Father Brown (TV Series) The Face of Death (2013) User Reviews

A clever, sad and intriguing mystery.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 8/10 · 17 November 2015]

Wealthy Lady Margaret Galloway is plagued by nightmares, she was responsible for running over Daniel Walsh's father, when he dies he vows to take revenge on her. At a masked ball, a murder happens.

A super stylish episode, which boasts lots of glitz and glamour, a very visually appealing episode, Lucia gets to wear some super stylish clothes. The scenes at the Charity Hunt look great too.

Quite a bloodthirsty episode, a death and two murders in two days, it's more like a mini episode of Midsomer Murders. A great storyline, has a more mature feel then some of the previous episodes.

Well acted, particularly good from Stella Gonet (Lady Margaret) and Flora Spencer-Longhurst (daughter Lucia.) Stephen Boxer largely steals the show.

One of the best in the opening series. 8/10

The Face of Death

[MrFilmAndTelevisionShow · 8/10 · 28 August 2021]

The murder was not whom I expected, not at all, I love how this show manages to do that time and time again without making it feel like a cop-out. Truly a well written and acted performance!

The Face of Death

[Prismark10 · 7/10 · 30 March 2021]

A very well staged episode involving a charity treasure hunt in the palatial home of Professor Patrick Galloway and Lady Galloway.

However it also shows the gentry in a bad light. The episode starts with Lady Galloway running over a man and drive off.

In the treasure hunt, she callously sacks a servant with no notice and he really needed the job.

Lady Galloway also cuckolds her husband by having an affair with Captain Clarence Clifton, A womanizer who also has eyes on Lady Galloway's daughter.

When Clifton is found dead, it is thought that the actual target was Professor Galloway. Both wore the same mask in the charity hunt.

Daniel Walsh, the son of the man killed by Lady Galloway has always held Galloways responsible for his father's death. Inspector Valentine treats him as the main suspect especially when Lady Galloway dies next.

Father Brown nearly becomes a cropper in this one. Especially when he confronts the killer and asks them to repent.

There are several suspects, a few red herrings and dead ends. A rather dark story.

Multiple murders

[safenoe · 8/10 · 18 July 2023]

The Face of Death should really be called the Faces of Death, with murders galore in this episode from season one. It's wonderful to see Nancy Carroll, as Lady Felicia, playing a larger role in this episode. Also, Hugo Speer stole the screen, and it's a shame his career has suffered lately. I hope that the producers of Father Brown can ignore the mob and bring Hugo back on a more permanent basis.

The ending was quite grisly with Father Brown facing imminent death in a gruesome way.

Hugh's character's comment to Father Brown, "There's a death trail after you" is quite self-deprecating for sure.

The face of death

[coltras35 · 7/10 · 5 May 2023]

When Clarence Clifton is murdered at a charity treasure hunt, its organizer Professor Galloway believes he was the intended victim as they wore identical fancy dress. Daniel Walsh, whose father had recently been killed by Lady Margaret's car (the professor's wife), is the chief suspect and disappears. Then Lady Margaret is killed after sacking servant Thomas Dilcott, secret lover of her daughter Lucia. The villagers suspect Daniel but Father Brown looks closer to home for the solution.

A couple of bloody murders, some nice mystery and intriguing storyline featuring a killer in the bird mask. This is quite lavish episode with a large garden and elegant house. Number 9 was scrawled in blood by the killer near his victim and has some significance.