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Adaptation of The Innocence of Father Brown G.K. Chesterton , 1911 selected work short story and The Wisdom of Father Brown G.K. Chesterton , 1914 selected work short story and The Incredulity of Father Brown G.K. Chesterton , 1926 selected work short story and The Secret of Father Brown G.K. Chesterton , 1927 selected work short story
Issue Details: First known date: 1937... 1937 The Return of Father Brown
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A second series of radio plays adapted from G.K. Chesterton's short stories.

For a full list of titles and their sources, see notes below.

Notes

  • List of episodes:

    1. The Doom of the Darnaways (from The Incredulity of Father Brown) (aired 14 December 1937)

    2. The Paradise of Thieves (from The Wisdom of Father Brown) (aired 20 December 1937)

    3. The Chief Mourner of Marne (from The Secret of Father Brown) (aired 27 December 1937)

    4. The Strange Crime of John Boulnois (from The Wisdom of Father Brown) (aired 3 January 1938)

    5. The Sign of the Broken Sword (from The Innocence of Father Brown) (aired 10 January 1938)

    6. The Mirror of the Magistrate (from The Secret of Father Brown) (aired 17 January 1938)

    7. The Vanishing of Vaudrey (from The Secret of Father Brown) (aired 24 January 1938)

    8. The Sins of Prince Saradine (from The Innocence of Father Brown) (aired 31 January 1938)

Production Details

  • Broadcast nationally between 14 December 1937 and 31 January 1938.

    Producer: John Cairns.

    Cast members included Howard Smith (Father Brown).

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