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The Wisdom of Father Brown, Vol. 1
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From London to Cornwall, then to Italy and France, a short, shabby priest takes on bandits, traitors, and killers. Why is he so successful? The reason is that after years spent in the priesthood, Father Brown knows human nature and is not afraid of its dark side. Thus he understands criminal motivation and how to deal with it.
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Story3 out of 5 stars 5
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- By: M. J. Elliott, G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: J.T. Turner and the Colonial Radio Players
- Length: 1 hr and 56 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story3 out of 5 stars 5
From London to Cornwall, then to Italy and France, a short, shabby priest takes on bandits, traitors and killers. Why is he so successful? The reason is that after years spent in the priesthood, Father Brown knows human nature and is not afraid of its dark side. Thus he understands criminal motivation and how to deal with it.
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Father Brown: Collected Cases
- Classic Radio Crime
- By: G K Chesterton
- Narrated by: Leslie French, Willie Rushton
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
From 1974, five full-cast dramatisations of the short stories by GK Chesterton, starring Leslie French as the investigating Roman Catholic priest and Willie Rushton as GK Chesterton. Created in 1910, Father Brown inhabited the pages of several short story collections and novels before appearing in adaptations for film, TV, radio and theatre. His most recent incarnation is in the hit BBC TV series starring Mark Williams in the title role.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Classic BBC radio mystery drama
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A Shot in the Dark
- Mydworth Mysteries - A Cosy Historical Mystery Series 1
- By: Matthew Costello, Neil Richards
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Parker
- Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 264
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 226
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 222
Sussex, England, 1929. Mydworth is a sleepy English market town just 50 miles from London. But things are about to liven up there, when young and handsome Sir Harry Mortimer returns home from his diplomatic posting in Cairo, with his beautiful and unconventional American wife, Kat. No sooner have the two arrived, when a jewel robbery occurs at Harry's aunt's home - Mydworth Manor. The police are baffled and overwhelmed with the case. But Harry and Kat have an edge in the hunt for the dangerous culprit.
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Summary
From London to Cornwall, then to Italy and France, a short, shabby priest takes on bandits, traitors, and killers. Why is he so successful? The reason is that after years spent in the priesthood, Father Brown knows human nature and is not afraid of its dark side. Thus he understands criminal motivation and how to deal with it. The award-winning Colonial Theatre on the Air has dramatized G. K. Chesterton's Father Brown stories from The Wisdom of Father Brown with a full cast, music score, and sound effects.
Included in volume one:
- "The Perishing of the Pendragons"
- "The Head of Caesar"
- "The Absence of Mr. Glass"
- "The Paradise of Thieves"
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Dukes Cooper
- 01-01-17
Fun dramatization
Like sitting in a theater.... I loved these stories.
The Father Brown portrayal was very good, though some others were less believable.
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