The television industry faced great uncertainty in 2020. <\/p>
Grantchester returns to ITV soon after an extended absence caused by the coronavirus pandemic, but co-star Robson Green has admitted he had doubts over whether the new episodes would be able to go before cameras.<\/p>\n
The crime drama set in Cambridgeshire follows DI Geordie Keating (Green) and Reverend William Davenport (Tom Brittney) as they work together to solve difficult cases.<\/p>\n
Series five concluded in February 2020, just prior to the pandemic, with ITV waiting several months before officially confirming a sixth instalment of Grantchester<\/a>\u00a0that summer.<\/p>\n This time was likely used to work out the logistics of filming a television drama in a pandemic environment, with restrictive new safety measures required to minimise risk of infection.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t think it was going to happen,\u201d Green told press. \u201cI was making documentaries and I thought drama won\u2019t be able to be made, especially looking at the theatre world where everything had unfortunately closed down.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I got the call that they\u2019d worked out a system where, under COVID protocols we could make the show, it was fantastic! I was so glad to be back filming with everyone.\u201d<\/p> Filming wasn\u2019t without its challenges, with Green explaining he had some \u201canxiety\u201d about acting during the pandemic, as wearing masks during rehearsals limited what expressions were possible.<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cI couldn\u2019t process what was actually happening, I was questioning my job. I had always thought eyes were the window to the soul but you need to see the whole picture so that was really difficult initially.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, there was a team there who were committed to getting the story told and when you see the outcome and the result of what we filmed, you would never know there was a pandemic going on, it\u2019s extraordinary.\u201d<\/p>\n ITV seems to be making up for lost time as the broadcaster has already renewed Grantchester for series seven<\/a>, so we can expect plenty more from Geordie and the Reverend next year.<\/p>\n Grantchester series six premieres later this year on ITV. Check out more of our Drama<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The television industry faced great uncertainty in 2020. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":3286,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/grantchester-star-robson-green-didnt-think-series-6-would-be-able-to-film-due-to-pandemic.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/grantchester-star-robson-green-didnt-think-series-6-would-be-able-to-film-due-to-pandemic-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/grantchester-star-robson-green-didnt-think-series-6-would-be-able-to-film-due-to-pandemic-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/grantchester-star-robson-green-didnt-think-series-6-would-be-able-to-film-due-to-pandemic.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/grantchester-star-robson-green-didnt-think-series-6-would-be-able-to-film-due-to-pandemic.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/grantchester-star-robson-green-didnt-think-series-6-would-be-able-to-film-due-to-pandemic.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/grantchester-star-robson-green-didnt-think-series-6-would-be-able-to-film-due-to-pandemic.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The television industry faced great uncertainty in 2020.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/3285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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