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Season 1, Episode 1
Detective drama set in a 1950s Cambridgeshire village, where local vicar Sidney Chambers develops a sideline in sleuthing - with the initially reluctant help of grumpy DI Geordie Keating. The cleric's first case finds him presiding over the funeral of a solicitor, who is believed to have taken his own life. However, the dead man's mistress has a different theory - and feeling unable to go to the police, she asks Sidney to examine it for her. He uncovers evidence that the suicide was staged, but while he's busy delving into the personal life of the victim, will the vicar miss his own big chance with Amanda Kendall, the woman he secretly loves? With James Norton, Robson Green, Tessa Peake-Jones, Kacey Ainsworth and Rachel Shelley
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Cast & Crew
James Norton
(Actor)
.. Sidney Chambers
Robson Green
(Actor)
.. Geordie Keating
Morven Christie
(Actor)
.. Amanda Kendall
Tessa Peake-Jones
(Actor)
.. Mrs Maguire
Pheline Roggan
(Actor)
.. Hildegard Staunton
Kacey Ainsworth
(Actor)
.. Cathy Keating
Rachel Shelley
(Actor)
.. Pamela Morton
Andrew Woodall
(Actor)
.. Clive Morton
Michelle Duncan
(Actor)
.. Annabel Morrison
Eoin McCarthy
(Actor)
.. Stephen Staunton
Chris Bearne
(Actor)
.. Mr Brant
Sia Berkeley
(Actor)
.. Annie
Skye Degruttola
(Actor)
.. Esme Keating
Daisy Coulam
(Writer)
Harry Bradbeer
(Director)
Emma Kingsman-Lloyd
(Producer)
Diederick Santer
(Executive producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
James Norton
(Actor)
.. Sidney Chambers
Born:
July 18, 1985
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Sidney Chambers in Grantchester.
Early-life:
James Geoffrey Ian Norton was born on July 18, 1985 in London. His family lived in Malton, North Yorkshire and he was educated at Ampleforth College. James read Theology at Fitzwilliam College at Cambridge University and graduated in 2007. He went on to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and got a role in An Education (2009) shortly before he was due to graduate.
Career:
After An Education, Norton had a number of theatre roles, including appearances in Posh at Royal Court Theatre, That Face at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield and a touring production of Journey's End. He then went on to get parts in a number of films, including Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012), Rush (2013), Belle (2013) and Northmen: A Viking Saga (2014). He has also had a number of roles in TV, including as Henry Alveston in Death Comes to Pemberley, Andrei Bolkonsky in War and Peace, Tommy Lee Royce in Happy Valley and Sidney Chambers in Grantchester.
Quote:
'If it's a sunny day, I get this weird guilt if I'm not making the most of it, so I'll walk or go for a swim or get on my bike, or I'll go to the Heath, just to have a reason to get out.'
Trivia:
He received a Fitzwilliam Travel Grant to travel to Northern India and teach and perform for children at 16 schools.
Robson Green
(Actor)
.. Geordie Keating
Born:
December 18, 1964
in
Hexham, Northumberland
Best Known For:
His role in Soldier Soldier.
Early-life:
Born Robson Golightly Green in Hexham, Northumberland, on December 18, 1964, the son of a miner. He has two sisters and a brother. As a child, he harboured ambitions to become a pilot in the RAF and joined the Air Training Corps, but after leaving school, he took a draughtsman's apprenticeship at a shipbuilder's yard instead. However, after appearing in various amateur dramatic productions, he quit his job to take up acting full time.
Career:
Robson started out at Newcastle's Live Theatre, and was spotted in BBC production A Night on the Tyne, which led to a regular role in Casualty. He then spent four years in Soldier Soldier, during which he began a successful singing partnership with co-star Jerome Flynn. The pair also starred together in Ain't Misbehavin' in 1997. Other projects include The Student Prince, Touching Evil, Grafters, Northern Lights, Wire in the Blood, Close and True, Being Human and Waterloo Road. A keen fisherman, he has filmed several series of Extreme Fishing with Robson Green, which has taken him across the globe. He also has a production company, Coastal.
Quote:
'Always turn up on time, know your lines and get to know the people you work with.'
Trivia:
He supports Newcastle United FC.
Morven Christie
(Actor)
.. Amanda Kendall
Tessa Peake-Jones
(Actor)
.. Mrs Maguire
Pheline Roggan
(Actor)
.. Hildegard Staunton
Kacey Ainsworth
(Actor)
.. Cathy Keating
Born:
October 19, 1968
in
Ware, Hertfordshire
Best Known For:
Playing Little Mo in EastEnders.
Early-life:
Born on October 19, 1968 in Ware, Hertfordshire to Hazel and Edward. She attended Westfield Junior School in Hoddesdon and Presdales School in Ware, Hertfordshire.
Career:
Ainsworth had guest appearances in a number of TV series, such as The Bill and A Touch of Frost, before landing the role of Little Mo in EastEnders. She stayed with the soap opera from 2000 until 2006. Since then, she has starred in such TV series as Holby Blue, The Wright Way and Call the Midwife. Her biggest role since appearing in EastEnders was as Cathy Keating in Granchester.
Quote:
On EastEnders: 'I look back on my time on EastEnders with real nostalgia. The Slaters made a big impact and it all worked well.'
Trivia:
In 2002, she won Best Actress at the British Soap Award, Most Popular Actress at National Television Awards and Best Soap Actress at TV Quick Awards.
Rachel Shelley
(Actor)
.. Pamela Morton
Andrew Woodall
(Actor)
.. Clive Morton
Michelle Duncan
(Actor)
.. Annabel Morrison
Eoin McCarthy
(Actor)
.. Stephen Staunton
Chris Bearne
(Actor)
.. Mr Brant
Sia Berkeley
(Actor)
.. Annie
Skye Degruttola
(Actor)
.. Esme Keating
Daisy Coulam
(Writer)
Harry Bradbeer
(Director)
Emma Kingsman-Lloyd
(Producer)
Diederick Santer
(Executive producer)
