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The Mistake of the Machine

A suspect is locked away, but has the prison governor got the right man? Andrew Sachs stars as GK Chesterton's clerical sleuth.

A suspect is locked away, but has a prison governor got the right man? Can Father Brown discover the answer as he makes his way across America?

Stars Andrew Sachs as Father Brown.

GK Chesterton's stories of an amateur clerical sleuth with an uncanny understanding of the criminal mind at work.

Dramatised by John Scotney

Father Brown ...... Andrew Sachs
O'Connor ...... TP McKenna
McGurk ...... Billy Boyle
Usher ...... Don Fellows
Prisoner ...... Brian Haines
Todd ...... Ed Bishop
Butler ...... Manning Wilson
Convict ...... Stuart Organ

Directed at 大象传媒 Bristol by Alec Reid.

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in October 1986.

Available now

30 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Wed 17 Oct 2007 09:00
  • Wed 17 Oct 2007 20:00
  • Thu 18 Oct 2007 01:00
  • Wed 8 Apr 2009 13:00
  • Wed 8 Apr 2009 20:00
  • Thu 9 Apr 2009 01:00
  • Tue 8 Jun 2010 13:30
  • Tue 8 Jun 2010 20:30
  • Wed 9 Jun 2010 01:30
  • Fri 11 Feb 2011 13:00
  • Fri 11 Feb 2011 20:00
  • Sat 12 Feb 2011 01:00
  • Fri 9 Mar 2012 06:30
  • Fri 9 Mar 2012 13:30
  • Fri 9 Mar 2012 20:30
  • Sat 10 Mar 2012 01:30
  • Wed 27 Nov 2013 06:30
  • Wed 27 Nov 2013 13:30
  • Wed 27 Nov 2013 20:30
  • Thu 28 Nov 2013 01:30
  • Mon 27 Jun 2016 06:00
  • Mon 27 Jun 2016 13:00
  • Mon 27 Jun 2016 20:00
  • Tue 28 Jun 2016 01:00
  • Wed 13 May 2020 06:30
  • Wed 13 May 2020 13:30
  • Wed 13 May 2020 20:30
  • Thu 14 May 2020 01:30
  • Sat 16 May 2020 14:00
  • Sun 17 May 2020 02:00
  • Sun 17 May 2020 07:00
  • Wed 29 Dec 2021 06:00
  • Wed 29 Dec 2021 13:00
  • Wed 29 Dec 2021 20:00
  • Thu 30 Dec 2021 01:00
  • Wed 7 Feb 2024 06:00
  • Wed 7 Feb 2024 11:00
  • Wed 7 Feb 2024 16:00
  • Thu 8 Feb 2024 01:00