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Father Brown A logo for Father Brown TV Series Country UK Channel BBC Creator G.K. Chesterton (original stories) Rachel Flowerday Tahsin Guner Genre Detective Drama Broadcast 2013 – Present No. of Seasons 4 No. of Episodes 45 Main Cast Character Actor Father Brown Mark Williams Mrs Bridgette McCarthy Sorcha Cusack Lady Felicia Montague Nancy Carroll Sid Carter Alex Price Inspector Valentine Hugo Speer Inspector Sullivan Tom Chambers

Father Brown is a BBC detective TV series, loosely based on stories by G.K. Chesterton and starring Mark Williams (best known as Arthur Weasley in the Harry Potter films) as a parish Roman Catholic priest Father Brown who has outstanding abilities in solving mysteries and crimes. The setting is moved from Victorian era to 1950s that greatly affects the stories so only the base ideas of G.K. Chesterton remains intact.

The following weapons were used in the television series Father Brown:

WARNING! THIS PAGE CONTAINS SPOILERS!

Revolvers

Webley .38 Mk IV

Standard Model

Inspector Valentine (Hugo Speer) carries a Webley .38 Mk IV throughout "The Blue Cross" (S01E10). A Webley (supposedly also .38) is briefly seen in hands of Inspector Sullivan (Tom Chambers) in "The Mysteries of the Rosary" (S02E05). In "The Sign of the Broken Sword" (S03E04) Webley .38 revolver is carried by Lt. Anthony Graham (Steven Miller). In the flashback scene in the same episode David Rawlings (Jamie Ballard), at that date a captain, holds a Webley. Two Webley revolvers are seen in "The Lair of the Libertines" (S03E08).

Webley Mk IV - .38 S&W

Inspector Valentine arrests a supposed thief in the train in "The Blue Cross".

Another view of the same scene.

Inspector Valentine holds a revolver in the climactic scene.

Inspector Sullivan puts his revolver back in pocket in "The Mysteries of the Rosary".

Capt. Rawlings holds his revolver during the Dunkirk evacuation in "The Sign of the Broken Sword".

Lt. Graham holds a revolver.

Two revolvers are seen in the box together with two Browning Hi-Power pistols in "The Lair of the Libertines".

Dr. Barashi (Michael Culkin) fires one of these revolvers.

Duty Model

A 4" barreled "Duty" model is used by Nero Hound (Jo Stone-Fewings) in "The Daughter of Autolycus" (S04E05). His revolver is then taken by Flambeau (John Light). In "The Missing Man" (S04E07) Arthur Le Broc (Rupert Vansittart) owns a Webley, also a "Duty" model. This revolver is also seen in hands of Milly Le Broc (Madeleine Harris).

Webley Mk IV, 4" barreled "Duty" model - .38 S&W

Nero Hound aims at Marianne in "The Daughter of Autolycus".

Nero Hound threatens to shoot off Marianne's hand.

Flambeau holds the revolver.

Arthur Le Broc cleans his revolver in "The Missing Man".

Arthur Le Broc loads the revolver.

The revolver in hands of 13 years old Milly Le Broc.

Webley .455 Mk VI

A revolver that appears to be a Webley .455 Mk VI is used by a second bank robber (uncredited) in the opening scene in "The Paradise of Thieves" (S03E13).

Webley Mk VI - .455 Webley

Two robbers break in the bank, one with a revolver and another one with a sawed-off shotgun.

Another view of the revolver. The frame looks like the one of Mk VI but the front sight differs.

Enfield No.2 Mk.1*

An Enfield No.2 Mk.1* revolver is the murder weapon in "The Truth in the Wine" (S03E09). The revolver is correctly identified in the movie, and Colonel Anthony Forbes-Leith (Daniel Ryan) says that he preferred a Webley during his war service as Enfield has an insecure hammer.

Enfield No.2 Mk.1* - .38 S&W

Inspector Sullivan finds the murder weapon in the swimming pool.

