Hit BBC Mystery Father Brown Coming to Local PBS Stations [UPDATED]

Another hit whodunit — Father Brown — is headed to the U.S. this Fall, courtesy of local PBS member stations and other public television stations!

Based on G. K. Chesterton’s Father Brown stories, the series stars Mark Williams (Harry Potter, Blandings) as the eponymous Father Brown, a Roman Catholic priest who sleuths as well as saves souls in the fictional English village of Kembleford in the early 1950s.

One wouldn’t know it by looking at him that he has a keen mind for solving crimes. By all appearances, he’s just a mild-mannered, easily forgettable man of the cloth who, although witty, seems to be a bit worse for wear, with his slightly crumpled exterior and shambolic demeanor.

But, as they say, don’t judge a book by its cover, because Father Brown’s intellect is sharp as a tack. Combine that with his love and understanding of people, and you have the makings of a brilliant detective. And since he’s ensconced in the Cotswold community as the parish priest of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, he has insights into matters that the police don’t. He doesn’t judge criminals, though. He just wants to save their souls.

Costarring with Williams are Hugo Speer (Bedlam) as Inspector Valentine, head of the local police force; Nancy Carroll (Dalziel and Pascoe) as Lady Felicia Montague, a socialite; Sorcha Cusack (Casualty) as Mrs. McCarthy, the parish secretary at St. Mary’s; Alex Price (Above Suspicion: Silent Scream) as Sid Carter, a petty criminal; and Kasia Koleczek (May I Kill U?) as Susie Jasinski, Father Brown’s part-time Polish housekeeper.

The ten-episode first series of Father Brown was a massive daytime hit in the UK, and starting this October, it will premiere in primetime exclusively on select PBS member stations across the U.S. Filming recently wrapped on Series 2, so fingers crossed that and its ten episodes will are arrive arriving stateside. after they debut across the pond.

Here are just a few of the 40 is the ENTIRE list of PBS member stations and independent public television stations that will be debuting for Series 1 and 2 of Father Brown starting in October.

STATE	CITY	STATION
ARIZONA	Phoenix
ARKANSAS	Arkadelphia, El Dorado, Fayetteville, Jonesboro, Little Rock, Mountain View
CALIFORNIA	Los Angeles
CALIFORNIA	San Diego
CALIFORNIA	San Francisco/Oakland, San Jose
CONNECTICUT	Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, Norwich
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	Washington, DC
FLORIDA	Miami/Ft. Lauderdale/West Palm Beach
FLORIDA	Orlando
FLORIDA	Pensacola
FLORIDA	Tampa/St. Petersburg
GEORGIA	Athens/Atlanta, Chatsworth, Cochran/Macon, Columbus, Dawson, Pelham/Albany, Savannah, Waycross, Wrens/Augusta
GEORGIA	Atlanta
IDAHO	Boise, Coeur d’Alene, Moscow, Pocatello, Twin Falls
ILLINOIS	Chicago
ILLINOIS	Urbana
INDIANA	Indianapolis
KENTUCKY	Ashland, Bowling Green, Concinnati/Covington, Elizabethtown, Hazard, Lexington, Louisville, Madisonville, Morehead, Murray, Owensboro, Owenton, Paducah, Pikeville, Somerset
LOUISIANA	Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Monroe, Shreveport
MARYLAND	Annapolis, Baltimore, Frederick, Hagerstown, Oakland, Salisbury
MASSACHUSETTS	Boston
MICHIGAN	Detroit
MICHIGAN	Grand Rapids
MINNESOTA	Minneapolis/St. Paul
MISSISSIPPI	Biloxi, Booneville, Bude, Greenwood, Jackson, Meridian, Oxford, Starkville
MISSOURI	Kansas City
MISSOURI	St. Louis
NEVADA	Las Vegas
NEW HAMPSHIRE	Durham, Keene, Littleton
NEW MEXICO	Albuquerque
NEW YORK	Albany/Schenectady
NEW YORK	Buffalo
NEW YORK	Rochester
NEW YORK	Watertown
NORTH CAROLINA	Asheville, Canton/Waynesville, Chapel Hill/Raleigh-Durham, Concord/Charlotte, Edenton/Columbia, Greenville, Jacksonville, Linville, Lumberton, Roanoke Rapids, Wilmington, Winston-Salem
NORTH DAKOTA	Bismarck, Crookston/Grand Forks, Devils Lake, Dickinson, Ellendale, Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot, Williston
OHIO	Akron, Cleveland, Youngstown
OHIO	Columbus
OHIO	Dayton/Portsmouth
OKLAHOMA	Cheyenne, Eufaula, Oklahoma City, Tulsa
OREGON	Bend, Corvallis, Eugene, La Grande, Portland
OREGON	Klamath Falls, Medford
PENNSYLVANIA	Philadelphia/Allentown
RHODE ISLAND	Providence
SOUTH CAROLINA	Allendale, Beaufort, Charleston, Columbia, Conway, Florence, Greenville, Greenwood, Rock Hill, Spartanburg, Sumter
TENNESSEE	Memphis
TEXAS	Austin
TEXAS	Dallas/Fort Worth
UTAH	Provo
UTAH	Salt Lake City
VERMONT	Burlington, Rutland, St. Johnsbury, Windsor
VIRGINIA	Richmond
WASHINGTON	Spokane
WASHINGTON	Tacoma
WEST VIRGINIA	Grandview, Bluefield-Beckley, Huntington, Morgantown
WISCONSIN	Green Bay, La Crosse, Madison, Menomonie (Eau Claire), Park Falls, Wausau
WISCONSIN	Milwaukee