History Series / SisterBonifaceMysteries

* CordonBleughChef: In "Queen of the Kitchen", the hopelessly vague Dottie gets confused as to what recipe she is making in the cooking competition. The judge takes one bite and then asks why there are carrots in the banana cake.

* 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.

* HighVoltageDeath: In "Lights, Camera, Murder!", producer Dick Lansky is found dead in a chair, electrocuted; mimicking a torture scene found in the script.

* UnwittingPawn: In "St George's Defence", Evelyn Thurleigh doesn't realise that his "assistant" has been dosing him with experimental "smart drugs" and is horrified when he finds out - especially as the assistant turns out to have murdered the one person who did work it out.

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).

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In "Queen of the Kitchen", Prunella and James Gladwell are blatant caricatures of TV cooks Fanny and Johnny Cradock. In "Don't Try This at Home", while the presenters of the Series/BluePeter expy ''Jolly Roger'' are relatively generic (Danny Lemon is perhaps a ''little'' like John Noakes, but only a little), the editor Dinah Morgan is more obviously based on Biddy Baxter. In "A Tight Squeeze", the film series ''Oh - Do Behave!'' is based on the Film/CarryOn series and there are recognisable caricatures of many of the regulars including Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Williams, Sidney James, Barbara Windsor and Bernard Bresslaw.

** Although it's nowhere near being a WholePlotReference, "The Star of the Orient" has deliberate echoes of Creator/AgathaChristie's Literature/TheMysteryOfTheBlueTrain and Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress. The subplot with the somewhat difficult birth guided by a midwife who is also a nun would also be likely to put most viewers in mind of ''Series/CallTheMidwife''.

** Although it's nowhere near being a WholePlotReference, "The Star of the Orient" has deliberate echoes of Creator/AgathaChristie's Literature/TheMysteryOfTheBlueTrain and Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress.

* GivenNameReveal: In the Christmas special, a young couple announce that they will be naming their baby after Reverend Mother Adrian - which, since the baby is a girl, Sister Boniface thinks is a bad idea (though she doesn't say so out loud). Then they clarify that they will be using the Reverend Mother's ''given'' name, which at this point neither the nuns nor the viewer know. It's left hanging for a while until at the end of the scene it's revealed to be Hecuba. Sister Boniface is still not sure this is a good choice.

* {{Crossover}}: Series/FatherBrown appeared in a S1 episode of this show, and Sister Boniface is to make a guest appearance in S11 of the parent show. An unusual aspect to this is that while the shows share a [[TheVerse 'Verse]], ''Sister Boniface Mysteries'' is set about a decade later than ''Father Brown'', making her crossover into his show into a {{Prequel}}, or at least an {{Interquel}}.

* ShoutOut: Felix tells Winer that he landed in Great Slaughter by Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents.