The Living and the Dead

The generous John Jarndyce, struggling with his own past, and his two young wards Richard and Ada, are all caught up, like Lady Dedlock, in the infamous case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce, which will make one of them rich beyond imagination if it can ever be brought to a conclusion. As Tulkinghorn digs deeper into Lady Dedlock's past, he unearths a secret that will change their lives forever, and which is almost as astounding as the final outcome of the Jarndyce case.

Father Brown was a Catholic priest who doubled as an amateur detective in order to solve mysteries. Set in the early 1950s, this series unfolds in the fictional Cotswold village of Kembleford. Here, Father Brown, priest of the St Mary's Catholic Church, has an unusual hobby: he solves murder cases. A clumsy police inspector, who usually ends up arresting the wrong suspect, is irritated with Father Brown's detective success as he uses the typical skills of his close friends to crack murder cases. The historic background of the Britain struggling with post-world war deprivation and shortages sets the stage for the interesting cases Father Brown solves.

An incident on an ordinary summer day radically alters the course of one man's life.

An alcoholic councilman awakens from a blackout realizing he may have beaten a man to within an inch of his life in this political drama.