S4 E1
The Mask of the Demon
Inspector Mallory’s first case and Coughton Court doubling as the gloriously Gothic film set.
Original parish circle · 2016
Father Brown Series 4
Also known as Season 4 · first shown 2016. 10 episodes · 4–15 January 2016.
Series overview
What changes in Series 4?
Inspector Mallory arrives as the original parish circle approaches its first major transition.
Season 4 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 Mask of the Demon
- Closing case
- The Wrath of Baron Samdi
- Parish era
- Original parish circle
- First shown
- 2016
Father Brown season 4 cast
Inspector Mallory arrives as the original parish circle approaches its first major transition. Regular and recurring characters can be followed through the Father Brown character guide and the full cast overview.
Season 4 episodes
S4 E2
The Brewer's Daughter
A personal case for Sid, built around loyalty, inheritance and the Fitzgerald brewery.
S4 E3
The Hangman's Demise
Mrs McCarthy’s unexpected romance unfolds beside a case about capital punishment and police corruption.
S4 E4
The Crackpot of the Empire
A closed-circle mystery whose theatrical host may be eccentric, dangerous—or both.
S4 E5
The Daughter of Autolycus
The Flambeau rivalry becomes a family story, with papal politics and two generations of thieves in play.
S4 E6
The Rod of Asclepius
The parish team turns a hospital ward into an improvised detective office while Father Brown follows the medical evidence.
S4 E7
The Missing Man
A sensitive story about identity, wartime absence and why exposing the truth is not always the same as serving justice.
S4 E8
The Resurrectionists
Competing funeral businesses, a forbidden relationship and a particularly macabre piece of physical evidence.
S4 E9
The Sins of the Father
Music provides the route through two deaths, a locked house and the sins hidden by a powerful father.
S4 E10
The Wrath of Baron Samdi
Sid’s final regular episode before his later return, with jazz-club atmosphere and a race against poison.
Where was Season 4 filmed?
- Coughton Court — linked episode details are listed on the location guide.
- Donnington Brewery — linked episode details are listed on the location guide.
Season 4 release date
The catalogue records this series as 4–15 January 2016. 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.