The Tanganyika Green was a nice, middle of the Road episode, Series five has been one of the most consistently good Series to date, very few below par episodes. This has been the first episode for a while I'd say didn't particularly stand out, or grip in any way. It was a solid story, it was well acted, it just didn't come to life somehow. Best aspect had to be Miles Jupp's dodgy Antique dealer, I'm a big fan of his and enjoyed his presence, he was just unlucky not to have appeared in a better episode. Still it was a fun watch, the production values were superb as always. Good, but somewhat forgettable.
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The Tanganyika Green
Prismark1017 January 2017
If I were Bunty I would be wary who I would get friendly with such as dodgy antique dealer in this episode. They tend to be the rum kind.
Aldous Kemp and his Tanganyikan daughter Grace arrive in Kembleford for the County Fair to sell a valuable item so he can pay for her training as a doctor. They are staying at a hotel and Kemp receives a note telling him to protect himself and then is found dead.
The police arrest his daughter Grace who had argued with her father. Then suspicion falls on John Hammond the gunsmith's son who also knew the victim back in Tanganyika.
Father Brown thinks that a link to the murder goes back to colonial lands and both Kemp and Hammond had skills to develop forgeries that someone took advantage of.
Although I liked the mystery this one felt mundane to me after the last few ones in the run. I just felt it was too easy to figure who the culprit might be but not why they did it.
Aldous Kemp and his Tanganyikan daughter Grace arrive in Kembleford for the County Fair to sell a valuable item so he can pay for her training as a doctor. They are staying at a hotel and Kemp receives a note telling him to protect himself and then is found dead.
The police arrest his daughter Grace who had argued with her father. Then suspicion falls on John Hammond the gunsmith's son who also knew the victim back in Tanganyika.
Father Brown thinks that a link to the murder goes back to colonial lands and both Kemp and Hammond had skills to develop forgeries that someone took advantage of.
Although I liked the mystery this one felt mundane to me after the last few ones in the run. I just felt it was too easy to figure who the culprit might be but not why they did it.
Below average
coltras3523 July 2022
Dodgy antique dealers, stamp collection and hand guns - a below average episode finds Father brother investigating the murder of a Colonial Postal Service officer when the fair comes to Kembleford. It's passable to a certain degree, but mostly forgettable.
The Tanganyika Green
safenoe13 October 2023
Warning: Spoilers
The Tanganyika Green, an 2017 episode of Father Brown, is somewhat quite ordinary and isn't up to the high standards expected. I wonder if it's because the writers, who are of a high standard no doubt, were overstretched in the season which had 15 episodes instead of the usual 10. That's a lot, and no doubt the writers had to really dig deep and hard to captivate the audience init.
Anyway, you can see Mrs McCarthy wondering about the racial hues in this episode. Anyway, this episode is worth watching at least once and really it isn't for everyone init. But still, definitely worth watching init.
Anyway, you can see Mrs McCarthy wondering about the racial hues in this episode. Anyway, this episode is worth watching at least once and really it isn't for everyone init. But still, definitely worth watching init.
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