Father Brown Season 13
TV Series

Father Brown Season 13

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release date, schedule, where to watch

2026 United Kingdom Season 13 10 Episodes 48 min BBC One 9 January 2026
Important
When will «Father Brown» season 14 be released?

Official information is expected.

Remarque

A calm, classic detective series built on observation and empathy. Season 13 premieres January 9, 2026.

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Episode schedule

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10 episodes
The Good Refuge
9 Jan
★★★★☆
8 (2,735)
The Hole in My Heart
9 Jan
★★★☆
7.8 (2,557)
The Palace by the Sea
9 Jan
★★★☆
7 (1,603)
The Crackpot and the Dummy
9 Jan
★★★★☆
8.9 (1,688)
The Shadow of Lazarus
9 Jan
★★★★☆
8.1 (3,134)
The Obedient Wife
9 Jan
★★★☆☆
6.6 (3,396)
The Bodhi Tree
9 Jan
★★★☆☆
6.3 (3,830)
The Oath of Silence
9 Jan
★★★★☆
8.2 (315)
The Power of Suggestion
9 Jan
★★★☆☆
6.3 (4,969)
The Bishop's Revenge
9 Jan
★★★★
9 (664)
10 episodes
The Battle of Kembleford
10 Jan 2025
★★★★
9.8 (3,018)
The Kembleston Players
10 Jan 2025
★★★☆
7.7 (4,792)
The Horns of Cernunnos
10 Jan 2025
★★★★
9.5 (3,106)
The Invisible Friends
10 Jan 2025
★★★★☆
8.5 (1,773)
The Cup of Calabria
10 Jan 2025
★★★★☆
8.3 (3,851)
The Lord of the Dance
10 Jan 2025
★★★☆☆
6.2 (4,181)
The Deserving Poor
10 Jan 2025
★★★☆☆
6.9 (3,907)
The Sisters of Aeschylus
10 Jan 2025
★★★☆☆
6.1 (714)
The Puzzle of Banburismus
10 Jan 2025
★★★☆
7 (1,124)
The Blessing of the Father
10 Jan 2025
★★★★
9.6 (1,857)
10 episodes
The Kembleston Olimpicks
5 Jan 2024
★★★☆
7.5 (2,748)
The Forensic Nun
5 Jan 2024
★★★★
9.5 (3,570)
The Hermit of Hazelnut Cottage
5 Jan 2024
★★★★☆
8.5 (3,252)
The Last Supper
5 Jan 2024
★★★★
9.5 (3,067)
The Father, The Son
5 Jan 2024
★★★★☆
8.1 (2,553)
The Quill of Osric
5 Jan 2024
★★★☆☆
6.1 (4,407)
The Word of the Condemned
5 Jan 2024
★★★★☆
8.2 (4,861)
The Last Tango in Kembleford
5 Jan 2024
★★★☆☆
6.8 (3,676)
The Dead of Night
5 Jan 2024
★★★★☆
8.2 (1,478)
The Scars of War
5 Jan 2024
★★★★
9.3 (3,307)
10 episodes
The Winds of Change
6 Jan 2023
★★★★☆
8.7 (3,149)
The Company of Men
6 Jan 2023
★★★☆
7.2 (943)
The Gardeners of Eden
6 Jan 2023
★★★☆
7.8 (4,641)
The Beast of Wedlock
6 Jan 2023
★★★★
8.9 (1,230)
The Hidden Man
6 Jan 2023
★★★★
9 (1,500)
The Royal Visit
6 Jan 2023
★★★★
9.7 (2,210)
The Show Must Go On
6 Jan 2023
★★★★☆
8 (1,804)
The Sands of Time
6 Jan 2023
★★★☆
7.1 (1,505)
The Wheels of Wrath
6 Jan 2023
★★★★☆
8.4 (115)
The Serpent Within
6 Jan 2023
★★★★☆
8.3 (1,926)
10 episodes
The Menace of Mephistopheles
3 Jan 2022
★★★☆☆
6.9 (128)
The Viper's Tongue
4 Jan 2022
★★★★
9.2 (1,998)
The Requiem for the Dead
5 Jan 2022
★★★★
9.3 (1,248)
The Children of Kalon
6 Jan 2022
★★★☆
7.6 (4,119)
The Final Devotion
7 Jan 2022
★★★★☆
8.2 (817)
The New Order
10 Jan 2022
★★★☆
7.3 (1,307)
The Island of Dreams
11 Jan 2022
★★★☆☆
6.9 (3,125)
The Wayward Girls
12 Jan 2022
★★★☆
7.1 (592)
The Enigma of Antigonish
13 Jan 2022
★★★★
9.3 (494)
The Red Death
14 Jan 2022
★★★☆
7.5 (4,351)
10 episodes
The Celestial Choir
6 Jan 2020
★★★★☆
