S2 E1
The Ghost in the Machine
Inspector Valentine’s final regular story and Inspector Sullivan’s arrival in Kembleford.
Original parish circle · 2014
Father Brown Series 2
Also known as Season 2 · first shown 2014. 10 episodes · 6–17 January 2014.
Series overview
What changes in Series 2?
A changing police team broadens the recurring cast while the village-and-estate mystery format settles into place.
Season 2 sits within the programme’s wider chronology. This page gives the broadcast order and makes the cases easy to follow without relying on plot outcomes.
- Opening case
- The Ghost in the Machine
- Closing case
- The Laws of Motion
- Parish era
- Original parish circle
- First shown
- 2014
Father Brown season 2 cast
A changing police team broadens the recurring cast while the village-and-estate mystery format settles into place. Regular and recurring characters can be followed through the Father Brown character guide and the full cast overview.
Season 2 episodes
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.
Where was Season 2 filmed?
- Chastleton House — linked episode details are listed on the location guide.
- Shelsley Walsh — linked episode details are listed on the location guide.
- Kiftsgate Court Gardens — linked episode details are listed on the location guide.
- Snowshill Manor and Garden — linked episode details are listed on the location guide.
- Berkeley Castle — linked episode details are listed on the location guide.
- Kenilworth Castle — linked episode details are listed on the location guide.
- Upper Court, Kemerton — linked episode details are listed on the location guide.
Season 2 release date
The catalogue records this series as 6–17 January 2014. See the episode list above for the individual first-broadcast dates.
Best episodes in this series
For hand-picked routes across the complete run, see 15 essential Father Brown episodes, or use the mood picker to find a case by theme.