Enfield is seen on the floor during the flashback scene of the murder.

Another view of the same scene. The front sight is seen here.

Smith & Wesson Military & Police

Rebecca Himelbaum (Anna-Louise Plowman) carries a Smith & Wesson Military & Police revolver with 5" barrel in "The Judgement of Man" (S03E10). An M&P is used by Ethel Davies (Kate Anthony) in the climactic scene in "The Deadly Seal" (S03E14). An M&P revolver is seen next to the body of Owen Brunt (John Hogg) in "The Brewer's Daughter" (S04E02). In "The Crackpot of the Empire" (S04E02) an M&P revolver is used by Jacob Doyle (Sam O'Mahony). Doyle's revolver then is briefly seen in hands of Father Brown and Inspector Mallory (Jack Deam). In "The Missing Man" (S04E07) an M&P revolver is seen next to the body of Ned Le Broc (Oliver Dimsdale).

Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver with 5" Barrel - .38 Special

Rebecca Himelbaum draws the revolver from her handbag. The grips are seen.

The revolver is seen from another side.

A perfect view of the revolver.

Ethel Davies aims her revolver in "The Deadly Seal".

A revolver next to Owen Brunt's body in "The Brewer's Daughter".

Jacob Doyle threatens Father Brown in "The Crackpot of the Empire".

Another view of the same scene.

Doyle surrenders his revolver to Father Brown.

A revolver next to Ned Le Broc's body in "The Missing Man".

Bruni Olympic 6

A Bruni Olympic 6 is used in "The Flying Stars" (S01E02) by James Trewlove (Dan Fredenburgh) who holds the revolver in the amateur theatre play where he appears as a female criminal. A starter revolver that appears to be an Olympic 6 is seen in hands of Arnold Francis (Mark Lewis Jones) in "The Time Machine" (S03E11).

Bruni Olympic 6 with composite grips - .22 blanks

James Trewlove holds the revolver during the rehearsal of the play.

He puts away the revolver.

Arnold Francis starts the competition in "The Time Machine".

Single Action Army

In the abovementioned scene in "The Flying Stars" (S01E02) James Trewlove (Dan Fredenburgh) puts away theatrical Olympic revolver and draws a Single Action Army revolver (a really strange choice for 1950s Britain). A SAA revolver is also used by Flambeau (John Light) in the climactic scene in "The Blue Cross" (S01E10).

Single Action Army w/ 5.5" barrel aka "Artillery" model with wooden grips (this is a Cimarron reproduction - and an actual movie gun)

A close view of James Trewlove's revolver.

James Trewlove holds the revolver in the role of female criminal.

A close view of the muzzle.

Flambeau aims his revolver.

He cocks the hammer.

Lefaucheux Model 1858

An incredibly archaic Lefaucheux Model 1858 is seen in Sir Aaron Armstrong's apartments in "The Three Tools of Death" (S02E07).

Lefaucheux Model 1858 - 12mm Pinfire

The revolver is seen on the floor.

Another view of the revolver.

Pistols

Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket

In one scene in "The Blue Cross" (S01E10) Flambeau (John Light) uses a Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket pistol.

Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket - .25 ACP

Flambeau, disguised as British Army chaplain, aims the pistol at Father Brown.

A side view of the pistol.

M1911

In "The Mysteries of the Rosary" (S02E05) Jacob Spender (Stephen Thompson) uses a pistol that appears to be an original M1911.

Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP

Jacob Spender aims his pistol. Note the part of the grip that lacks the curved mainspring housing, typical for M1911A1.

Walther PPK

A Walther PPK is used in "The Laws of Motion" (S02E10) by Phyllis Stanwyck (Lisa Jackson) and then by Walter MacMurray (Oliver Mellor).

Walther PPK - 9mm Kurz aka .380 ACP. Note the ring just behind the magazine.

Phyllis Stanwyck takes aim.

