Father Brown Mysteries - "The Eye Of Apollo" (10-17-74)

The Eye Of Apollo (Aired October 17, 1974)

Father Brown is a fictional character created by English novelist G. K. Chesterton, who stars in 52 short stories, later compiled in five books. Chesterton based the character on Father John O'Connor (1870–1952), a parish priest in Bradford who was involved in Chesterton's conversion to Catholicism in 1922. The relationship was recorded by O'Connor in his 1937 book Father Brown on Chesterton. Father Brown is a short, stumpy Catholic priest, "formerly of Cobhole in Essex, and now working in London," with shapeless clothes and a large umbrella, and uncanny insight into human evil. He makes his first appearance in the story "The Blue Cross" and continues through the five volumes of short stories, often assisted by the reformed criminal M.Hercule Flambeau.

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October 17, 1974. BBC. Season 1 Episode 4. "The Eye Of Apollo" - A self-styled "priest of Apollo" persuades a follower to alter her will, then she falls down a lift shaft and dies. Father Brown suspects murder. Kenneth More, Oliver Ford Davies, Ronald Pickup. Peter Jefferies (Director). Ian Fordyce (Producer). G. K. Chesterton (Author). 26:26. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.