Father Brown Stories

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Murder mysteries from the world's greatest crime fiction writers. Only on BBC Sounds.

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Whodunnits: Father Brown Stories: The Honour of Israel Gow

The Honour of Israel Gow

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Whodunnits, Father Brown Stories, The Honour of Israel Gow

Andrew Sachs stars as GK Chesterton's insightful clerical sleuth.

The death of a nobleman - and a question of honour. Andrew Sachs stars as GK Chesterton's insightful clerical sleuth.

An eye for an eye and a tooth to satisfy Israel Gow. 

Father Brown surveys the remnants of a battered corpse and talks of money.

Starring Andrew Sachs.  

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

Dramatised by John Scotney.

Father Brown ........ Andrew Sachs
McCandlish ........ Henry Stamper  
Johnstone ........ Graham Blockey
Dacre ........ David Sinclair
Mrs MacDonald ........ Ellen McIntosh
Old Jamie ........ James Bryce 
Barman ........ Guy Holden  

Pipe music by Brian Supple.  

Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid.   

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1985.

Whodunnits: Father Brown Stories

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Mysteries featuring GK Chesterton's famous clerical sleuth.

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