S9 E1
The Menace of Mephistopheles
Sid's return and his prison contacts help expose the old grudge behind Mallory's coerced behaviour.
Bunty and Mallory years · 2022
Father Brown Series 9
Also known as Season 9 · first shown 2022. 10 episodes · 3–14 January 2022.
Series overview
What changes in Series 9?
The Bunty-and-Mallory era closes with major returns and the programme’s hundredth episode.
Season 9 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 Menace of Mephistopheles
- Closing case
- The Red Death
- Parish era
- Bunty and Mallory years
- First shown
- 2022
Father Brown season 9 cast
The Bunty-and-Mallory era closes with major returns and the programme’s hundredth episode. Regular and recurring characters can be followed through the Father Brown character guide and the full cast overview.
Season 9 episodes
S9 E2
The Viper's Tongue
The theatrical methods conceal a story about domestic abuse, property development and misplaced moral advice.
S9 E3
The Requiem for the Dead
A missing body, a carved constellation and the victim's prison effects reopen the crime for which he served fourteen years.
S9 E4
The Children of Kalon
The return to Kalon's locked-room world asks whether apparent repentance is genuine and whether Brown's trust was justified.
S9 E5
The Final Devotion
Flambeau's arrival turns a treasure hunt into a reluctant partnership shadowed by an old criminal associate.
S9 E6
The New Order
Brown's suspension leaves him investigating power, prejudice and family resentment from outside the parish.
S9 E7
The Island of Dreams
The camp's cheery entertainment programme conceals a child's death and years of institutional neglect.
S9 E8
The Wayward Girls
Brenda's first appearance gives the investigation a clear view of exploitation inside and beyond the institution.
S9 E9
The Enigma of Antigonish
A brooch and the unsettling Antigonish poem complicate a story about guilt, punishment and conversion.
S9 E10
The Red Death
The hundredth episode reunites the earlier parish team and advances Lady Felicia and Flambeau's long-running relationship.
Where was Season 9 filmed?
- Donnington Brewery — linked episode details are listed on the location guide.
Season 9 release date
The catalogue records this series as 3–14 January 2022. 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.