Re: Re: From the Continent
By: Rob Mccart to MIKE POWELL on Mon Nov 03 2025 08:04:27

Sister Boniface was only made for 4 seasons but Father Brown is
into season 13 for 2026 so it is still going..

I've never seen/heard of these shows, but from what I've read here, I'm wondering if they inspired the US series, The Father Dowling Mysteries.
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Mortar M. wrote to Rob Mccart <=-

I've never seen/heard of these shows, but from what I've read here, I'm wondering if they inspired the US series, The Father Dowling Mysteries.

Was that the show that starred Tom Bosley as Father Dowling?

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Sister Boniface was only made for 4 seasons but Father Brown is
into season 13 for 2026 so it is still going..

I've never seen/heard of these shows, but from what I've read here, I'm wondering if they inspired the US series, The Father Dowling Mysteries.

I never watched Father Dowling but I think it is older than the two British shows in question.

Mike

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Re: Re: Father Brown
By: digimaus to Mortar M. on Tue Nov 04 2025 14:02:29

Was that the show that starred Tom Bosley as Father Dowling?

That's the one. It was one of a handful of non-traditional detective shows like The Snoop Sisters, Diagnosis Murder and Hart to Hart.
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Mortar M. wrote to digimaus <=-

That's the one. It was one of a handful of non-traditional detective shows like The Snoop Sisters, Diagnosis Murder and Hart to Hart.

I enjoyed the show. Tom Bosley seemed to "fit" as Father Dowling.

I watched "Diagnosis: Murder" and "Hart To Hart". I haven't heard of he
first show.

Another show that I really enjoyd was "Murder She Wrote". The Roku
Channel has the entire series available to watch for free.

I especially like "The Rockford Files". Those answering machine
messages could be brutal. XD

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Sister Boniface was only made for 4 seasons but Father Brown is

> > into season 13 for 2026 so it is still going..

I've never seen/heard of these shows, but from what I've read here, I'm

>wondering if they inspired the US series, The Father Dowling Mysteries.

If anyone copied it would be the other way around since Father Dowling
came and went before the first episode of Father Brown..

I think the idea of a Priest or similar solving mysteries has been
around in literature for a long time though.

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