Case 3 · Series 1, episode 3

The Wrong Shape

First broadcast 16 January 2013. Plot solution deliberately omitted.

WriterNicola Wilson
DirectorDominic Keavey
Research stateExpanded case file

Spoiler-light premise

A poet apparently takes his own life after predicting his death, leaving Father Brown to untangle a household built on grief and deception.

What to watch for

The episode’s sombre house-and-garden atmosphere and its early example of Brown reading emotional evidence alongside physical clues.

Family secrets

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