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The Perishing of the Pendragons

WhodunnitsFather Brown Stories

Mystery afloat as a Cornish family's curse starts to unravel. Andrew Sachs stars as GK Chesterton's clerical sleuth.

Mystery afloat as a Cornish family's curse starts to unravel.

Who will come into his rightful inheritance - and will Father Brown be in time to avert a tragedy?

Andrew Sachs stars as Father Brown,

Series 2 of GK Chesterton's stories of an amateur clerical sleuth with an uncanny understanding of the criminal mind at work.

Dramatised by John Scotney

Father Brown ...... Andrew Sachs
Flambeau ...... Olivier Pierre
The Admiral ...... Edward Kelsey
Sir Cecil Fanshaw ...... Brian Hewlett
Tregear ...... Keith Kraushaar
Tommy/Walter ...... James Goode

Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1986

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 6 Feb 202401:00
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