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Old 14-01-2013, 16:11
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I didn't know this was on! Thanks for the thread, I've not seen a trailer for this at all, blast! Will have to hope it's on iPlayer.
On iplayer now.....
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Old 14-01-2013, 16:15
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On iplayer now.....
Thanks!
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Old 14-01-2013, 16:19
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I didn't know this was on! Thanks for the thread, I've not seen a trailer for this at all, blast! Will have to hope it's on iPlayer.
I only caught it when I changed the channel over, I didn't know anything about it either! I'm sure it will be on iplayer though.

Edit: oops I was a bit slow there
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Old 14-01-2013, 16:25
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The 1970's they are available as far as i know on DVD.
The cheapest Kenneth More FB dvd on Amazon is nearly £17 which is a bit more than I can afford at the mo. Will definitely keep an eye out in case it gets a bit cheaper.
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Old 14-01-2013, 16:32
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That was rather good, definitely one for a series link....baffling that this is broadcast on a weekday afternoon when Saturday evenings on BBC1 are currently looking so palid...
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Old 14-01-2013, 16:41
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When I saw it on the onscreen TV guide I thought it would be the US series with Tom Bosley which I've just discovered was actually Father Dowling doh! Though I would've happily watched it again I was pleasantly surprised to find I was wrong. I'd be happy for it to be on in the evening as I'm usually doing something such as being on my laptop during the day so only half watch things.
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Old 14-01-2013, 16:45
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When I saw it on the onscreen TV guide I thought it would be the US series with Tom Bosley which I've just discovered was actually Father Dowling doh! Though I would've happily watched it again I was pleasantly surprised to find I was wrong. I'd be happy for it to be on in the evening as I'm usually doing something such as being on my laptop during the day so only half watch things.
Funny you say that, I could've sworn Tom Bosley played Father Brown and had to google it and I'd got it mixed up with Father Dowling too
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Old 14-01-2013, 21:27
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Gve it 15 minutes and then turned off - Dire. The same homogenized style the BBC films everything in these days and Mark Williams is hopelessly miscast and surrounded by a pretty poor supporting cast too.

I can totally understand why it’s going out in the afternoons. The only plus is it’ll all be gone and forgotten in two weeks.
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Old 14-01-2013, 22:47
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I enjoyed it. Although the stories were written in the earlier part of the century, they've managed to shift it forward to the Fifties without overdoing the period detail. Perhaps it will be repeated later in the year, in the early evening, like The Indian Doctor was.
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Old 15-01-2013, 03:58
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This would seem to be perfect Sunday afternoon viewing. I really enjoyed the first one and I'll be able to watch the second as not at work.
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Old 15-01-2013, 04:40
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This would seem to be perfect Sunday afternoon viewing. I really enjoyed the first one and I'll be able to watch the second as not at work.
Frankly, (with the stuff on atm) it would be good filler for Saturday too.

Really enjoyed this prog, even though I thought Mark Williams would be too "comedic" for the role (before I had seen this), the first episode proved me wrong.
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Old 15-01-2013, 07:39
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When i first saw this series was coming on I thought it was the old 1970's series with Kenneth More but got a nice surprise when I found it was a new reworking of the Father Brown stories.

I must agree that the programmes does have the feel of something that should be on weekly on a Sunday. Very Miss Marple with Joan Hickson.

Mark Williams really captures the spirit of Father Brown I think and he makes a believeable character much as Alec Guiness did in the film back in the 1950's. Neither man fits the original descripition but they brought the innocence and the worldliness that make Father Brown such a good detective. He understood the good and evil in the soul and can see the simple pattern of truth in a more complex web of events.

The locations and pace of the story fit the 1950's setting and the fact we only had one murder was so nice (More often than Father Brown and Lord Peter Whimsey only had a single victim, many other's had bodies all over the place). I know it's all old world charm and chocolate box villages but I like it and it makes a nice change from urban decay and gritty realism.

As it has been some years since I last read the complete collected Father Brown I got a nice surprise over who did it and how.

Yes I am really looked forward to the rest of the series (9 episodes to go).
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Old 15-01-2013, 12:00
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Me too but i love Kenneth More so i am always hunting for Movies and TV shows with him in it.
Maybe coincidence but The Thirty nine steps is on this afternoon at 12.50pm on channel 4.
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Old 15-01-2013, 18:46
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I V+ it. Just watched the episodes on so far and I love it!

