Absolutely shocked to hear this. One of my favourite television writers of this century has left us, what a terrible shame. The rest of us all need to seriously raise our game.

Father Brown and Shakespeare & Hathaway writer Jude Tindall dies – tributes paid

The writer passed away shortly after filming on the fourth season of Sister Boniface Mysteries began.

In a time when no sitcoms are getting made, the sorts of light mystery shows that Tindall wrote on are some of the closest equivalents we’ve had, and she was the Galton and Simpson of them. Watch Father Brown: The Star of Jacob to see all her character, comedy and pathos.