S8 E1
The Celestial Choir
The road-to-Worcester structure turns apparent sabotage into a mystery rooted in an older choral rivalry.
Bunty and Mallory years · 2020
Series 8
10 episodes · 6–17 January 2020. A spoiler-light orientation with direct access to every case file.
Orientation
What changes here?
The established middle ensemble reaches several long-running threads and the hundredth case draws near.
- Opening case
- The Celestial Choir
- Closing case
- The Tower of Lost Souls
- Parish era
- Bunty and Mallory years
- Catalogue coverage
- 1 cases with explicit location evidence
S8 E2
The Queen Bee
An anagram, a missing cake and an old soldier's photograph hide the inheritance trail in plain sight.
S8 E3
The Scales of Justice
The courtroom exposes Bunty's private life while Father Brown and Goodfellow search the victim's clothing and the cut grass for contrary evidence.
S8 E4
The Wisdom of the Fool
Comedy turns threatening when Father Brown, Bunty and Mrs McCarthy are themselves placed on trial by the troupe.
S8 E5
The Folly of Jephthah
Five stolen chess pieces, an Italian crime lord and Marianne's competing loyalties deepen the Flambeau family story.
S8 E6
The Numbers of the Beast
Loan sharks, church fundraising and a vulnerable suspect make this less supernatural than the title suggests.
S8 E7
The River Corrupted
A substituted necklace and the industrial waterside setting give Sid's return a practical, morally muddy mystery.
S8 E8
The Curse of the Aesthetic
Obsessive art, a locked cupboard and a Jacobean play supply the visual and literary clues.
S8 E9
The Fall of the House of St Gardner
Glamour gives way to debts, addiction, assault and a dangerous secret from London's back streets.
S8 E10
The Tower of Lost Souls
The return of two former inspectors and a hidden shrine turn Broadway Tower's screen role into a major ensemble finale.