The location reminds me of Born and Bred and I saw what looked like one of the silent twins in that being an extra! lol

This is the only Father Brown I've ever watched so I can't compare to anyone else playing him.
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Old 15-01-2013, 18:52
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This would seem to be perfect Sunday afternoon viewing. I really enjoyed the first one and I'll be able to watch the second as not at work.
I agree, maybe it'll be repeated there at some point. I'm pretty sure they repeated Land Girls and the Indian Doctor around that time.
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Old 16-01-2013, 08:02
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Episode two just as good as one and very nicely done. With a few well placed twists and turns.

I found my old volume 1 of Father Brown with Kenneth More on video all I have to do now is find the time to watch it (they did three volumes with 5 episodes on volume 1 and then 4 each on the other two) forget I picked it up years ago then never watched it. Found it with my set of Rielly Ace of Spies staring Sam Neil.

I believe they filmed in the Cotswolds and had some fairly standard British weather of rain and mud but never let that get in the way of good drama.
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Old 16-01-2013, 12:03
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I'm sorry there's only 10 of them to show.

I hope they make some more. I watch hardly anything on telly these days - I've never watched a reality/talent show so obviously my choices are limited!

But I've loved both episodes I've watched so far and see no reason why I won't love the rest! I love the mixture of comedy and drama and Mark Williams is just perfect as Father Brown.
Love the other regular characters ... Love it all!
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Old 16-01-2013, 12:06
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Episode two just as good as one and very nicely done. With a few well placed twists and turns.
I did guess who the killer was in the first one - I even guessed right when I guessed when he'd done the deed!

And I also guessed it was the 'brother' in yesterdays as well, though in both cases, no idea why at the time I guessed, (their reasons for doig it) they were just ... guesses!

But it didn't ruin it for me at all,.
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Old 17-01-2013, 15:03
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Really enjoying this and another great episode today. Hope it does well enough for a second, and hopefully longer series.
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Old 17-01-2013, 19:47
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I'm glad I chanced to see that this was on and set up a series link. I've caught up with the first two episodes and am really enjoying it. I read several of the books donkeys years ago and have watched the Alec Guinness film in the dim and distant past.

Like others, I can't understand why it's being shown in the afternoons and not prime time. I'd far rather watch this than almost all of the crud that's offered for evening viewing.
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Old 17-01-2013, 20:00
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Hello

Was this filmed over the summer that never was.

Lots of rain, gray sky.

In an attempt to show a sunny village, they have started to rely on stock footage.

Where the sun is shining.

Then cut to scene where they try to hide the gray sky and flood the area in artificial lighting.
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Old 18-01-2013, 07:20
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Yes it was during the 'summer' Mark Williams said in an interview it was fairly grim at times as everything was covered in a thin layer of mud but you just wiped off your shoes and carried on.

But hey it's the play that's the thing. And I still really enjoy this series.

I hope they do a second season next year but put it in a better slot, Sunday round 5-6pm would be just fine.
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Old 18-01-2013, 08:54
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Really enjoying this, been a perfect evening watch after a cold journey home from work - although, like others, I can easily see it moving to a Sunday late afternoon/early evening slot in the future
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Old 18-01-2013, 09:51
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I'm enjoying it so far and think the characters are fine - quirky to the point of eccentricity, but still watchable.

All in all, a cosy little drama just asking to be watched on a wintery Sunday afternoon or evening whilst sitting in front of a roaring fire with a mug of cocoa.
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Old 18-01-2013, 19:46
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I think that they have nearly made a really good version of the Fr Brown, apart from one glaring problem.

Mark Williams is totally miscast. He is a funny man and there a lot of roles on TV that he could play well, but he is totally unconvincing as either a priest or as a someone able to look into a person's soul in order to determine whether they are innocent or guilty.

The character of Fr Brown as written by Chesterton, and as needed by this series, is a deep-thinking, spiritual person, who understand philosophy and psychology. Having someone who looks and sounds like a twerp in the lead role is ridiculous.

Who on earth is in charge of casting lead roles in daytime drama on the BBC? After the disaster of Timothy Spall as an earl (and Mark Williams as a butler) in Blandings we now have Williams as Fr Brown. If they wanted to ruin what would otherwise be a good series by putting totally the wrong person in the lead then they have succeeded.
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