{"id":30910,"date":"2023-03-09T01:01:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T00:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1796170"},"modified":"2023-03-09T02:42:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T01:42:26","slug":"john-simm-and-grace-author-tease-resolution-to-long-running-mystery","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/john-simm-and-grace-author-tease-resolution-to-long-running-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"John Simm and Grace author tease resolution to long-running mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Simm and Peter James say information surrounding the disappearance of Grace&#8217;s wife will be &#8220;drip fed into each episode&#8221;. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 09 March 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>ITV detective drama <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/grace-season-3-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Grace<\/a> is returning for its third season, and it seems that we might be about to get more information on just what happened to Roy Grace\u2019s wife Sandy when she disappeared all those years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Over two seasons now we\u2019ve been given hints about what happened to Sandy, with the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/grace-dead-tomorrow-ending-explained\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">end of season 2<\/a> giving us the biggest piece of the puzzle yet as a call from an old friend in Germany reveals that Sandy could be alive and well.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of the new season, author of the Grace books Peter James teased a resolution to the plot surrounding Sandy, saying: \u201cOne thing that <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/grace-john-simm-show-future-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">John [Simm]<\/a> and I discuss a lot is Sandy and her disappearance. It will ultimately resolve, and I think the audience will love it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/graceseries3film152-c4e9f77.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=298%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/graceseries3film152-c4e9f77.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=298%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/graceseries3film152-c4e9f77.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=354%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source 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data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/graceseries3film152-c4e9f77.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=619%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Clare Calbraith as Sandy in Grace.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, James also spoke about how the first episode in season 3, Dead Like You, contains flashbacks to Grace and Sandy\u2019s life together before her disappearance.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"&quot;searchHighlight&quot;\">James said: \u201cGrace <\/span>has always idolised Sandy but what I have gently shown through the books is that maybe she wasn\u2019t quite the perfect wife that he always thought. I\u2019m writing Sandy\u2019s story as a standalone novel at the moment, which is from her perspective from the day she leaves him and the real reason that she leaves him!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/grace-itv-craig-parkinson-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Grace star John Simm explains change to Craig Parkinson\u2019s character<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/endeavour-abigail-thaw-dad-approved-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Endeavour\u2019s Abigail Thaw: \u2018My dad would have approved\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/grace-cast-itv\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Roy Grace star Simm<\/a> added about the flashbacks: \u201cThose scenes are interesting because you can see that it wasn\u2019t actually a perfect marriage. There were problems there. She finds it very difficult to deal with his work and to live in that environment where she sort of plays second fiddle to his job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat always must be the case. There is nothing really you can do about that. There is a very telling moment when it\u2019s her birthday and he is in the middle of looking for a missing girl and the phone rings. Sandy says, \u2018Don\u2019t take it. Choose me.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe looks at her like she\u2019s crazy. \u2018What do you think I\u2019m going to do? Just ignore this phone call?\u2019 He picks up the call. There is no dialogue in that moment, but I think it says a lot about where they are and what happened with her. It\u2019s quite telling.\u201d<\/p> <p>Following the phone call Simm mentions, Sandy asks Grace why he\u2019s more interested in a dead woman than her. Simm said this was \u201cquite an unfair question really\u201d because \u201cshe knows it\u2019s his job and he is super-dedicated to his job\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Simm continued: \u201cHe\u2019s Roy <span class=\"&quot;searchHighlight&quot;\">Grace<\/span>. He\u2019s not going to start saying, \u2018OK, fine, darling, I\u2019ll just turn the phone off and ignore it.\u2019 You can see where their clash came and where it all started. It\u2019s left to the audience to try and work out what might have happened. It is drip fed into each episode. You get a little clue.\u201d<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"&quot;6321547765112&quot;\" data-account=\"&quot;69912529001&quot;\" data-player=\"&quot;ByeOf0VZEl&quot;\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"\/><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/><p><strong>Grace season 3 will air on ITV1 and <a href=\"\/\/www.itv.com\/watch\/grace\/2a7610?gclid=Cj0KCQiAgaGgBhC8ARIsAAAyLfEWyNuZjb329bmwRTthCJ4BOcSz7cOXGPcrw-iRmadmGnarP9BMJ70aAhiJEALw_wcB&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">ITVX<\/a> in the spring of 2023.\u00a0Check out more of our\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/&quot;\"><strong>Drama<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\"><strong>TV Guide<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>You can purchase the Peter James Roy Grace books being adapted for this season, including <a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Dead-Like-You-Grace-Book-ebook\/dp\/B003M8HRLM\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=272REPF0ED1E8&amp;keywords=dead+like+you&amp;qid=1678122772&amp;sprefix=dead+like+y%2Caps%2C132&amp;sr=8-1&amp;tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" data-geniuslink=\"&quot;https:\/\/buy.geni.us\/Proxy.ashx?TSID=114542&amp;GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fdp%2F1509898832%2F%3Ftag%3Dradtim0b-21%26ascsubtag%3Dradiotimes-1103123&amp;dtb=1&quot;\">Dead Like You<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Dead-Mans-Grip-Grace-Book-ebook\/dp\/B004VT0WJ0\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=PJ9P644F0KVA&amp;keywords=dead+man%27s+grip&amp;qid=1678122786&amp;sprefix=dead+mans+gri%2Caps%2C102&amp;sr=8-1&amp;tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" data-geniuslink=\"&quot;https:\/\/buy.geni.us\/Proxy.ashx?TSID=114542&amp;GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FNot-Dead-Enough-Grace-Book-ebook%2Fdp%2FB003D87PHC%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1%3Fcrid%3DCYBXBUWQW5JI%26keywords%3Dnot%2Bdead%2Benough%26qid%3D1650450943%26sprefix%3Dnot%2Bdead%2Benough%252Caps%252C68%26sr%3D8-1%26tag%3Dradtim0b-21%26ascsubtag%3Dradiotimes-1103123&amp;dtb=1&quot;\">Dead Man\u2019s Grip<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Not-Dead-Yet-Grace-Book-ebook\/dp\/B007L248KI\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=GGLJIGBCHKM4&amp;keywords=not+dead+yet&amp;qid=1678122800&amp;sprefix=not+dead+yet%2Caps%2C131&amp;sr=8-1&amp;tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" data-geniuslink=\"&quot;https:\/\/buy.geni.us\/Proxy.ashx?TSID=114542&amp;GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FDead-Tomorrow-Roy-Grace-Book-ebook%2Fdp%2FB003DWC6HW%2Fref%3Dsr_1_2%3Fcrid%3D38TTWON371JKJ%26keywords%3Ddead%2Btomorrow%26qid%3D1650450926%26sprefix%3Ddead%2Btomorrow%252Caps%252C86%26sr%3D8-2%26tag%3Dradtim0b-21%26ascsubtag%3Dradiotimes-1103123&amp;dtb=1&quot;\">Not Dead Yet<\/a>\u00a0on Amazon now.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\"><strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a><strong>. 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