The father is laid up with a broken leg, strait-laced young Father Roland standing in for him. When unpopular village gossip Mrs Bunyon is killed after a row at a cake baking contest Mrs McCarthy and Lady Felicia gather evidence for Father Brown to unmask the murderer - who has also killed MRs Bunyon's baking rival Vera Thimble. Many years earlier both women gave evidence which led to the hanging of a man accused of murdering a young child. Father Brown draws the connection and tries to save a third witness from becoming the next victim.
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Cast of episode
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4
- Father Brown
- Lady Felicia
- Sid Carter
- Dinah Fortescue
- Mrs McCarthy
- Father Roland Eager
- Vera Thimble
- Judith Bunyon
- PC Hywel Pugh
- Inspector Sullivan
- Villager
- Villager