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for sporting glory. There is always a price that comes with being overbearing. Arnold is typical of fathers that wants to see his daughters succeed where he failed.</p><p id="b63f">Earlier in life, as his wife reveals to Father Brown, Arnold was a rugby player. His health issues prevented him from continuing to play the sport. When Arnold discovered his daughters talents as runners, noting his own failings, he pushed them to succeed.</p><figure id="6d81"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*x1wN2arMYjKvqSf4c_ixsg.png"><figcaption>Screen Capture: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4562135/?ref_=tt_cl_t3">Gabrielle Dempsey</a> and <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5032640/?ref_=tt_cl_t4">Lucy Chappell</a> as Sarah Francis and Angelica Francis, respectively, in “Father Brown”</figcaption></figure><p id="9a7f">Sarah, as demonstrated early in the episode, is prepared to cheat and lie in order to achieve the goals her father sets. She isn’t someone that can be completely trusted. Georgina, unlike her sister, was never really interested in running track. It turns out the only reason Georgina competed in track events was to please her father.</p><p id="a446">The experiment, even though no one sees Jacob vanish, is seemingly a success. as He provides Father Brown with accurate results for a horse race that had yet to have occurred. This doesn’t please Sid as he appears to have backed a different horse in the same race. Jacob, as Father Brown uncovers later in the episode, set every clock in the residence seven minutes slow. This gave him enough time to record the horse race in advance of the experiment and play it back at the right moment.</p><p id="edf6">The episode took a nasty turn when Jacob accuses his uncle, Arnold, of murdering his father. Jacob, explaining himself to Father Brown, reveals history is fixed. Temporal Modification Negation Theory, apparently a real thing, only allows for observational time travel. Jacob’s death, coming soon thereafter, is a surprise to almost everyone. His death is made to reflect the same way his father died.</p><p id="d415">Inspector Valentine (<a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0817563/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t9">Hugo Speer</a>), before his promotion to Chief Inspector and relocation to London, was the person responsible for investigating Fredrick Francis’s death. Father Brown recognises that Kembleford’s former police inspector had his shortcomings.</p><figure id="d230"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*JyrNxreiHzReJamAgrwLPA.png"><figcaption>Screen Capture: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931247/?ref_=tt_cl_t6">Mark Williams</a> and <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0150457/?ref_=tt_cl_t10">Tom Chambers</a> as Father Brown and Inspector Sullivan, respectively, in “Father Brown”</figcaption></figure><p id="19c9">Inspector Sullivan (<a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0150457/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t10">Tom Chambers</a>), even more than his predecessor, becomes increasingly angered whenever Father Brown inserts himself into police investigations. It is difficult to tell whether the police inspector is more irritated with Father Brown meddling or his success rate.</p><p id="66c0">Father Brown, seeing an opportunity to smoke out the killer, uses Jacob’s time machine. The priest, knowing that the time machine didn’t really work, understood the killer didn’t know that fact. This is where the killer reveals herself.</p><p id="bb01">Sarah had killed her uncle Fredrick because

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he had discovered she stole strychnine from his lab and had been using it as a performance enhancer. Using strychnine is what gave Sarah an edge at the previous Olympic Games. Not wanting to risk being discovered, actually believing that the time machine worked, Sarah killed Jacob to prevent him revealing her secret.</p><h1 id="89dc">Previously …</h1><div id="5862" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/father-brown-s03-e10-the-judgement-of-man-242176c7b88"> <div> <div> <h2>‘Father Brown’: S03.E10. “The Judgement of Man”</h2> <div><h3>The local art gallery has the priceless painting ‘The Judgement of Man’</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*NfdlMvDvuGJXRkG7kzetxQ.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="9ff3" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/father-brown-s03-e09-the-truth-in-the-wine-71bb3e6b77b7"> <div> <div> <h2>‘Father Brown’: S03.E09. “The Truth in the Wine”</h2> <div><h3>Father Brown attends Colonel Forbes-Leith’s vineyard open day</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*PzB8bXCtqppmMTMwWsfJfA.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="256e" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/father-brown-s03-e08-the-lair-of-the-libertines-fcff38a0a70c"> <div> <div> <h2>‘Father Brown’: S03.E08. “The Lair of the Libertines”</h2> <div><h3>Madame Chania is organising a weekend of hedonism</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*0ckWNkhzqDzMIyXE8zXXPQ.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="4b15" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/father-brown-s03-e07-the-kembleford-boggart-f2220a875d69"> <div> <div> <h2>‘Father Brown’: S03.E07. “The Kembleford Boggart”</h2> <div><h3>Moxley accuses the travellers of stealing from the church</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*26S6ej_WfVlOAL9-J4zMjw.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="f30a" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/revisiting-father-brown-s03-e06-the-upcott-fraternity-533aa620de1d"> <div> <div> <h2>‘Father Brown’: S03.E06. “The Upcott Fraternity”</h2> <div><h3>Father Brown returns to his alma mater</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*AsBkDM1OPwfjqc9moWdw0A.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

