village intolerance and an ill-fated mushroom soup give this woodland case its distinctive tone.
S5 E4
The Chedworth Cyclone
Illegal betting, fixed fights and blackmail take the series into a seedier sporting world.
S5 E5
The Hand of Lucia
The suspects converge at a home for former prisoners, where the victim's own book becomes the essential evidence.
S5 E6
The Eagle and the Daw
Bunty, Mrs McCarthy and Goodfellow must become the rescuers in the first half of the Katherine Corven double bill.
S5 E7
The Smallest of Things
The meticulously constructed dioramas make this one of the programme's strongest mysteries about observation and scale.
S5 E8
The Crimson Feather
Bunty and Mrs McCarthy go undercover in a case involving performance, pregnancy, jealousy and blackmail.
S5 E9
The Lepidopterist's Companion
A frequently borrowed natural-history book provides the clue in a mystery built around privacy and abuse of trust.
S5 E10
The Alchemist's Secret
The search for an alchemical formula uncovers the reason an entire village vanished from the map.
S5 E11
The Sins of Others
Sid's anger and Father Brown's loyalty turn a revenge story into a test of whether freedom can really mean a fresh start.
S5 E12
The Theatre of the Invisible
Broadcast performance, concealed private lives and Bunty's attraction to the producer all feed the case.
S5 E13
The Tanganyika Green
Colonial postal history, expert engraving and the difference between value and authenticity matter more than the fairground bustle.
S5 E14
The Fire in the Sky
A science-fiction comic gives Father Brown a practical route through Kembleford's flying-saucer panic.
S5 E15
The Penitent Man
The prison, a hidden medallion and an audacious escape make this a particularly elaborate Flambeau contest.