Father Brown 
TV Show
Crime
Drama
Mystery
TV Show
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Updated: 10 April 2023
No rape or sexual assault
Rape or sexual assault mentioned, discussed, implied
Sexual harassment e.g non-consensual grabbing, touching, cat-calling)
Sexual relationship between adult and teenager
Child sex abuse
Incest
Attempted rape
Rape off-screen or strongly implied
Rape on-screen

Description

S1E1: the episode opens with a man and woman in a bedroom getting dressed. She has clearly been raped by him under threat of her husband being killed otherwise, and to ‘pay back’ an unspecified debt. Although the episode makes it clear that the rapist is a bad person, the rape itself is treated by her and the other characters as though it was infidelity on her part, and is never openly acknowledged as a sexual assault. The rapist sexually harrasses another woman later, who throws her drink in his face. He gets murdered. S1E5: a cult leader exploits his female followers to obtain pornographic photos and, it is implied, sexual favours from them. S1E9: a missing young teenage girl’s diary says she was having a sexual relationship with a much older man: it later turns out this was not the case. It is heavily implied towards the end of the episode that she was being sexually abused long-term since her early childhood by another man, but this also turns out in the end not to have been the case. S2E3: a couple argue and the man kisses the woman against her will. It is implied to shut her up or in the heat of the moment. She initially resists but the sexual assault is then framed as a “romantic” kiss. S2E6: a pornographic film is played to a crowd of people who did not want to see it (as viewers, we hear only the soundtrack). A historic case of a teenager being raped and murdered is discussed at one point. S2E8: a young girl is kissed by her (adoptive) father in the start of an attempted rape, which is thankfully interrupted. She ends up in a romantic relationship with her (adoptive) brother. S2E9: sexual harassment happens in an office. S2E10: sexual harassment happens in a bathroom . S3E2: rape is mentioned in passing. S3E8: sex trade is a theme throughout this episode, and one woman in it is murdered. A lesbian character is repeatedly sexually harassed and groped by a sex buyer. S3E9: there is an on-screen attempted rape early in the episode (the victim gets away). S3E14: child sexual abuse and incest discussed throughout the episode, as one of the characters had been molested by her uncle as a young girl. The phenomenon of practicing Catholic paedophiles being protected by the seal of the confessional is alluded to. S4E1: there is a strongly implied rape scene. It is unclear whether the rape occurs or is just attempted, but it is shown onscreen in the form of the shadows/silhouettes of the characters with audio. S4E2: a woman's marriage is arranged by her father for his financial benefit. She describes herself as having been callously sold off by him.

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