British Network Television

‘Father Brown’: S03.E11. “The Time Machine”

Father Brown visits Jacob when Lady Felicia becomes worried

Screen Capture: Will Attenborough as Jacob Francis in “Father Brown”

The Time Machine, written by series co-developer Tahsin Guner, opens with a teaser reminiscent of Young Frankenstein. As teasers go, not that there haven’t been stranger Father Brown opening scenes, this is significantly out there with Sapphire & Steel.

The lightening storm, coupled with a strange sound coming from an attic room, points to something ominous afoot. Instead of bringing life to a cobbled together creature, the young Jacob Francis (Will Attenborough) claims to have created a functioning time machine. The rest of the family seem utterly baffled, boggled, and bewildered. The excitement seen in Jacob’s facial expression is readily apparent.

It’s always nice, even if Bridgette McCarthy (Sorcha Cusack) disapproves, seeing Father Brown (Mark Williams) enjoying himself. Mrs McCarthy, the parish secretary, is arguably one of the most conservative residents residing in Kembleford. Father Brown, armed with his slingshot, looks to recapture his youth.

The parish secretary, never wanting to see Father Brown experience any real fun, soon finds herself working alone when Sidney “Sid” Carter (Alex Price) pulls up in the Rolls-Royce with Lady Felicia Montague (Nancy Carroll). Her ladyship is concerned with Jacob’s behaviour. His father, having apparently died a year earlier, is seemingly playing on his mind. Whilst the accepted cause of death is suicide, noting Jacob has a different understanding, he believes a member of the immediate family murdered his father.

Arnold (Mark Lewis Jones), and Angelica Francis (Lucy Chappell), supportive of their daughters, Sarah (Gabrielle Dempsey) and Georgina (Alexandra Gilbreath), saw an opportunity for sporting glory. There is always a price that comes with being overbearing. Arnold is typical of fathers that wants to see his daughters succeed where he failed.

Earlier in life, as his wife reveals to Father Brown, Arnold was a rugby player. His health issues prevented him from continuing to play the sport. When Arnold discovered his daughters talents as runners, noting his own failings, he pushed them to succeed.

Screen Capture: Gabrielle Dempsey and Lucy Chappell as Sarah Francis and Angelica Francis, respectively, in “Father Brown”

Sarah, as demonstrated early in the episode, is prepared to cheat and lie in order to achieve the goals her father sets. She isn’t someone that can be completely trusted. Georgina, unlike her sister, was never really interested in running track. It turns out the only reason Georgina competed in track events was to please her father.

The experiment, even though no one sees Jacob vanish, is seemingly a success. as He provides Father Brown with accurate results for a horse race that had yet to have occurred. This doesn’t please Sid as he appears to have backed a different horse in the same race. Jacob, as Father Brown uncovers later in the episode, set every clock in the residence seven minutes slow. This gave him enough time to record the horse race in advance of the experiment and play it back at the right moment.

The episode took a nasty turn when Jacob accuses his uncle, Arnold, of murdering his father. Jacob, explaining himself to Father Brown, reveals history is fixed. Temporal Modification Negation Theory, apparently a real thing, only allows for observational time travel. Jacob’s death, coming soon thereafter, is a surprise to almost everyone. His death is made to reflect the same way his father died.

Inspector Valentine (Hugo Speer), before his promotion to Chief Inspector and relocation to London, was the person responsible for investigating Fredrick Francis’s death. Father Brown recognises that Kembleford’s former police inspector had his shortcomings.

Screen Capture: Mark Williams and Tom Chambers as Father Brown and Inspector Sullivan, respectively, in “Father Brown”

Inspector Sullivan (Tom Chambers), even more than his predecessor, becomes increasingly angered whenever Father Brown inserts himself into police investigations. It is difficult to tell whether the police inspector is more irritated with Father Brown meddling or his success rate.

Father Brown, seeing an opportunity to smoke out the killer, uses Jacob’s time machine. The priest, knowing that the time machine didn’t really work, understood the killer didn’t know that fact. This is where the killer reveals herself.

Sarah had killed her uncle Fredrick because he had discovered she stole strychnine from his lab and had been using it as a performance enhancer. Using strychnine is what gave Sarah an edge at the previous Olympic Games. Not wanting to risk being discovered, actually believing that the time machine worked, Sarah killed Jacob to prevent him revealing her secret.