The pistol is seen from the rear.

A close view of the pistol.

Walter MacMurray holds the pistol.

Walther P38

A Walther P38 is the murder weapon in "The Last Man" (S03E05). A P38 is seen in hands of Dr. Barashi (Michael Culkin) in "The Lair of the Libertines" (S03E08).

Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm

A suppressed P38 is used to kill Vince Lennon (Robbie O'Neill) in "The Last Man".

Police finds a Walther buried in Dr. Chandraty's garden.

Father Brown finds another P38, this time with a suppressor.

A P38 is seen in the box together with a Browning Hi-Power and two Webley .38 Mk IV revolvers in "The Lair of the Libertines".

Dr. Barashi loads a Walther.

He holds the pistol.

The pistol is seen on the ground. The absence of safety is not an error but a plot item.

P38 Water Pistol

In the final scene in "The Crackpot of the Empire" (S04E02) Uncle Mirth (Toby Longworth) uses a "Walther P38" that appears to be a water pistol.

Uncle Mirth holds the gun.

It appears to be a water pistol.

Browning Hi-Power

Two Browning Hi-Power pistols are seen in "The Lair of the Libertines" (S03E08). Count Fiskon (Nicholas Le Prevost) and Dr. Barashi (Michael Culkin) fire one of these pistols in turn. A Hi-Power is also seen in hands of Syrus (Ace Bhatti). These pistols have "Type 73"-style hammer spur that doesn't match 1950s when the story takes place. A close view of a pistol also reveals a different shape of slide serration. Maybe these Hi-Powers are some modern blank firing replica (not airsoft as one of them is seen firing and cycling). In the scene in "The Daughter of Autolycus" (S04E05) when Flambeau (John Light) describes one of his plans to steal the relic, he snatches a pistol from the holster of a Pontifical Swiss Guard. The pistol has the same non-standard slide serration as in "The Lair of the Libertines".

Browning Hi-Power "Type 73" - 9x19mm

A Hi-Power is seen in the box together with a Walther P38 and two Webley .38 Mk IV revolvers.

Count Fiskon fires a Hi-Power. Note vertical slide serration, different from standard Hi-Power.

Dr. Barashi fires a Hi-Power.

The pistol is seen from another side when Syrus in anger points it at Barashi.

Two Hi-Powers are seen in the box.

Flambeau grabs the pistol in "The Daughter of Autolycus".

Flambeau, disguised as a bishop, holds a pistol.

A Swiss guard at the right fires a pistol at escaping Flambeau.

Luger P08

A Gestapo agent holds a Luger P08 in a flashback scene in "The Judgement of Man" (S03E10).

Luger P08 - 9x19mm

A Gestapo agent holds a Luger during the invasion in apartments of a Jewish family.

Makarov PM

A Makarov PM is carried by Harriet Greensleeves (Natasha Little) in "The Owl of Minerva" (S03E15) (a really strange choice for 1950s rural England). In one scene she gives it to Jock Hamilton (Ron Donachie). Inspector Sullivan (Tom Chambers) disarms Harriet in the climactic scene. In "The Daughter of Autolycus" (S04E05) Nero Hound's henchman (uncredited) is armed with a PM until Marianne Delacroix (Gina Bramhill) disarms this unlucky thug.

Makarov PM - 9x18mm Makarov

Harriet Greensleeves aims her pistol in "The Owl of Minerva".

The pistol is in hands of Inspector Sullivan.

A very close view of the PM, even a serial number can be seen.

Marianne holds a PM in "The Daughter of Autolycus".

A side view of the pistol.

Submachine Guns

MP40

MP40s are seen in hands of German soldiers in the flashback scene in "The Judgement of Man" (S03E10).

MP40 - 9x19mm

Soldiers loot a Jewish house.

A soldier aims his SMG at young Hercule Flambeau (John Light).