8.8 (577)
The Queen Bee
7 Jan 2020
★★★☆
7 (3,463)
The Scales of Justice
8 Jan 2020
★★★★☆
8.2 (2,057)
The Wisdom of the Fool
9 Jan 2020
★★★☆☆
6.3 (2,406)
The Folly of Jephthah
10 Jan 2020
★★★★
9.7 (4,712)
The Numbers of the Beast
13 Jan 2020
★★★☆
7.2 (3,202)
The River Corrupted
14 Jan 2020
★★★☆☆
6.3 (4,388)
The Curse of the Aesthetic
15 Jan 2020
★★★☆☆
6.8 (1,897)
The Fall of the House of St Gardner
16 Jan 2020
★★★☆☆
6.5 (2,531)
The Tower of Lost Souls
17 Jan 2020
★★★★☆
8.8 (1,622)
10 episodes
The Great Train Robbery
7 Jan 2019
★★★★☆
8 (3,523)
The Passing Bell
8 Jan 2019
★★★★☆
8.6 (2,401)
The Whistle in the Dark
9 Jan 2019
★★★★
9.2 (1,459)
The Demise of the Debutante
10 Jan 2019
★★★★☆
8.6 (4,216)
The Darkest Noon
11 Jan 2019
★★★☆☆
6.1 (4,306)
The Sacrifice of Tantalus
14 Jan 2019
★★★★☆
8.5 (1,168)
The House of God
15 Jan 2019
★★★★☆
8.2 (438)
The Blood of the Anarchists
16 Jan 2019
★★★☆
7.6 (4,815)
The Skylark Scandal
17 Jan 2019
★★★☆☆
6.2 (3,237)
The Honourable Thief
18 Jan 2019
★★★☆
7 (3,624)
10 episodes
The Tree of Truth
18 Dec 2017
★★★★☆
8.3 (4,534)
The Jackdaw's Revenge
2 Jan 2018
★★★☆☆
6.1 (4,808)
The Kembleford Dragon
3 Jan 2018
★★★★☆
8.1 (4,614)
The Angel of Mercy
4 Jan 2018
★★★☆
7.2 (2,237)
The Face of the Enemy
5 Jan 2018
★★★☆
7.8 (1,679)
The Devil You Know
8 Jan 2018
★★★★☆
8.7 (2,953)
The Dance of Death
9 Jan 2018
★★★☆
7.7 (2,947)
The Cat of Mastigatus
10 Jan 2018
★★★☆
7.2 (2,498)
The Flower of the Fairway
11 Jan 2018
★★★☆☆
6.7 (248)
The Two Deaths of Hercule Flambeau
12 Jan 2018
★★★★☆
8.6 (261)
15 episodes
The Star of Jacob
27 Nov 2016
★★★☆
7.4 (4,340)
The Labyrinth of the Minotaur
2 Jan 2017
★★★★
9.7 (1,154)
The Eve of St John
3 Jan 2017
★★★★
9.7 (3,152)
The Chedworth Cyclone
4 Jan 2017
★★★★☆
8.1 (1,347)
The Hand of Lucia
5 Jan 2017
★★★★
9.1 (2,073)
The Eagle and the Daw
6 Jan 2017
★★★★☆
8 (2,375)
The Smallest of Things
9 Jan 2017
★★★★☆
8.6 (3,957)
The Crimson Feather
10 Jan 2017
★★★☆☆
6.8 (636)
The Lepidopterist's Companion
11 Jan 2017
★★★★
9 (4,602)
The Alchemist's Secret
12 Jan 2017
★★★☆☆
6.2 (2,019)
The Sins of Others
13 Jan 2017
★★★★
9.4 (4,381)
The Theatre of the Invisible
16 Jan 2017
★★★☆
6.9 (531)
The Tanganyika Green
17 Jan 2017
★★★☆
7.5 (2,173)
The Fire in the Sky
18 Jan 2017
★★★★
9.2 (1,242)
The Penitent Man
19 Jan 2017
★★★★☆
8.6 (4,084)
10 episodes
The Mask of the Demon
4 Jan 2016
★★★☆☆
6.3 (4,709)
The Brewer's Daughter
5 Jan 2016
★★★☆
7.8 (4,055)
The Hangman's Demise
6 Jan 2016
★★★☆☆
6.3 (2,053)
The Crackpot of the Empire
7 Jan 2016
★★★☆
7.5 (1,890)
The Daughter of Autolycus
8 Jan 2016
★★★☆
7 (1,816)
The Rod of Asclepius
11 Jan 2016
★★★☆
7.3 (1,634)
The Missing Man
12 Jan 2016
★★★★☆
8.1 (4,092)
The Resurrectionists
13 Jan 2016
★★★★
9.7 (193)
The Sins of the Father
14 Jan 2016
★★★★☆
8.2 (3,335)
The Wrath of Baron Samdi
15 Jan 2016
★★★☆
7.3 (526)
15 episodes
The Man in the Shadows
5 Jan 2015
★★★☆☆
6.5 (2,692)
The Curse of Amenhotep
6 Jan 2015
★★★★☆
8.3 (4,346)
The Invisible Man
7 Jan 2015
★★★★☆
8.2 (3,216)
The Sign of the Broken Sword
8 Jan 2015
★★★★☆
8.6 (3,279)
The Last Man
9 Jan 2015
★★★★☆
8.5 (4,649)
