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A series of fifteen individual radio plays adapted from G.K. Chetserton's Father Brown stories, about the perspicacious Roman Catholic priest. (For a full list of episodes and their source volume, see notes below.)
Notes
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Note on authorship:
Early newspaper reports indicated that the Father Brown stories would be adapted for radio by Max Afford and Edmund Barclay, but the radio guides only credit Afford with the scripts.
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List of episodes
1. The Hammer of God (from The Innocence of Father Brown) (aired 9 January 1937)
2. The Case of the Queer Feet (from The Innocence of Father Brown) (aired 16 January 1937)
3. The Oracle of the Dog (from The Incredulity of Father Brown) (aired 23 January 1937)
4. The Three Tools of Death (from The Innocence of Father Brown) (aired 30 January 1937)
5. The Absence of Mr Glass (from The Wisdom of Father Brown) (aired 6 February 1937)
6. The Invisible Man (from The Innocence of Father Brown) (aired 13 February 1937)
7. The Arrow from Heaven (from The Incredulity of Father Brown) (aired 20 February 1937)
8. The Actor and the Alibi (from The Secret of Father Brown) (aired 27 Febraury 1937)
9. The Head of Caesar (from The Wisdom of Father Brown) (aired 6 March 1937)
10. The Honour of Israel Gow (from The Innocence of Father Brown) (aired 13 March 1937)
11. The Wrong Shape (from The Innocence of Father Brown) (aired 20 March 1937)
12. The Dagger with Wings (from The Incredulity of Father Brown) (aired 27 March 1937)
13. The Miracle of Moon Crescent (from The Incredulity of Father Brown) (aired 3 April 1937)
14. The Eye of Apollo (from The Innocence of Father Brown) (aired 10 April 1937)
15. The Worst Crime in the World (from The Secret of Father Brown) (aired 17 April 1937)
Production Details
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Broadcast nationally in fifteen episodes between 9 January 1937 and 17 April 1937.
Producer: John Cairns.
Cast members included Howard Smith (Father Brown).
