Grantchester is a British ITV detective drama set in the 1950s village of the same name in Cambridgeshire. Both James Norton’s Sidney Chambers and Tom Brittney’s William Davenport have a sideline in sleuthing with the assistance of Detective Inspector Geordie Keating (Robson Green).
A second season aired between March and April 2016 and a third season premiered on April 23, 2017. On 12 April 2018, it was announced that the fourth season would be the final to feature James Norton in the starring role.
In the fourth season, Tom Brittney as Reverend Will Davenport took up the lead role from Norton. The fifth season began in January of 2020. A sixth season was ordered on July 17, 2020, and transmission began on September 3, 2021.
A seventh season was ordered on July 28, 2021, and filming began in the summer of 2021, with Brittney directing for the first time. It premiered on March 11, 2022, and ended on April 15, 2022.
The Release Date for Season 7 of Grantchester
The seventh season of Grantchester is a six-parter that premieres on PBS Masterpiece on Sunday, 10 July 2022 at 9 p.m./8 p.m. central time.
New episodes continue to air weekly until August. This season aired earlier in 2022 in the United Kingdom; episodes are now available on the ITV Hub.
Who Is in the Cast of Grantchester Season 7?
Robson Green returns for the seventh season of Grantchester as DI George “Geordie” Keating. Tom Brittney reprises his role as his detective partner Rev. Will Davenport.
- Tessa Peake-Jones reprises her role as Mrs. Chapman,
- while Al Weaver plays Leonard Finch,
- Kacey Ainsworth is Geordie’s wife Cathy Keating,
- Oliver Dimsdale portrays Daniel Marlowe,
- Nick Brimble as Jack Chapman,
- Melissa Johns is Miss Scott, and
- Bradley Hall is Larry Peters.
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Is Grantchester Based on a Series of Books?
The series is based on James Runcie’s short story collection The Grantchester Mysteries. The first series, which aired in 2014, was based on the six stories from the first book, Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death.
What Is the Plot of Season 7 of Grantchester?
Fans of Grantchester will be glad to learn that the program will continue to have Geordie and Will charged with investigating intriguing cases in the community, as well as navigating significant personal upheavals.
This season, Grantchester Episode 3 will mark the directing debut of Reverend Will actor Brittney.
In other words, The seventh season of Grantchester begins during the long, hot summer of 1959 when the Cambridgeshire village is in the midst of wedding season.
Detective Inspector Geordie Keating is as busy as ever investigating a variety of local murder cases as the Reverend Will Davenport unites happy couples in holy matrimony.
The issue of what the future holds is on everyone’s mind, including Will’s, as the start of a new decade approaches. However, before the 1950s give way to the Swinging Sixties, there are crimes to investigate and life-altering decisions to make that may alter Grantchester for all time.
Summary
Anglican clergyman and former Scots Guards officer Sidney Chambers (James Norton) and his successor Will Davenport (Tom Brittney) form an unexpected relationship with the overworked Detective Inspector Geordie Keating (Robson Green) to solve crimes in the 1950s Cambridgeshire village of Grantchester.
Chambers’ more intuitive ways of eliciting information from witnesses and suspects are complemented by Keating’s rough, analytical approach to policing.
Several subplots concern Leonard Finch’s homosexuality prior to the decriminalization of male homosexuality in England and Wales (1967).