Returning: Father Brown

Season 9 of UK mystery Father Brown, starring Mark Williams, begins tonight on ABC.

There are 10 new episodes which screening in Britain in January.

The beautiful English countryside is the setting for more charming mysteries featuring the charismatic clergyman sleuth.

The year is 1953, and the sleepy Cotswold village of Kembleford is stirred by such dastardly deeds as murder at the local holiday camp and at Lady Felicia’s illustrious New Year Masked Ball. With a killer in his midst, could this be the last waltz for Father Brown?

He also faces a race against time to unmask a mystery attacker before pernicious newcomer Lord Hawthorne has him hounded out of the parish for good.

And Sid and Sergeant Goodfellow need his ingenuity to solve a fiendish kidnapping.

Based on the classic character created by GK Chesterton, these rustic mysteries ooze with escapism and delight.

Episode One:
At the Darlington estate Sergeant Goodfellow (John Burton) is alarmed to witness Inspector Mallory (Jack Deam) plant a murder weapon in Lawrence Darlington’s (Ralph Davis) bedroom framing him for his father’s murder. Suspecting Mallory has been compromised, Goodfellow informs Father Brown (Mark Williams) and the gang. A desperate Mallory is forced to admit that his wife and two children have been taken and he’s got to comply if he wants to see them again.

7:30pm Saturdays on ABC.