Grantchester (TV series)
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| Genre | Drama |
| Based on | The Grantchester Mysteries by James Runcie |
| Written by | Daisy Coulam |
| Directed by | Harry Bradbeer |
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| Composer(s) | John Lunn |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Diederick Santer Rebecca Eaton |
| Producer(s) | Emma Kingsman-Lloyd |
| Cinematography | Julian Court |
| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company(s) | Lovely Day/Masterpiece co-production |
| Distributor | Shine Group |
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| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 16:9 1080i |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 6 October 2014 – present |
Grantchester is an ITV detective drama, set in the 1950s Cambridgeshire village of Grantchester, near Cambridge. It was first broadcast in 2014. The show features Anglican vicar Sidney Chambers (James Norton), who develops a sideline in sleuthing with the help of Detective Inspector Geordie Keating (Robson Green). The series is based on The Grantchester Mysteries, collections of short stories written by James Runcie. The first series was based on the six stories from the first book, Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death. A second series was commissioned in late 2014 and broadcast in March and April 2016. A third series will air in 2017.
Anglican priest and former Scots Guards officer Sidney Chambers (James Norton) and the overworked Detective Inspector Geordie Keating (Robson Green) forge an unlikely partnership in solving crimes. Keating's gruff, methodical approach to policing complements Chambers' more intuitive techniques of coaxing information from witnesses and suspects.
Filming began in London, Cambridge and Grantchester from March to June 2014.
Grantchester itself was used for extensive filming with the Church of St Andrew and St Mary for the church interior and churchyard scenes. A private home in Lemsford, Hertfordshire, was used to double as the vicarage. The Windmill pub in Chipperfield became The Red Lion. King's Parade in Cambridge was transformed into a 1950s street scene with period cars and buses; a restaurant is dressed with tables, chairs and menus that reflect the decade in which the show is set. Horsted Keynes railway station, on the Bluebell Railway, in West Sussex was used to double for the exterior of Cambridge station.
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