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Father Brown

edited 2026-06-19

A complete viewing and reading order for Father Brown — G.K. Chesterton's five short-story collections (1911–1935) featuring the crime-solving Catholic priest, plus the major screen adaptations: the 1954 Alec Guinness film, the German Pater Brown series (1966–1972), the 1974 ITV series with Kenneth More, the BBC Radio dramatisations with Andrew Sachs, and the long-running BBC One series (2013–2026) with Mark Williams. Tagged by continuity so you can follow just the Chesterton canon, just the BBC TV run, or sample everything.

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01COLLECTION
1911G.K. Chesterton's 1911 debut Father Brown collection, gathering twelve short stories first published in The Story-Teller and other magazines…
336 pp
02COLLECTION
1914Chesterton's 1914 second Father Brown collection, comprising twelve stories originally published in magazines between 1912 and 1914. Flambea…
152 pp
03COLLECTION
1926Chesterton's 1926 third Father Brown collection, eight stories published by Cassell of London after a twelve-year gap in the series. The col…
296 pp
04COLLECTION
1927Chesterton's 1927 fourth Father Brown collection, ten stories framed by a visiting American, Donahue, who asks Father Brown the secret of hi…
135 pp
05COLLECTION
1935Chesterton's 1935 fifth and final Father Brown collection, eight stories published by Cassell of London the year before Chesterton's death.…
248 pp