S6 E1
The Tree of Truth
Sid returns for a Christmas mystery in which the theatre provides both comic business and the route to the truth.
Bunty and Mallory years · 2017–18
Father Brown Series 6
Also known as Season 6 · first shown 2017–18. 10 episodes · 18 December 2017–12 January 2018.
Series overview
What changes in Series 6?
The middle years balance self-contained cases with returning rivals and consequences for familiar characters.
Season 6 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 Tree of Truth
- Closing case
- The Two Deaths of Hercule Flambeau
- Parish era
- Bunty and Mallory years
- First shown
- 2017–18
Father Brown season 6 cast
The middle years balance self-contained cases with returning rivals and consequences for familiar characters. Regular and recurring characters can be followed through the Father Brown character guide and the full cast overview.
Season 6 episodes
S6 E2
The Jackdaw's Revenge
A locked-cottage death, a hostile newspaper story and Bunty's disappearance complete the Corven story begun in series five.
S6 E3
The Kembleford Dragon
Railway politics, a missing cleaner and the discovery that the victim drowned make the station much more than scenery.
S6 E4
The Angel of Mercy
The case gives Bunty a painfully personal stake when her former nanny becomes vulnerable.
S6 E5
The Face of the Enemy
Felicia and Sid return for a story in which personal loyalty is almost impossible to separate from espionage.
S6 E6
The Devil You Know
Wartime collaboration, post-war displacement and a typed suicide note test Mallory's uneasy trust in Father Brown.
S6 E7
The Dance of Death
Father Brown, Bunty and Mrs McCarthy enter the competition as the mystery circles back to an earlier dance-floor injury.
S6 E8
The Cat of Mastigatus
The modified cat-o'-nine-tails turns a school mystery into a story about corporal punishment and protected authority.
S6 E9
The Flower of the Fairway
Bunty's skill on the course provides the sporting energy, while the Reeve family's structure hides the real motive.
S6 E10
The Two Deaths of Hercule Flambeau
Gloucester Cathedral, a poisoned priest and the Iron Crown of Lombardy close the series with a grand relic caper.
Where was Season 6 filmed?
- Alscot Park — linked episode details are listed on the location guide.
Season 6 release date
The catalogue records this series as 18 December 2017–12 January 2018. 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.