Summary
Drama series set in the 1950s, in the Cambridgeshire village named Grantchester.
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Grantchester
- 2021
- Season 6
- 8 episodes
- Drama
- Crime/detective
Episode 2: Grantchester
Summary
When a baptism service is disrupted by a man claiming he's the rightful father of the child, and not the smiling parents around the font, Will and Geordie find themselves drawn into a complicated family dispute which seems to be connected to the murder of Joan Beaumont, the head of a local adoption agency. With both sets of parents having reasons to want Joan silenced, are any of them responsible for her death? Meanwhile at the vicarage, a sinister blackmail letter arrives for Leonard, forcing Will to visit his own difficult family in the hopes of raising the money to pay the demand. But when his newly-arrived-in-town step-sister Tamara jeopardises Will's chances with step-dad St John, Leonard decides to take matters into his own hands
Review
You’ll often find weddings being crashed mid-service in dramas but rarely has a TV baptism been disrupted by an angry intruder. This, though, is what happens here just as vicar Will has assembled two beaming parents (guest stars Miles Jupp and Polly Frame) and a very well-behaved newborn around the church font. The interruption comes from an angry young man who claims that he’s the child’s rightful father, but no sooner have Will and Geordie started investigating than a local adoption agent is murdered.
What follows is an affecting exploration of shame and stigma in a case that exposes not only some dark family secrets, but also the often narrow-minded attitudes of the era.
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Cast
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Geordie Keating | Robson Green |
| Will Davenport | Tom Brittney |
| Leonard Finch | Al Weaver |
| Mrs Chapman | Tessa Peake-Jones |
| Cathy Keating | Kacey Ainsworth |
| Daniel Marlowe | Oliver Dimsdale |
| Amelia Gurney-Clifford | Jemma Redgrave |
| St John Gurney-Clifford | Dominic Mafham |
| Bryan Stanford | Michael Abubakar |
| Larry Peters | Bradley Hall |
| Tamara Gurney-Clifford | Emily Patrick |
| Marcus Asper | Miles Jupp |
| Penny Asper | Polly Frame |
| Davy Connor | Eddie-Joe Robinson |
| Nicola Hart | Rebecca Stone |
| Joan Beaumont | Christina Cole |
| Molly Lowden | Madison Clare |
| Archdeacon Gabriel Atubo | Gary Beadle |
| Miss Scott | Melissa Johns |
Crew
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Writer | John Jackson |
| Director | Rob Evans |
| Producer | Richard Cookson |
| Editor | Tom Chapman |
| Executive producer | Daisy Coulam |
| Executive producer | Emma Kingsman-Lloyd |
| Executive producer | Rebecca Eaton |
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Episode 2
Grantchester
Summary
When a baptism service is disrupted by a man claiming he's the rightful father of the child, and not the smiling parents around the font, Will and Geordie find themselves drawn into a complicated family dispute which seems to be connected to the murder of Joan Beaumont, the head of a local adoption agency. With both sets of parents having reasons to want Joan silenced, are any of them responsible for her death? Meanwhile at the vicarage, a sinister blackmail letter arrives for Leonard, forcing Will to visit his own difficult family in the hopes of raising the money to pay the demand. But when his newly-arrived-in-town step-sister Tamara jeopardises Will's chances with step-dad St John, Leonard decides to take matters into his own handsReview
You’ll often find weddings being crashed mid-service in dramas but rarely has a TV baptism been disrupted by an angry intruder. This, though, is what happens here just as vicar Will has assembled two beaming parents (guest stars Miles Jupp and Polly Frame) and a very well-behaved newborn around the church font. The interruption comes from an angry young man who claims that he’s the child’s rightful father, but no sooner have Will and Geordie started investigating than a local adoption agent is murdered.
What follows is an affecting exploration of shame and stigma in a case that exposes not only some dark family secrets, but also the often narrow-minded attitudes of the era.
How to watch
Next showing
There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming providers below.
Streaming
❚ We may earn commission from links on this page. Our editorial is always independent (learn more)Details
- Languages
- English
- Formats
- Colour
Credits
Cast
role name Geordie Keating Robson Green Will Davenport Tom Brittney Leonard Finch Al Weaver Mrs Chapman Tessa Peake-Jones Cathy Keating Kacey Ainsworth Daniel Marlowe Oliver Dimsdale Amelia Gurney-Clifford Jemma Redgrave St John Gurney-Clifford Dominic Mafham Bryan Stanford Michael Abubakar Larry Peters Bradley Hall Tamara Gurney-Clifford Emily Patrick Marcus Asper Miles Jupp Penny Asper Polly Frame Davy Connor Eddie-Joe Robinson Nicola Hart Rebecca Stone Joan Beaumont Christina Cole Molly Lowden Madison Clare Archdeacon Gabriel Atubo Gary Beadle Miss Scott Melissa Johns Crew
role name Writer John Jackson Director Rob Evans Producer Richard Cookson Editor Tom Chapman Executive producer Daisy Coulam Executive producer Emma Kingsman-Lloyd Executive producer Rebecca Eaton
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