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Father Brown is visiting St Agnes convent where he is chaplain when novice Sister Mary Magdalene is poisoned,leading to the father speaking to the convent's vintner Sister Boniface,a fan of detective stories who is keen to help him solve the murder. Then newly-arrived Sister Paul,an austere,dominating nun,is also poisoned and it would seem that she was a secret drinker who ate pear drops to mask the smell of alcohol and was killed by poisoned wine. She had also been the strict warden at a home for unmarried mothers some years earlier. Father Brown and Sister Boniface independently find a link between one of the mothers and a current inhabitant of the convent,but is this the killer? And do the convent's philandering young gardener and his cowed wife know more than they claim?

In this episode a nun reads a novel of Agatha Christie.

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    • Author: Dagdatus
    Father Brown investigates a truly harrowing case for him, the tragic death of Sister Mary Magdalen during a service. The Police surgeon later discovers she died of Cyanide poisoning. Father Brown is on hand to chaperon Inspector Valentine as he begins his investigations. Sister Paul has returned from India to be at the convent, she is annoyed at being subordinate to the kindhearted Sister Gregory, the pair clash. Potassium Cyanide is kept under the watchful eye of Sister Boniface, but not under lock and key. Sister Paul is the next victim to fall, the exact same grizzly way.

    Very good episode, the tranquillity of the opening is shattered by the shocking death of the nun. I love the Agatha Christie reference to Sparkling Cyanide, there are a few similarities with the format, but that's certainly no bad thing.

    There is some impressive acting talent on display in this episode, what a wonderful trio of nuns. Roberta Taylor is awesome and wonderfully cast as the tough and unforgiving Sister Paul, Selina Cadell is brilliant as the soft and scatty Sister Gregory, and the ever lovely Penny Downie gives a great performance as Mother Augustine. Funny woman Lorna Watson is great too, she bounces of Mark Williams beautifully, fellow masters of comic timing! Hats off to the casting director for this one, it was a job very well done.

    I would happily rate this episode as being excellent, one of the best so far. 8/10
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    • Author: Arador
    A lady dies who is ready to become a nun.

    The nun is poisoned before taking her vows.

    A visiting nun is very mean to the nuns in the parish. They find out she used to be in a place where unwed mother went for help. She also ends up dead.

    This story really makes Catholic look evil and bad. It shows of nuns condemning women that had out of wedlock births, nuns being mean to unwed mothers, nuns being mean to other nuns and making them hypocrites. I do think it is biased against Catholics/Christians that are supposed to help people in need.

    Many Catholic institutions help young girls and women that have had babies and were not married. They made the one in this episode almost like stealing the child from the mother who wants to keep the child instead of helping her to keep her child or put it up for adoption.

    The story at the end is very confusing as to who killed the nuns. They give you a reason why the nuns were killed but it still confusing who did it. The accents of the characters and explanations are sometimes hard to understand accept Father Brown's.

    I wish the story was written more plainly. They tried to make is full of suspense and I think a person would have to watch it 2 or three times to know what characters did what and why.
  • Episode complete credited cast:
    Mark Williams Mark Williams - Father Brown
    Penny Downie Penny Downie - Rev Mother Augustine
    Roberta Taylor Roberta Taylor - Sister Paul
    Selina Cadell Selina Cadell - Sister Gregory
    Hugo Speer Hugo Speer - Inspector Valentine
    Keith Osborn Keith Osborn - Sgt Allbright
    Paddy Wallace Paddy Wallace - Tom Evans
    Lorna Watson Lorna Watson - Sister Boniface
    Joanna Horton Joanna Horton - Joyce Evans
    Sorcha Cusack Sorcha Cusack - Mrs McCarthy
    Jenny Galloway Jenny Galloway - Sister Thomas
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