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* DeathByLookingUp: In "Sister Town", the VictimOfTheWeek Ellis Everett yanks hard on a cord to free a jammed curtain at a plaque unveiling, only for the sabotaged heavy metal plaque to come away from the wall. Ellis has just enough time to look up before it lands on his head, killing him.
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* FaceplantingInFood: In "Queen of the Kitchen", the VictimOfTheWeek is poisoned with belladonna and collapses: falling forward and face-planting in her cake.

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* FaceplantingInFood: In "Queen of the Kitchen", the VictimOfTheWeek is poisoned with belladonna and collapses: falling forward and face-planting in her cake.



* ImpairmentShot: In "Queen of the Kitchen", the VictimOfTheWeek is poisoned with belladonna, and then asks the woman she is talking to what is wrong with her face. The camera the cuts to her POV, showing the woman's face twisting and deforming as the belladonna kicks in. The victim then accuses the woman of being a demon before face-planting in a cake.

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* ImpairmentShot: In "Queen of the Kitchen", the VictimOfTheWeek is poisoned with belladonna, and then asks the woman she is talking to what is wrong with her face. The camera the cuts to her POV, showing the woman's face twisting and deforming as the belladonna kicks in. The victim then accuses the woman of being a demon before [[FaceplantingInFood face-planting in a cake.cake]].

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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The killer in "Love and Other Puzzles" is a SerialKiller who poisons the wine of the women from the lonely hearts column he is romancing.

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The killer in "Love and Other Puzzles" is a SerialKiller who poisons the wine of the women from the lonely hearts column he is romancing.romancing.
** In "Queen of the Kitchen", the killer [plants poisonous belladonna berries atop a cake intending the poison the judge of a cooking competition.
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* MurderByMistake: In "Queen of the Kitchen", the killer [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink plants poisonous belladonna berries atop a cake]] intending the poison the judge of a cooking competition. However, the contestant who made the cake spots that there are too many "blackcurrants" on the cake, pulls the extra ones off and eats them.
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* ImpairmentShot: In "Queen of the Kitchen", the VictimOfTheWeek is poisoned with belladonna, and then asks the woman she is talking to what is wrong with her face. The camera the cuts to her POV, showing the woman's face twisting and deforming as the belladonna kicks in. The victim then accuses the woman of being a demon before face-planting in a cake.
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Within the backdrop of 1960s England, the series is set in the fictional town of Great Slaughter in Cotswolds. Sister Boniface (Lorna Watson) is a devout Catholic nun residing at St. Vincent's Convent. Embracing a unique blend of faith and intellect, she not only fulfills her religious obligations but is also a wine-maker and holds a [=PhD=] in forensic science. This rare combination of skills positions her as an invaluable scientific consultant to the local law enforcement, lending her expertise to their ongoing investigations. Other characters include DI Sam Gillespie (Max Brown), DS Felix Livingstone (Jerry Iwu), reporter Ruth Penny (Creator/MirandaRaison) and WPC Peggy Button (Ami Metcalf).

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Within the backdrop of 1960s England, the series is set in the fictional town of Great Slaughter in the Cotswolds. Sister Boniface (Lorna Watson) is a devout Catholic nun residing at St. Vincent's Convent. Embracing a unique blend of faith and intellect, she not only fulfills her religious obligations but is also a wine-maker and holds a [=PhD=] in forensic science. This rare combination of skills positions her as an invaluable scientific consultant to the local law enforcement, lending her expertise to their ongoing investigations. Other characters include DI Sam Gillespie (Max Brown), DS Felix Livingstone (Jerry Iwu), reporter Ruth Penny (Creator/MirandaRaison) and WPC Peggy Button (Ami Metcalf).
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* SeriousBusiness: In "Dem Bones", the locals are more concerned that the discovery of a body buried in the allotments interrupts the judging of the annual 'Largest Marrow' contest than the fact there has been a murder: especially as the marrows and the scales have been sealed off as part of the crime scene, so the contest can't be resolved until the police release it.
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* GardeningVarietyWeapon: The murder weapon in "Dem Bones" is a three-prong cultivator kept in one of the sheds on the allotment.
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* TheMole: In "Scoop!", Sister Boniface is called by DI Gillespie to the home of minister of defence, Charles Stratham, where guest Mary Sparkes was found dead at the bottom of a staircase. As the investigation proceeds, a missing secret document concerning Britain's next generation of nuclear missiles points to KGB involvement, and it becomes apparent that one of the guests may be a KGB agent.
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* TaintedTobacco: In "Scoop!", the murderer uses poisoned tobacco as half of the the murder weapon. Their cigarettes are laced with one half of a binary nerve agent. They exhale the tainted smoke over the victim, and when the victim applies the second half of the nerve agent--which has been added to her perfume--it completes the reaction and triggers the nerve agent.
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* CurtainCamouflage: In "Scoop!", Ruth is snooping around the minister's study when the minister enters and she hurriedly conceals herself behind the curtains. Hidden here, she overhears a compromising argument between the minister and his wife.
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Within the backdrop of 1960s England, the series is set in the fictional town of Great Slaughter in Cotswolds. Sister Boniface is a devout Catholic nun residing at St. Vincent's Convent. Embracing a unique blend of faith and intellect, she not only fulfills her religious obligations but is also a wine-maker and holds a [=PhD=] in forensic science. This rare combination of skills positions her as an invaluable scientific consultant to the local law enforcement, lending her expertise to their ongoing investigations.

