Grantchester
Faith & religionBelief, doubt and religious institutions.This show: 8/10Detective mysteryCrime-solving from the investigator's side of the table.This show: 8/10British TVThe British television sensibility: tone, restraint and format traditions.This show: 8/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 8/10Small townA tight community where everyone knows everyone.This show: 7/10ProceduralA case or problem of the week, solved by a formula that works.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Robson GreenTessa Peake-JonesAl WeaverKacey AinsworthBradley HallNick Brimble
Written by
Daisy Coulam
Starring
Robson GreenTessa Peake-JonesAl WeaverKacey AinsworthBradley HallNick Brimble
Written by
Daisy Coulam
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Grantchester Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.1 | |||
| S2 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 8.4 | |||
| S3 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 8.1 | |||
| S4 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.9 | |||
| S5 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.9 | |||
| S6 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 8.1 | |
| S7 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 8.5 | |||
| S8 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 8.1 | |||
| S9 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 8.6 | |
| S10 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.2 | |
| S11 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 9.0 |
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About
"A vicar and a cop, quietly wrestling with sin"
Set in a sleepy English village in the 1950s, this cozy mystery pairs a vicar with a gruff local police detective to solve murders that ripple through the parish. Beneath the tea-and-cardigans surface it's surprisingly interested in grief, guilt, and faith, and the central friendship carries real warmth. Cases are gentle rather than gritty, wrapped up neatly each episode, with the emotional weight coming from the leads' personal lives rather than shocking crime plotting. It's comfort viewing with a melancholy streak, best enjoyed slowly rather than binged.
Watch it for
the unlikely, deeply warm friendship between a clergyman and a world-weary detective.
Maybe skip if
you want tense, twisty crime plotting rather than gentle character-driven mysteries.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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Season 12014
7.84K65h
Handsome, young vicar Sidney Chambers shares his spiritual duties with a love of jazz, complicated relationships with women, and an enthusiasm for amateur sleuthing. When the concern of a parishioner compels him to dig deeper into a grisly suicide, he gets on the nerve of a tired, local law enforcement officer—Inspector Geordie Keating. Fortunately, the cleric and the cop bond over their war service, their love of a good pub, and their competitive instincts—in this case, for backgammon.
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Season 22016
8.03K65h 4m
The burning issues of post–World War II Britain provide the backdrop to the new season's cases: class conflict, the death penalty, homosexuality, the looming sexual revolution, the communist threat, rationing, and the persistent effects of combat on war veterans such as Sidney and Geordie, who are just trying to get on with their lives and make society safe, secure, and a bit fun.
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Season 32017
7.93K76h 10m
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Season 42019
7.63K65h 12m
It's 1956, and Elvis Presley has Geordie grumbling about the decline of decency, while mold in the vestry has Mrs. Chapman grumbling about baking soda vs. vinegar. But it's action, not grousing, that Sidney craves, and when an African American reverend arrives to speak about religion's role in the civil rights movement, Sidney finds inspiration...and perhaps something more!
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Season 52020
7.62K66h
It's 1957, and Will Davenport has settled into his role as the vicar of Grantchester, preaching to a packed church. His best friend, Detective Inspector Geordie Keating, has come to accept his wife Cathy's commitment to her job – just about. Mrs C. happily juggles her roles as the vicarage housekeeper and being a well-to-do married woman, and after a trip to Marrakech, even Leonard has managed to carve out some happiness with Daniel. But Will's faith will be thoroughly tested as he and Geordie are reminded once more that there's darkness lurking in their little corner of Cambridgeshire...
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Season 62021
7.83K86h 46m
It’s 1958 and trouble is brewing in the Cambridgeshire village of Grantchester. Reverend Will Davenport relishes his role as a firebrand vicar, willing to rock the boat and challenge conventions to help people. But the very role he loves puts him at odds with his own ideals when his kind-hearted curate, Leonard Finch is caught up in a scandal.
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Season 72022
7.82K65h 12m
With a new decade just around the corner, the question of what the future holds is on everyone's minds, not least Will's, but before the 50s roll over into the swinging sixties there are some crimes to solve and some life-changing decisions to be made that might change life in Grantchester forever.
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Season 82024
7.52K65h 20m
Will is the happiest he's ever been, but his world will be rocked by a terrible accident. He's always preached the word of a compassionate God – but how can he now, when his despair leads him on a dangerous downward spiral? Geordie has found a new contentment in his relationship with Cathy, but when they are both confronted with shocking announcements at work their happiness is threatened. As Mrs C, Leonard, Jack and Daniel rally around, both Will and Geordie find themselves in unfamiliar, emotional waters and murder is always around the corner.
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Season 92025
7.92K86h 7m
It's 1961 and life is good for Will and Geordie. The families are always together, from Sunday lunches to planning summer holidays and with honorary Grandparents Mrs C and Jack, and adopted uncles Daniel and Leonard, it's one big happy family! But when Will is approached with a life changing offer, can he leave Grantchester, and Geordie behind?
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Season 102026
7.92K86h
Rejoin our extended Grantchester family in 1962, encountering everything from the dawn of computers to the novelty of pockets in women's clothes. Murder takes center stage of course, and Geordie taps into Alphy's intuition to probe homicides on church grounds, in a foundling home, within the police station itself, and more.
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Season 11
8.11K8
Final Season
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Robson Green DI Geordie Keating, Geordie Keating
Tessa Peake-Jones Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. Maguire
Al Weaver Leonard Finch
Kacey Ainsworth Cathy Keating
Bradley Hall Larry Peters
Nick Brimble Jack Chapman
Oliver Dimsdale Daniel Marlowe
Skye Lucia Degruttola Esme Keating
Melissa Johns Miss Scott
Tom Brittney Will Davenport
Crew
Daisy Coulam
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