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Shows Like Father Brown

A mild-mannered priest with an uncanny gift for unmasking murderers has never gone out of style. Here are the cozy British mysteries worth watching after Father Brown, and where to stream each one in the US.

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Sister Boniface Mysteries

Sister Boniface Mysteries

2022–present · BritBox · BritBox

The official Father Brown spin-off — a Vespa-riding, forensically-minded nun solves murders in the same cozy Cotswolds universe, first introduced in a 2013 episode of Father Brown itself.

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Grantchester

Grantchester

2014–2026 · ITV · PBS Passport

Another crime-solving clergyman, this time an Anglican vicar in 1950s Cambridgeshire — the same warm partnership between faith and detection, with a bit more romantic drama woven through.

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Miss Marple

Miss Marple (1984)

1984–1992 · BBC · BritBox

Joan Hickson's definitive Miss Marple pieces together village secrets with quiet, unassuming brilliance — a different detective entirely, but the same warm, unhurried village-mystery tradition.

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Rosemary & Thyme

Rosemary & Thyme

2003–2007 · ITV · BritBox

Two amateur sleuths who happen to be gardeners keep stumbling into murders across the English countryside — gentle, witty, and packed with the same beautiful rural scenery Father Brown fans love.

This one's ended — three series, complete.

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Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989–2013 · ITV · BritBox

David Suchet's definitive Poirot solves elegant, meticulously plotted mysteries — a different kind of eccentric genius than Father Brown, but the same golden-age tradition of clever, self-contained puzzles.

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Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997–present · ITV · Acorn TV

The genre's granddaddy — wildly inventive murders in impossibly picturesque villages, with a shockingly high body count and the same gentle, low-violence comfort as Kembleford.

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Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

2012–2015 · ABC (Australia) · Acorn TV

A glamorous 1920s Melbourne lady detective solves crimes with style and wit — not British, but from the same Commonwealth golden-age mystery tradition, with the same warmth and period charm.

This one's ended — three series, complete.

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Watch on Acorn TV → Buy the Series →

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