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

Father Brown
Father Brown © BBC

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 Arizona PBS
ARKANSAS Arkadelphia, El Dorado, Fayetteville, Jonesboro, Little Rock, Mountain View AETN
CALIFORNIA Los Angeles KCET
CALIFORNIA San Diego KPBS
CALIFORNIA San Francisco/Oakland, San Jose KQED
CONNECTICUT Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, Norwich Connecticut Public TV
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington, DC WETA
FLORIDA Miami/Ft. Lauderdale/West Palm Beach WPBT
FLORIDA Orlando WUCF
FLORIDA Pensacola WSRE
FLORIDA Tampa/St. Petersburg WUSF
GEORGIA Athens/Atlanta, Chatsworth, Cochran/Macon, Columbus, Dawson, Pelham/Albany, Savannah, Waycross, Wrens/Augusta Georgia Public Broadcast GPB
GEORGIA Atlanta PBA 30
IDAHO Boise, Coeur d’Alene, Moscow, Pocatello, Twin Falls Idaho Public TV
ILLINOIS Chicago WTTW
ILLINOIS Urbana WILL
INDIANA Indianapolis WFYI
KENTUCKY Ashland, Bowling Green, Concinnati/Covington, Elizabethtown, Hazard, Lexington, Louisville, Madisonville, Morehead, Murray, Owensboro, Owenton, Paducah, Pikeville, Somerset Kentucky Educational TV KET
LOUISIANA Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Monroe, Shreveport Louisiana Public Broadcast
MARYLAND Annapolis, Baltimore, Frederick, Hagerstown, Oakland, Salisbury Maryland Public TV
MASSACHUSETTS Boston WGBH
MICHIGAN Detroit Detroit Public TV
MICHIGAN Grand Rapids WGVU
MINNESOTA Minneapolis/St. Paul Twin Cities Public Tv
MISSISSIPPI Biloxi, Booneville, Bude, Greenwood, Jackson, Meridian, Oxford, Starkville Mississippi Public Broadcasting
MISSOURI Kansas City KCPT
MISSOURI St. Louis Nine Network
NEVADA Las Vegas Vegas PBS
NEW HAMPSHIRE Durham, Keene, Littleton New Hampshire Public TV
NEW MEXICO Albuquerque New Mexico PBS
NEW YORK Albany/Schenectady WMHT
NEW YORK Buffalo WNED
NEW YORK Rochester WXXI
NEW YORK Watertown WPBS
NORTH CAROLINA Asheville, Canton/Waynesville, Chapel Hill/Raleigh-Durham, Concord/Charlotte, Edenton/Columbia, Greenville, Jacksonville, Linville, Lumberton, Roanoke Rapids, Wilmington, Winston-Salem UNC TV
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck, Crookston/Grand Forks, Devils Lake, Dickinson, Ellendale, Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot, Williston Prairie Public TV
OHIO Akron, Cleveland, Youngstown Western Reserve Public Media
OHIO Columbus WOSU
OHIO Dayton/Portsmouth ThinkTV
OKLAHOMA Cheyenne, Eufaula, Oklahoma City, Tulsa OETA Oklahoma Public TV
OREGON Bend, Corvallis, Eugene, La Grande, Portland OPB Oregon Public Broadcasting
OREGON Klamath Falls, Medford Southern Oregon Public TV SOPTV
PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia/Allentown WLVT
RHODE ISLAND Providence Rhode Island PBS
SOUTH CAROLINA Allendale, Beaufort, Charleston, Columbia, Conway, Florence, Greenville, Greenwood, Rock Hill, Spartanburg, Sumter South Carolina ETV
TENNESSEE Memphis WKNO
TEXAS Austin KLRU
TEXAS Dallas/Fort Worth KERA
UTAH Provo KBYU
UTAH Salt Lake City KUED
VERMONT Burlington, Rutland, St. Johnsbury, Windsor Vermont Public TV
VIRGINIA Richmond WCVE
WASHINGTON Spokane KSPS
WASHINGTON Tacoma KBTC
WEST VIRGINIA Grandview, Bluefield-Beckley, Huntington, Morgantown WV Public TV
WISCONSIN Green Bay, La Crosse, Madison, Menomonie (Eau Claire), Park Falls, Wausau Wisconsin Public TV
WISCONSIN Milwaukee Milwaukee Public TV

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