Everything to Remember Ahead of 'Grantchester' Season 7
Grantchester is one of the most successful mysteries in the PBS Masterpiece brand. Since the series started airing over here in 2015, it's become a summer staple, undergone principal cast and focus changes, and still came out stronger. However, despite Season 6 airing in the fall of 2021 due to delays and the new season arriving in July, viewers may not quite remember everything that happened in the last batch of episodes (or the ones before it). Here's a rundown of everything to remember about Grantchester ahead of the new season.
The first three seasons of Grantchester starred James Norton as Rev. Sidney Chambers and Morven Christie as his love interest, Amanda Hopkins. But by the end of the third season, their relationship had run its course, and Norton wished to move on. Season 4 began with Sidney's departure for America to marry the daughter of a reverend and join the Civil Rights movement. His BFF, Detective Inspector Geordie Keating (Robson Green), cast around looking for a new detecting partner with curate Leonard Finch (Al Weaver). However, he took up with Chambers' replacement, Rev Will Davenport (Tom Brittney), much to the annoyance of vicarage housekeeper Mrs. Sylvia Chapman (Tessa Peake-Jones).
As characters go, Davenport isn't much like Chambers. A former inner-city chaplain, he prefers rock'n'roll to jazz he's not a big drinker, and he was celibate. Coming from a family that was once part of the upper class and fell into genteel poverty during the post-war period, he had a lot of hangups and anger issues. But the last few seasons have done good things for him. His friendship with Leonard and Mrs. C brought him out of his shell; Geordie is as much a mentor to him as he is to others. He's dated around, including a feminist reporter, and even fell into bed one night with his step-sister-by-marriage, Tamara Gurney-Clifford (Emily Patrick), after drinking too much. (His mother, Amelia Davenport (Jemma Redgrave), remarried into the Gruney-Cliffords in Season 5.)