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Within the backdrop of 1960s England, the series is set in the fictional town of Great Slaughter in Cotswolds. Sister Boniface (Lorna Watson) is a devout Catholic nun residing at St. Vincent's Convent. Embracing a unique blend of faith and intellect, she not only fulfills her religious obligations but is also a wine-maker and holds a [=PhD=] in forensic science. This rare combination of skills positions her as an invaluable scientific consultant to the local law enforcement, lending her expertise to their ongoing investigations. Other characters include DI Sam Gillespie (Max Brown), DS Felix Livingstone (Jerry Iwu), reporter Ruth Penny (Creator/MirandaRaison) and WPC Peggy Button (Ami Metcalf).
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* FrameUp: In "My Brother's Keeper", the killer plants the stolen painting in Alfie Lynch's room to frame him for the theft and Gerry Ardwell's murder.


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* SmokescreenCrime: In "My Brother's Keeper", the killer steals a valuable painting from the gallery (and later plants it in Alfie Lynch's room as a FrameUp) to make it look like the painting was the actual target and Gerry Ardwell's murder was just collateral damage, when Ardwell was the real target all along.
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* CausticCritic: In "My Brother's Keeper", one of the suspects is caustic art critic Dicky Whitfield, who was involved a very public feud the VictimOfTheWeek, egocentric artist Gerry Ardwell.
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* HandGag: At the start of "My Brother's Keeper", a dark figure sneaks into Sister Reggie's room and puts a gloved hand over her mouth before waking her. Reggie [[GrievousBottleyHarm smashes a jug over his head]] before realising it is her brother Alfie.

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* HandGag: HandGagging: At the start of "My Brother's Keeper", a dark figure sneaks into Sister Reggie's room and puts a gloved hand over her mouth before waking her. Reggie [[GrievousBottleyHarm smashes a jug over his head]] before realising it is her brother Alfie.
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* GrievousBottleyHarm: In "My Brother's Keeper", Sister Reggie is awoken with a HandGag over her mouth. She grabs an empty glass jug off her nightstand and smashes it over the intruder's head before realising it is her brother Alfie.
* HandGag: At the start of "My Brother's Keeper", a dark figure sneaks into Sister Reggie's room and puts a gloved hand over her mouth before waking her. Reggie [[GrievousBottleyHarm smashes a jug over his head]] before realising it is her brother Alfie.
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* BadHabits: Combined with DisguisedInDrag in "My Brother's Keeper", when Sister Reggie hides her brother Alfie, who is on the run from the police, in the convent by dressing him in a nun's habit.
* BedsheetLadder: In "My Brother's Keeper", Sister Reginald's incorrigible brother Alfie Lynch uses a bedsheet ladder to climb out of Mrs Clam's boarding house after curfew.


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* BrigBallBouncing: While stuck in Mrs Clam's boarding house in "My Brother's Keeper", Sister Reggie's brother Alfie does this in his room.


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* DisguisedInDrag: Combined with BadHabits in "My Brother's Keeper", when Sister Reggie hides her brother Alfie, who is on the run from the police, in the convent by dressing him in a nun's habit.
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* SerialKiller: In "Love and Other Puzzles", Sister Boniface is called to examine the body of Hilary Sympson-Smythe who has died mysteriously, her face covered in cold cream and a completed jigsaw with one piece missing. A lonely hearts connection to Ruth Penny's newspaper leads Gillespie and Livingstone to investigate the male respondents. Ruth believes there is another victim who died in identical circumstances. A third victim is murdered with the only clue some mud from a shoe.
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* SerialKillerBaiting: In "Love and Other Puzzles", Gillespie and Livingstone narrow the suspects to three men and then to one, but with no evidence, they need a potential victim to attract the killer. Their landlady Mrs Clam volunteers.
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* CallingCard: The SerialKiller in "Love and Other Puzzles" leaves his victims with their faces slathered in cold cream in front of a completed jigsaw with one piece missing.


