ITV’s unlikely crime-solving duo will return sooner than expected.
Robson Green and Tom Brittney are returning to Grantchester sooner than expected, with a premiere date sometime this autumn.
ITV recently named Grantchester alongside a number of returning dramas (including Endeavour and Vera) that would be broadcast later this year.
And following a key announcement across the pond, we could expect Grantchester season six to air as early as September 2021…
The crime drama’s US broadcaster PBS recently revealed that the sixth series would air from 3rd October — and RadioTimes.com understands the US broadcast of Grantchester will follow the UK’s.
In July 2021, we got the news we were hoping for from ITV, who revealed the new series in their autumn preview, meaning we will get new episodes before the year is out.
Brittney and Green will be reprising their respective roles as ITV’s unlikely crime-solving duo: motorcycle-riding Reverend Will Davenport and local detective DI Geordie Keating.
Season six now marks Brittney’s second full run at Grantchester’s resident parish vicar, after replacing James Norton’s Sidney Chambers.
Adapted from the Grantchester Mysteries novels by James Runcie, the show has regularly attracted over five million viewers during its past five seasons.
Read on for everything you need to know about Grantchester season six.
Grantchester season 6 release date
It’s not yet been announced exactly when UK viewers will be able to watch the series on ITV, but we know it will be arriving in autumn 2021, as per ITV’s slate for the coming months.
US viewers can watch Grantchester season six on PBS Masterpiece from 3rd October 2021 at 9pm (EST).
Grantchester resumed production back in October 2020, and PBS (the home for Grantchester across the pond) celebrated the news with a compilation video of cast members’ experiences of adapting to their COVID-safe working environment; including masks in-between takes, and (much needed) post-lockdown haircuts…
They’re back! The cast of #GrantchesterPBS is excited to return to set and get started on Season 6. pic.twitter.com/SIe8Uvk7gE
— MASTERPIECE | PBS (@masterpiecepbs) October 14, 2020
In a statement, Kudos Executive Producer Emma Kingsman-Lloyd said: “In these difficult times we are delighted to be able to film another series of our beloved Grantchester.
“The cast and crew have worked tirelessly to bring the series to the screen and we know the audience are very excited to see what Will, Geordie and the Grantchester family have in store for them.”
Grantchester season 6 cast
The central pair of Robson Green and Tom Brittney will be returning, both reprising their roles as DI Geordie Keating and Reverend Will Davenport respectively.
Dominic Mafham will also reprise his role as St John Gurney-Clifford.
Season six guest stars will include Jemma Redgrave, Gary Beadle (who plays the Archdeacon), Rachael Stirling, Miles Jupp and Rebecca Front.
Grantchester season 6 plot
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Set in 1958, the first episode of season six will see the pair attempting to unwind at a holiday camp – only to wind up investigating a murder at the resort.
ITV has teased: “As events unfold on the trip, there will be serious repercussions for the rest of the series.”
The season five finale also saw a shock twist, when Tom Brittney’s Reverend Will Davenport broke his vow of celibacy – by sleeping with a nun, the older and unconventional Sister Grace (Tracy-Ann Oberman).
“You’ve had sex! You sly old dog… You’ve slept with your boss’s missus!” Detective Geordie Keating responded with glee after guessing Will’s secret.
Could season five’s twist mean that the Cambridgeshire vicar will now be more open to romance in the upcoming season?
Granchester will return to ITV. You can order the Grantchester Mysteries books from Amazon.
Check out what else is on with our TV Guide, or take a look at our new TV shows 2020 page to find out what’s airing this autumn and beyond.