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📊 Series Specifications
Network BBC One
Episode Runtime ~60 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 6
Original Language EN
Broken (2017)
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Ended Series Status:
This series has concluded and all seasons are available for tracking.
Synopsis
Father Michael, a Catholic priest presiding over a Northern urban parish, who is modern, maverick, and reassuringly flawed, must be confidante, counselor and confessor to a congregation struggling to reconcile its beliefs with the challenges of daily life.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
6 Episodes E1 Christine
Father Michael reaches out to a troubled parishioner, a single mother-of-three, who is badly struggling for money after a series of unfortunate events - but she rejects his attempts to help.
E2 Helen
Father Michael counsels a desperate gambler, and a devoted mother witnesses the fatal police shooting of her mentally ill son - a tragedy the priest thinks he could have prevented.
E3 Andrew
With the community in shock, Father Michael comforts PC Powell, who is being pressured to back up his colleagues' questionable version of events.
E4 Roz
Father Michael risks breaking the seal of confession as he tries to help Roz Demichelis, while his childhood flashbacks intensify as his mother's condition deteriorates.
E5 Carl
Father Michael has to mediate when Helen's devout brother, Daniel, clashes violently with her gay neighbour, Carl, as all try to come to terms with Vernon's death.
E6 Father Michael
Father Michael makes a confession and Chloe wreaks a devastating revenge.