Shotguns

Double Barreled Shotgun

Double Barreled Shotguns are seen in hands of Lady Armstrong (uncredited) and Alice Armstrong (Alice Henley) in flashback scene in "The Three Tools of Death" (S02E07). Numerous characters, including Natasha Farrango (Yolanda Kettle), Bentley Duke (Aden Gillett), Lady Felicia (Nancy Carroll), and Bishop Talbot (Malcolm Storry), carry shotguns during the fowling in "The Deadly Seal" (S03E14). A pair of double barreled shotguns are seen in Le Broc estate in "The Missing Man" (S04E07).

Lady Armstrong holds a shotgun.

Alice Armstrong holds a shotgun.

A close view of the shotgun in "The Three Tools of Death".

Bentley Duke, Natasha Farrango and Peter Redhill (Bill Buckhurst) with shotguns in "The Deadly Seal".

Lady Felicia carries a shotgun.

Bentley Duke fires.

Bishop Talbot's butler Albert Davies (Chris Wilson) holds a shotgun.

Two shotguns and ammunition in "The Missing Man".

Sawed-off Double Barreled Shotgun

A Sawed-off Double Barrel Shotgun is seen in hands of the first bank robber (Jonathan Garratt) "The Paradise of Thieves" (S03E13).

The robber with a shotgun breaks into the bank.

Muzzles are seen.

Rifles

Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I

Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I rifles are seen in hands of police constables in the climactic scene in "The Blue Cross" (S01E10). In "The Sign of the Broken Sword" (S03E04) SMLE No.4 Mk I rifles are seen during the ceremony in local barracks in hands of Lt. Anthony Graham (Steven Miller), Col. Laurence St Clare (Angus Wright), Sid Carter (Alex Price), and soldiers.

Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I - .303 British

Two constables hold Lee-Enfields in "The Blue Cross".

A constable holds his rifle at the left in the same scene.

Soldiers with Lee-Enfields in "The Sign of the Broken Sword".

Sid Carter reloads his rifle during the marksmanship competition with Lt. Graham.

Lt. Graham aims.

Col. St Clare aims.

The barrel of the rifle.

Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*

Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* rifles are seen in hands of British soldiers in the flashback scene of Dunkirk evacuation in "The Sign of the Broken Sword" (S03E04).

Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British

Anthony Graham (Steven Miller), at that date a corporal, and other soldiers carry No.1 Mk.III* rifles.

Another view of the same scene.

Bolt Action Rifle 1

Alfons (Philip McGinley) is seen with a single shot bolt action hunting rifle (probably of .22 caliber) in "The Kembleford Boggart" (S03E07). Something like Remington Model 33 seems to be a good guess.

For comparison: Remington Model 33 single shot rifle - .22 Short/Long/Long Rifle

Alfons holds the rifle.

Alfons aims. The rifle appears to be of small caliber.

Bolt Action Rifle 2

A bolt action rifle with sniper scope is used by Anna Damiache (Rae Baker) in "The Lair of the Libertines" (S03E08). It looks similar to Weatherby Mark V rifle though it has a slightly different shape of the stock and barrel.

For comparison: Weatherby Mk. V rifle - .300 Weatherby Mag

The rifle with sniper scope is seen on the table together with a crossbow.

Another view of the rifle.

Anna Damiache loads the rifle in the final scene.

She aims.

Other Weapons

Mk 2 Hand Grenade

A Mk 2 Hand Grenade is seen in hands of Jago Pryde (Angus Imrie) in "The Pride of the Prydes" (S02E03).

Mk 2 "Pineapple" World War II-made High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade

Jago Pryde shows the grenade to his cousin Bunty and tells that it's a mockup.

A close view of the grenade.

Crossbow

A hunting crossbow with a sniper scope is used by Anna Damiache (Rae Baker) in "The Lair of the Libertines" (S03E08).

The crossbow with sniper scope is seen on the table together with a rifle.

Anna Damiache aims the crossbow.

Another view of the same scene.