Grantchester 

A Cambridgeshire clergyman finds himself investigating a series of mysterious wrongdoings in his small village of Grantchester.

Creator:

Daisy Coulam

Stars:

James Norton, Robson Green, Tessa Peake-Jones

1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
James Norton	...	Sidney Chambers 21 episodes, 2014-2019
Robson Green	...	Geordie Keating 21 episodes, 2014-2019
Tessa Peake-Jones	...	Mrs. Maguire / ... 21 episodes, 2014-2019
Al Weaver	...	Leonard Finch 20 episodes, 2014-2019
Morven Christie	...	Amanda Hopkins / ... 19 episodes, 2014-2017
Kacey Ainsworth	...	Cathy Keating 17 episodes, 2014-2019
Seline Hizli	...	Margaret Ward 13 episodes, 2016-2017
Skye Lucia Degruttola	...	Esme Keating 13 episodes, 2014-2019
Lorne MacFadyen	...	Phil Wilkinson 11 episodes, 2016-2017
Tom Austen	...	Guy Hopkins 11 episodes, 2014-2017

Storyline

It's 1953, and Sidney Chambers is vicar of Grantchester, a village just outside Cambridge. Sidney's life is a quiet life - right up until the moment that murder comes his way. Pushed into the dangerous world of lies, betrayal and murder, Sidney quickly finds that his insight into the human condition, and the natural trust that he engenders in people, means that he excels in his new position as 'detective'. Joining Sidney as he journeys into this dark world is the affable but world-weary Detective Inspector Geordie Keating, the naive, but well-meaning curate Leonard Finch, and his austere and constantly disapproving housekeeper Mrs Maguire. But crime isn't the only matter that occupies Sidney. He's smitten with the witty, beautiful, Amanda, but could high society Amanda ever be allowed to marry a lowly country vicar? Can you still see the best in people when the world of murder asks you to see the worst?

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Plot Keywords:

1950s | amateur detective | england | priest | vicar | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 January 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Гранчестер

Filming Locations:

Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lovely Day

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Both Tom Austen (Guy) and Morven Christie (Amanda) made guest appearances in Poirot. Austen had a minor role, while Christie's was more substantial.

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Goofs

As Chambers and Geordie arrive in London on the train there is a board showing the calling points. The first three are Cambridge, Shelford and Foxton. There are two lines between Cambridge and London. Shelford and Foxton are the first station out of Cambridge on different lines so a train cannot have called at both of them.

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Connections

Featured in Too Much TV: Episode #1.13 (2016)

User Reviews

Just One Problem

Another generally awesome series: England in the postwar period (like about a million other British shows, set in their favorite time after they kept calm and carried on and beat down the Nazi's along with us). Murders. Super cute intellectual and troubled vicar. Nerdy gay assistant vicar. Copish working class cop detective who lets the vicar team up with him. Landladyish meddling church lady housekeeper. English village. Beer drinking in charming pubs.

Only one problem: the casting of Morven Christie as the vicar's friend and one true love who marries some upper class toff because a vicar is just too common. It's just impossible (for me and friends) to see anything all that great about her. She spurned her obvious life mate because her parents demanded that she marry into the gentry, a pretty high hurdle to jump and still seem sympathetic. Christie did not manage this. She projects nothing that makes her anyone special to care about. She even looks older than Sidney. The totally adorable Sidney Chambers deserves far better. There are dozens of good British female actors in the right age range that would have made it work.

But worth watching anyway.