Grantchester confirms series 8 release date
ITV detective drama Grantchester has confirmed the release date for its upcoming eighth series.
According to Radio Times, the show's eighth season will premiere on Thursday, January 11 at 9pm.
The show has run since 2014 and stars Robson Green as DI Geordie Keating, as well as Tom Brittney as Reverend Will Davenport and Ghosts star Charlotte Ritchie as Davenport's newly married wife.
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The official synopsis of series 8 is as follows: "It’s 1961 and life is good for Will and Geordie. The families are always together, from Sunday lunches to planning summer holidays and with honorary Grandparents Mrs C and Jack, and adopted uncles Daniel and Leonard, it’s one big happy family!
"But when Will is approached with a life-changing offer, can he leave Grantchester and Geordie behind?
"As Geordie struggles with personal loss and ever-growing family conflict between Cathy and teenage daughter, Esme he has no one to turn to. But when he arrests an intruder breaking into the Vicarage, he may find his days of working with a Vicar are not over."
Top Boy's Shaun Dingwall and Hollyoaks star Jeff Rawle have also joined the cast.
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Brittney, who replaced James Norton in the cast during the fourth series of the show, confirmed earlier this year that season 8 will be his last.
He will be replaced by ex-Hollyoaks star Rishi Nair, who will join the cast as vicar Alphy Kotteram.
When his departure was announced, Brittney said: "I’ve had the most incredible time playing Will Davenport for the last five years. I got to solve crimes with my best friend, and work with the best cast and crew I could ever ask for. I’ll miss it more than anything.
"But it’s time for the baton to be passed, as it once was to me, and I’m so excited for Rishi to join the Grantchester family."
Grantchester airs on ITV.
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