The First Images from 'Sister Boniface Mysteries' Season 3 Have Plenty of Murder Weapons
Lorna Watson as Sister Boniface next to a shelf of murder weapons in 'Sister Boniface Mysteries' Season 3
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The good Sister Boniface (Lorna Watson) is returning to BritBox for Season 3 of Sister Boniface Mysteries after her surprise turn on Father Brown Season 11 earlier in 2024. The nun-led spin-off of the long-running adaptation of G. K. Chesterton's short stories starring Mark Williams was an instant hit when BritBox introduced the series as its first major original spin-off in 2022. However, at the time, Father Brown had not created an episode featuring Watson as Sister Boniface since her original one-off appearance in 2013; there was no test "backdoor pilot," as they are known in the industry, where a side character is given a temporary lead in the parent series and the blessing to go off and run their own show.
It took Sister Boniface running for two full seasons and gaining a significant fandom before Father Brown accepted she was here to stay and begrudgingly did a backdoor pilot as part of Season 11, ahead of the Sister Boniface Mysteries' third season and after its first successful Christmas-time themed Festive Special. But no matter. Better late than never, as we say around here. Now that the vespa-riding nun has her blessing, in an episode one should note, backdated to be appropriately timed in the Father Brown universe that it happens pre-Sister Boniface Season 1, fans can look to the future, where Season 3 is setting up to bring some very promising mysteries and a whole lot of murder.
But they don't call this town Great Slaughter for nothing. Check out the first look photos from the new season, which include quite a few fun ways to die. Can you spot them all?
Lorna Watson as Sister Boniface captures a scorpion under a glass in 'Sister Boniface Mysteries' Season 3
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Here's the synopsis for the show's forthcoming third season:
In Season 3, a famous organist is murdered mid-tune in the chapel, Great Slaughter’s first sci-fi convention results in a mysterious kidnapping, and a ‘dead cert’ at the screen tests for the new ‘Agent Best’ ends up, well… dead. To top it all, Felix has a challenge of his own when his fiancée Victoria arrives from Bermuda with an ultimatum that could change everything…
Max Brown as DI Sam Gillespie, Jerry Iwu as DS Felix Livingstone investigating a crime in 'Sister Boniface Mysteries' Season 3
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Watson returns with the rest of the show's regular cast, including Max Brown (The Tudors) as Detective Inspector Sam Gillespie, Jerry Iwu (Sex Education) as Detective Sergeant Felix Livingstone, and Ami Metcalf (Nan) as Constable WPC Peggy Button. Guest stars for Season 3 that have been confirmed so far will include Luke Roberts (The Tourist) as Kingsley Markham and Denis Lawson (Victoria) as Lincoln Leigh Varsey.
Ami Metcalf as Constable WPC Peggy Button in 'Sister Boniface Mysteries' Season 3
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Series creator Jude Tindall is the head writer for Season 3's eight episodes, with Ian Barber as lead director. Executive producers include Stephen Nye, Will Trotter, Emily Powers, and Jonathan Karas for BritBox.
Sister Boniface Mysteries Season 3 will premiere on BritBox on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, with two episodes. It will follow a two-episode-a-week format for its four-week run.
