Image Alt: | Series title against a blue background |
Creator: | Jude Tindall |
Composer: | Michael Price |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Language: | English |
Num Series: | 3 |
Num Episodes: | 29 |
Related: | Father Brown |
Executive Producer: | Stephen Nye Will Trotter Emily Powers Jonathan Karas |
Producer: | Peter Bullock Loretta Preece |
Runtime: | 45 minutes. One 90 minute special. |
Channel: | BritBox |
Sister Boniface Mysteries is a British cosy mystery detective period comedy drama television series, created by Jude Tindall, which is produced by BBC Studios and BritBox. It is a spin-off of Father Brown, as the Sister Boniface character was introduced in a Father Brown episode (Series 1, Episode 6: "The Bride of Christ"). A 10-episode first series premiered on 8 February 2022, on the BritBox streaming service,[1] and released in the UK on the UKTV Drama channel later in 2022.[2] Sister Boniface Mysteries was commissioned for a second series,[3] which began streaming in the US on Britbox on 3 April 2023. Series 3 began streaming on Britbox in the US on 24 April 2024.[4] Filming on Series 4 began in July 2024.[5]
The series is set in England during the early 1960s. Sister Boniface is a Catholic nun at St. Vincent's Convent in the fictional town of Great Slaughter in the Cotswolds. In addition to her religious duties at the convent, she makes wine and has a PhD in forensic science, allowing her to serve as a scientific adviser to the local police on investigations.[6]
The three regularly featured police officers are Detective Inspector Sam Gillespie (revealed in episode 9 to be a former army officer), Detective Sergeant Felix Livingstone (on secondment from the police force of Bermuda) and Constable (WPC) Peggy Button.
Father Brown executive producer Will Trotter anticipated developing a Sister Boniface spin-off as soon as Father Brown had ended. He eventually pitched the concept to Britbox. The series share several writers and directors, such as John Maidens, Paul Gibson, Kit Lambert, Tahsin Guner and Ian Barber.
The location for St Vincent's Convent is Princethorpe College, a Catholic independent day school in Princethorpe, near Rugby, Warwickshire, England.[7]
The location for the town's village hall is in Great Barrington, Gloucestershire. This hall is used multiple times during Series 2.
The location of the hidden radio station in Series 2 Episode 8 "Dead Air" was at Donnington Brewery, which is also home to Mrs Devine's house in Father Brown.
The location of the Spitfire pub is the Bakers Arms in Broad Campden.
Series 2 began streaming in the US on 3 April 2023.
All episodes are available from streaming services.
Series | Release date | ||||
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Region 1 DVD | Region 2 DVD | Region B Blu-ray | Region 2 DVD | ||
Series 1 | 13 September 2022[8] | 16 May 2022[9] | 16 May 2022[10] | 26 January 2024[11] | |
Series 2 | 3 October 2023[12] | 31 July 2023[13] | 31 July 2023[14] | ||
Series 3 | 29 July 2024[15] | 29 July 2024[16] |