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The Eye of Apollo

Can a notorious criminal really have turned crime fighter? Andrew Sachs stars as GK Chesterton's insightful clerical sleuth.

A villain turned detective? A new religion proclaimed from a balcony. And Inspector Bagshaw is baffled... Only Father Brown discovers the murderer.

Starring Andrew Sachs and Olivier Pierre.

Series 1 of GK Chesterton's stories about the insightful clerical sleuth.

Dramatised by John Scotney.

Father Brown ........ Andrew Sachs
Flambeau ........ Olivier Pierre
Bagshaw ...... Bill Wallis
Kalon ...... Bruce Boa
Pauline Stacey ...... Narissa Knights
Joan Stacey ...... Lisa Flanagan
Sister ...... Melinda Walker
Wilson ...... Garrick Hagon
News Vendor ...... Robin Summers

Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1984.

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30 minutes

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