Padre Brown

Commissioned for daytime TV schedules, the first few series were not massive ratings successes in the UK. The BBC contemplated canceling the show until they noticed sales to foreign TV networks were extraordinarily high. This persuaded them to stick with it where it became a slow-burn success with a loyal audience in the UK, especially when episodes became available on the BBC iPlayer and viewers normally out at work binge-watched over the Christmas holidays.

It is not possible to perform Last Rites for a dead or unconscious person. Last Rites is the final Communion given to a dying person to cleans their soul so they will be allowed to enter Heaven when they die. The deceased, or the comatose, cannot eat, drink, or confess.

Featured in The Wright Stuff: Episode #21.1 (2016)