<Tr> <Th> 70 </Th> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> "The Two Deaths of Hercule Flambeau" </Td> <Td> Paul Gibson </Td> <Td> Kit Lambert </Td> <Td> 12 January 2018 (2018 - 01 - 12) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Two items catch Father Brown's eye in the newspaper: Flambeau's death in Italy and the Iron Crown of Lombardy containing a nail from the True Cross on display at Gloucester cathedral . Father Brown opens a letter with a key that Flambeau had sent to him a few days before his death . A woman claiming to be his wife Lisandra Flambeau wants the key, but it is stolen while the presbytery is empty . Father Brown becomes part of an elaborate plan of Flambeau and his wife to steal the crown requiring a key and a combination to a safe . Flambeau double crosses his wife and to flush out her husband, she injects Father Brown with a slow - acting poison . </Td> </Tr> <P> On 14 June 2018, the BBC announced that the crime drama would be returning for a seventh series in early 2019, with filming having taken place during the summer of 2018 . No indication was given as to how many episodes it would comprise . </P> <P> Father Brown has been sold to 162 territories by BBC Worldwide . Broadcasters across the world including Australia (ABC), the Netherlands (KRO - NCRV, BBC First), Finland (YLE), Sweden (TV8), Denmark (DR), Norway (NRK), Estonia (ETV) and Iceland (RÚV). In the US, Father Brown has been sold to 40 public television stations with a reach of 30% of all US television households . The first four series were added to Netflix streaming service on 31 March 2017 . </P>

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