The Upcott Fraternity
12 Jan 2015
★★★☆☆
6.2 (2,815)
The Kembleford Boggart
13 Jan 2015
★★★★
9.7 (3,953)
The Lair of the Libertines
14 Jan 2015
★★★☆☆
6.2 (684)
The Truth in the Wine
15 Jan 2015
★★★☆
7.3 (3,746)
The Judgement of Man
16 Jan 2015
★★★☆☆
6.9 (3,087)
The Time Machine
19 Jan 2015
★★★★☆
8.4 (3,217)
The Standing Stones
20 Jan 2015
★★★★
9.5 (2,971)
The Paradise of Thieves
21 Jan 2015
★★★☆☆
6.5 (3,805)
The Deadly Seal
22 Jan 2015
★★★★☆
8 (502)
The Owl of Minerva
23 Jan 2015
★★★★
9 (3,200)
10 episodes
The Ghost in the Machine
6 Jan 2014
★★★★
9.5 (2,893)
The Maddest of All
7 Jan 2014
★★★☆
7.9 (187)
The Pride of the Prydes
8 Jan 2014
★★★★
9.1 (4,689)
The Shadow of the Scaffold
9 Jan 2014
★★★☆
7.8 (4,758)
The Mysteries of the Rosary
10 Jan 2014
★★★☆
7.2 (596)
The Daughters of Jerusalem
13 Jan 2014
★★★☆☆
6.6 (2,318)
The Three Tools of Death
14 Jan 2014
★★★★
9.2 (4,164)
The Prize of Colonel Gerard
15 Jan 2014
★★★★
9.1 (4,853)
The Grim Reaper
16 Jan 2014
★★★☆
7.4 (2,359)
The Laws of Motion
17 Jan 2014
★★★★
9.3 (2,586)
10 episodes
The Hammer of God
14 Jan 2013
★★★★☆
8.6 (4,155)
The Flying Stars
15 Jan 2013
★★★★☆
8.8 (1,857)
The Wrong Shape
16 Jan 2013
★★★☆☆
6.4 (603)
The Man in the Tree
17 Jan 2013
★★★☆☆
6.6 (4,716)
The Eye of Apollo
18 Jan 2013
★★★★☆
8.4 (3,658)
The Bride of Christ
21 Jan 2013
★★★☆☆
6.8 (3,376)
The Devil's Dust
22 Jan 2013
★★★★
9.3 (106)
The Face of Death
23 Jan 2013
★★★★☆
8.6 (3,235)
The Mayor and the Magician
24 Jan 2013
★★★☆
7.6 (3,861)
The Blue Cross
25 Jan 2013
★★★☆
7.6 (1,456)

Description

Season 13 of Father Brown proves once again that the series knows exactly what it is. The formula hasn’t changed — and it doesn’t need to. The quiet priest continues to solve crimes not through force or spectacle, but through observation, empathy, and careful listening.

The show remains focused on small details and human behavior. Evil here is subtle, hidden in gestures and words rather than grand schemes. Father Brown’s strength lies in understanding people, not outsmarting them.

All ten episodes are released on the same day, turning the season into a cohesive collection of standalone mysteries. Each episode works on its own, while together they reinforce the familiar post-war English atmosphere.

Season 13 doesn’t aim to reinvent the series. Instead, it doubles down on calm pacing, thoughtful dialogue, and psychological insight.

This is a crime drama for viewers who appreciate intelligence and atmosphere over speed and shock.

Cast / In roles
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Facts

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  • The series has aired since 2013.
  • Based on stories by G. K. Chesterton.
  • All episodes release on the same day.
  • Set in 1940s–1950s England.
  • Focuses on psychological deduction.

FAQs

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When does season 13 premiere?

January 9, 2026.

How many episodes are there?

Ten episodes.

Where does it air?

On BBC One.

Are all episodes released at once?

Yes.

Does the format change?

No, it remains classic.