Get Ready for Grantchester Season 9
There’s a reason this fan-favorite crime drama has spent a decade on air: Grantchester provides the satisfying pairing of a handsome vicar plus an old-school detective, cracking cases in a bucolic Cambridgeshire village. When the resident cleric position unexpectedly turns over, Grantchester surges with new energy.
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What Grantchester Season 9 is About
It’s 1961 and times are very much changing in Grantchester. The Reverend Will Davenport has begun to consider new challenges elsewhere, while Geordie and Cathy Keating deal with an independent Esme out in a dangerous world. It’s not long before Alphy Kottaram makes his arrival as the new vicar, enchanted by the village and remarkably gallant about his rocky welcome. Will the locals ever be able to accept him as one of their own?
Grantchester Season 9 finds police and vicar(s) investigating clandestine circus performers and deceitful archaeologists, while exploring gender politics in the workplace, and the meaning of faith in the community. As mysterious clues build to a truly explosive finale, this season is set to be the biggest and boldest yet.
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Grantchester Season 9 Premiere Date
Grantchester returned for its epic ninth season in 2024.
You can stream Grantchester Seasons 1 through 10 with PBS Passport, an added PBS station member benefit. You can also watch full episodes of Grantchester on the PBS app. [PBS Passport viewing for this show available in the U.S. and Canada.]
Find out everything you need to know about Grantchester Season 11, the final season of the series.
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Grantchester Season 9 Episodes
Say a poignant goodbye to one vicar and then explore the welcome of another with eight episodes in Season 9.
Episode 1
Will and Geordie investigate the mysterious death of a circus performer. Will receives a surprising offer that makes him question his life in Grantchester.Episode 2
An abandoned baby is discovered on the same day that a hotel manager is found dead. Things are complicated further when Geordie is blindsided by Will’s news.Episode 3
Geordie and new vicar Alphy Kottaram get off on the wrong foot but soon find themselves teaming up to investigate the murder of a local landowner.Episode 4
Alphy is invited to a party at a country manor, where he hopes to raise funds for the ailing church. The evening’s frivolities are cut short when a body is found in the basement.Episode 5
A murder at Esme’s office sends shockwaves through the Keating family. Alphy’s meeting with the bishop fails to go as planned.Episode 6
Alphy and Geordie’s investigation into the murder of an archaeologist uncovers a tangled web of betrayal and deceit.Episode 7
Alphy is stunned to discover that a woman he knows has gone missing. When her friend is later brutally murdered, Alphy and Geordie race to find the answers.Episode 8
When a reclusive man is found dead on the streets of Cambridge, Alphy and Geordie begin to unravel a series of clues that leads them to a shocking revelation. - 4.
Cast of Grantchester Season 9
The full gang returns to Grantchester for this latest season, including Tom Brittney (Greyhound, Outlander) as outgoing vicar Will Davenport, with Charlotte Ritchie (Call the Midwife) as Bonnie Davenport. Robson Green (Reckless) is sarcastic and world-weary DI Geordie Keating, Kacey Ainsworth (EastEnders) is Cathy Keating, and Skye Degruttola is their daughter, Esme. Al Weaver (Colette, Miss Scarlet and The Duke) is former curate Leonard Finch, Oliver Dimsdale (Downton Abbey) is Leonard’s partner Daniel, Tessa Peake-Jones (Pride and Prejudice) plays feisty Mrs. Chapman, and Nick Brimble is her husband, Jack. Bradley Hall returns as DC Larry Peters and Melissa Johns is Miss Scott.
Joining the cast in the new recurring role of Rev. Alphy Kottaram is Rishi Nair (The Marlow Murder Club, Count Abdulla, Hollyoaks). “Rishi has likeability in spades,” says Robson Green. “The way [Geordie and Alphy] interact is incredibly endearing and you know you’re going to care about them enough to follow them.” Our guess is that the charismatic and witty new vicar will give Geordie a run for his money.
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Stream Full Episodes of Grantchester
You can stream full episodes of Grantchester online and with the PBS App.
Watch the latest seasons of Grantchester with PBS Passport, an added member benefit. Or begin at the start of the series and watch Seasons 1 to 4 when James Norton plays Rev. Sidney Chambers, and Seasons 4 to 8 as Tom Brittney assumes the role of Rev. Will Davenport. (To select a season on the Grantchester episodes page, use the “Filter By” option in the top left of the page.)
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Discover All Things Grantchester
Check out a full range of online features about the show, from cast interviews and filming locations to fun quizzes and a guide to the Grantchester books. Investigate our Grantchester video shorts with actors answering 60s trivia, laughing through cast Q&As, or taking a look at Dickens over the years.
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