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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The killer in "Love and Other Puzzles" is a SerialKiller who poisons the wine of the women from the lonely hearts column he is romancing.
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Within the backdrop of 1960s England, the series is set in the fictional town of Great Slaughter in Cotswolds. Sister Boniface is a devout Catholic nun residing at St. Vincent's Convent. Embracing a unique blend of faith and intellect, she not only fulfills her religious obligations but also showcases her remarkable talents as a wine-maker and holds a [=PhD=] in forensic science. This rare combination of skills positions her as an invaluable scientific consultant to the local law enforcement, lending her expertise to their ongoing investigations.

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Within the backdrop of 1960s England, the series is set in the fictional town of Great Slaughter in Cotswolds. Sister Boniface is a devout Catholic nun residing at St. Vincent's Convent. Embracing a unique blend of faith and intellect, she not only fulfills her religious obligations but is also showcases her remarkable talents as a wine-maker and holds a [=PhD=] in forensic science. This rare combination of skills positions her as an invaluable scientific consultant to the local law enforcement, lending her expertise to their ongoing investigations.
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* WhichWireDilemma: In "Lights, Camera, Murder!", Sister Boniface and DI Gillespie have to defuse a bomb, with Sister Boniface trying to remember the half a lesson she had in bomb disposal when she worked at wartime Bletchley Park. She tells DI Gillespie they need to cut a particular wire, which is usually red, with a pair of wire-cutters. He tells her they don't have any wire-cutters and none of the wires are red.

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* WhichWireDilemma: WireDilemma: In "Lights, Camera, Murder!", Sister Boniface and DI Gillespie have to defuse a bomb, with Sister Boniface trying to remember the half a lesson she had in bomb disposal when she worked at wartime Bletchley Park. She tells DI Gillespie they need to cut a particular wire, which is usually red, with a pair of wire-cutters. He tells her they don't have any wire-cutters and none of the wires are red.
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* WhichWireDilemma: In "Lights, Camera, Murder!", Sister Boniface and DI Gillespie have to defuse a bomb, with Sister Boniface trying to remember the half a lesson she had in bomb disposal when she worked at wartime Bletchley Park. She tells DI Gillespie they need to cut a particular wire, which is usually red, with a pair of wire-cutters. He tells her they don't have any wire-cutters and none of the wires are red.
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* BombDisposal: In "Lights, Camera, Murder!", DI Gillespie realises the bullet and electrocution reflected scenes from the episode of ''Operation QT'' being filmed and the last scene features a briefcase containing a bomb. Sister Boniface, who had rudimentary training in bomb disposal when she worked at wartime Bletchley Park, lends a hand.
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* HighVoltageDeath: In "Lights, Camera, Murder!", producer Dick Lansky is found dead in a chair, electrocuted; mimicking a torture scene found in the script.

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Within the backdrop of 1960s England, the series is set in the fictional town of Great Slaughter in Cotswolds. Sister Boniface is a devout Catholic nun residing at St. Vincent's Convent. Embracing a unique blend of faith and intellect, she not only fulfills her religious obligations but also showcases her remarkable talents as a wine-maker and holds a PhD in forensic science. This rare combination of skills positions her as an invaluable scientific consultant to the local law enforcement, lending her expertise to their ongoing investigations.

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Within the backdrop of 1960s England, the series is set in the fictional town of Great Slaughter in Cotswolds. Sister Boniface is a devout Catholic nun residing at St. Vincent's Convent. Embracing a unique blend of faith and intellect, she not only fulfills her religious obligations but also showcases her remarkable talents as a wine-maker and holds a PhD [=PhD=] in forensic science. This rare combination of skills positions her as an invaluable scientific consultant to the local law enforcement, lending her expertise to their ongoing investigations.
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''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 ''Series/FatherBrown'', as the Sister Boniface character was introduced in a ''Father Brown'' episode (Series 1, Episode 6: "The Bride of Christ").

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''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.[=BritBox=]. It is a spin-off of ''Series/FatherBrown'', as the Sister Boniface character was introduced in a ''Father Brown'' episode (Series 1, Episode 6: "The Bride of Christ").
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''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 ''Series/FatherBrown'', as the Sister Boniface character was introduced in a ''Father Brown'' episode (Series 1, Episode 6: "The Bride of Christ").

Within the backdrop of 1960s England, the series is set in the fictional town of Great Slaughter in Cotswolds. Sister Boniface is a devout Catholic nun residing at St. Vincent's Convent. Embracing a unique blend of faith and intellect, she not only fulfills her religious obligations but also showcases her remarkable talents as a wine-maker and holds a PhD in forensic science. This rare combination of skills positions her as an invaluable scientific consultant to the local law enforcement, lending her expertise to their ongoing investigations.
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* NotSoFakePropWeapon: In "Lights, Camera, Murder!", top television spy series ''Operation QT'' is filming at the convent, and when a real bullet is fired narrowly missing the leading actor, Sister Boniface investigates. Together with DS Livingstone, Sister Boniface works out the real target was the show producer Dick Lansky, who has many enemies on and off set and a roving eye for the actresses.
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