The worst episodes of Grantchester
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- 01
When a woman is found dead, laid out in the shape of a crucifix on Jesus Green, Will and Geordie discover the ring on her finger proves she was married to God – and a former nun at an oppressive convent. And as Geordie and Larry both agree - there's nothing scarier than a nun...
- 02
A member of Will's own congregation is found murdered just before a church fundraising event. It quickly becomes clear that the victim, Neil Hughs, was not quite the upstanding member of the community Will believed him to have been. And secrets emerge that make Will question how well he really knows any of his parishioners.
- 03
It's Spring Ball season, which is proving to be less ‘dinner and dancing' and more ‘disturbing the peace'. When a student from a prestigious all-female college is found dead, Will and Geordie must infiltrate the murky world of campus politics and university societies to find the killer.
- 04
When a young man is found dead and stark naked out on the Fens, Will and Geordie discover ties to a Cambridge research project experimenting with mind altering drugs. As the case gets murkier, Will's own feelings of guilt about his father's death and his conflicted feelings about Ellie start to take their toll. Is he prepared to delve deep within himself to find the answers? With everything else in his life seemingly in the pits, he'll need the help of his friends to figure this one out.Similarly, the Keatings face one of their toughest decisions yet, after a catastrophically awkward dinner party leaves more than just the baked alaska burnt around the edges. Will Cathy finally tell Geordie the truth about her mother?And with the Chapman feud showing no sign of relenting, Leonard must try to convince Mrs C that there's good in the world, but will the most wilful woman in the parish ever come round?
- 05
A vagrant is found dead in the doorway of Leonard's café. Geordie can't shake the feeling that this murder could be connected to two previous unsolved cases – is there a killer out there targeting the homeless?
- 06
Lester Carmichael, part of the husband-and-wife team who own the Carmichael's cleaning goods brand, is found dead, with a rather unusual neck wound.Will and Geordie's investigation leads them to look into Lester's private life, which, they discover, is much less spotless than the carefully curated image he and his wife Melanie like to present to the public. He was a regular visitor to a local suburban brothel.Will and Geordie must consider whether Lester's demise could have been motivated by his wife's desire to protect the reputation of their business, or if the murder is connected to the brothel itself.Meanwhile, Mrs C's recent erratic behaviour causes Jack to question whether she could be having an affair, and Will is increasingly drawn to the passionate and alluringMaya.Will she leave Elliot for him? Do they have a future together? Could Maya be ‘the one'?
- 07
After a fun-filled charity motorbike race, a young biker is found dead. Will and Geordie struggle to work out who would want to hurt a gifted young man.
- 08
In the aftermath of a fatal accident, Will is devastated to be the cause while Geordie rushes to exonerate his friend.
- 09
An abandoned baby is discovered on the same day that a hotel manager is found dead. Geordie is blindsided by Will's news.
- 10
A murder at Esme's office sends shockwaves through the Keating family. Alphy's meeting with the bishop fails to go as planned.
- 11
The summer of 1959 finds the wedding season in full swing in the Cambridgeshire village of Grantchester. Among the Reverend Will Davenport's many brides-to-be is Adele Fitzgerald, who lives on the once-splendid, but now declining Fitzgerald Estate with her green-fingered spinster sister Maude. The body of a dead man is found in the grounds and is quickly identified as the sisters' errant brother Lord Edmund Fitzgerald, who has been living an itinerant life travelling the world since the war. Will and DI Geordie Keating find themselves at odds with Geordie's new boss DCI Elliot Wallace and DC Larry Peters in viewing the death as a murder. As Will and Geordie investigate the Fitzgerald family history, they find themselves looking into Edmund's own romantic past.
- 12
A murder at a local old folks' home sees Will and Geordie given the run around when they try to track down two of its elderly residents. Clem Preston, a mischievous raconteur with a tall tale for every occasion, and fun-loving Ida Merryman, have gone missing and are suspected of involvement in the crime. Are they guilty or are the duo leading the police on a wild goose chase - and if so - why?
- 13
At one of Cambridge's most prestigious colleges, a man is murdered and a valuable painting is stolen, leaving Geordie to determine if the two crimes are linked.
- 14
Geordie and new vicar Alphy Kottaram get off on the wrong foot but soon find themselves teaming up to investigate a murder.
- 15
Alphy is invited to a party at a country manor. The evening's frivolities are cut short when a body is found in the basement.
- 16
Alphy's drive-in fundraiser turns deadly when sponsor Bert Mills is found murdered, and multiple suspects confess. As Alphy faces painful truths about his mother and faith, Geordie grows jaded, Cathy clashes with Mrs. C at CeCe's, and Leonard searches for purpose. In Grantchester, dreams, doubts, and desires collide.
- 17
Rivalry turns deadly when a Cambridge quiz team member is found dead and Alphy's Bible turns up at the scene. As Geordie jumps to conclusions, Alphy uncovers a dark world of bullying, secrecy, and shame. Meanwhile, Mira's role in his life leaves Alphy questioning love, identity, and faith, while Geordie faces a decision that could divide them forever.
- 18
Will and Leonard witness a deadly and deliberate hit-and-run in Grantchester. Geordie traces the car to a pair of decidedly dysfunctional brothers whose house lies far off the beaten path. The victim's wife, his employee and the two brothers are all damaged characters caught in a web of lies and betrayals, and it's not just secrets that are hiding within the brothers' grounds.
- 19
As Geordie and Will head to a charity boxing match at Vic's gym, both men put on a brave face and hide the worries haunting them both. Geordie's hoping for a ‘manly' night at the fight, with Jack and Leonard joining in the fun: an escape from the problems at home and the strain of the job. And Will revels in the night as well, this place giving him the purpose he so desperately needs...It's a full house at the gym as Matthew and Luke face off in the ring, seemingly proving Vic's belief that given a second chance, anyone can turn their life around. But after a match takes an unexpected twist, Will wonders if he's misjudged Matthew all along... Meanwhile Leonard tries to reunite the warring Chapmans, who seem determined never to see eye-to-eye again.
- 20
Leonard is devastated when a halfway house resident is found dead. The man confessed suicidal thoughts to Will, but is this suicide or murder?
- 21
Will and Geordie investigate the death of a circus performer. Will receives an offer that makes him question his life in Grantchester.
- 22
Alphy and Geordie's investigation into the murder of an archaeologist uncovers a tangled web of betrayal and deceit.
- 23
A suspicious death interrupts the Grantchester Easter celebrations. Alphy attempts to use the case as a distraction from his personal life.
- 24
A death at the university plunges Geordie and Alphy into a world of academic adversaries. Alphy encounters a complication in his romantic life.
- 25
Alphy and Geordie investigate when a member of a rock band is murdered. Alphy struggles with some family history.
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