Quotes by and posts relating to one of the most influential authors of the 20th century, G.K. Chesterton
Friday, May 13, 2011
BBC Documentary on GKC's "Father Brown"
The BBC did a half-hour documentary on GKC's "Father Brown" stories (since 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Innocence of Father Brown, the first collection of Father Brown stories. http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b010xzzf/
Hi Mike, Please warn your readers against the BBC Father Brown television series, which uses the name as a peg to hang stories not remotely related to Chesterton, updated to the 1950's (apparently BBC believes we prefer to watch programmes set in a time some of us can remember) with Catholic services in Anglican churches, and a slew of characters more suited to Downton Abbey than to anything claiming a link to Chesterton.
Hi Mike, Please warn your readers against the BBC Father Brown television series, which uses the name as a peg to hang stories not remotely related to Chesterton, updated to the 1950's (apparently BBC believes we prefer to watch programmes set in a time some of us can remember) with Catholic services in Anglican churches, and a slew of characters more suited to Downton Abbey than to anything claiming a link to Chesterton.
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