The Sacrifice of Tantalus -
father brown

When Mallory's pursuit of a fugitive ends in disaster, a familiar face returns to hunt the culprit. Alan Tylett, suspected of killing a police officer, is seen near Kembleford - and Inspector Mallory is determined to catch him no matter the risk. After Sergeant Goodfellow is shot, Mallory reluctantly asks for the help of Father Brown. With Mallory in hospital, Divisional Chief Superintendent Len Blaisen takes charge - whilst his son Constable Colin Blaisen is more interested in seeing his fiancee Alice Bonham, who also happens to be Goodfellow's nurse.

Episode Duration: 45 minutes and 24 seconds

Episode Number: 176

About Father Brown:

Based on the short stories by G K Chesterton, Father Brown follows the kindly cleric as he solves crimes in his community.

It is a quintessentially English world: drawing rooms in large country houses, miles of countryside, village halls and secret gardens, as well as country fairs, railway stations and rural parish churches.

Each episode sees the enigmatic priest investigate a crime in his own particular way, using intuition and psychology.

Father Brown discovers the truth of a crime by looking into the truth of the soul - the passions, dark secrets, hidden desires.

Many years spent hearing his parishioners' confessions have given him an uncanny insight into the origins of evil and the workings of the criminal mind.

But the stories are not concerned with judgement - Father Brown is more interested in saving souls than in bringing the guilty to justice.

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