What is "grantchester"

Grantchester is a village on the River Cam or Granta in Cambridgeshire, England. It lies close to Cambridge.

Grantchester is an ITV detective drama, set in the 1950s Cambridgeshire village of Grantchester, near Cambridge. It was first broadcast in 2014. The show features Anglican vicar Sidney Chambers ( James Norton), who develops a sideline in sleuthing with the help of Detective Inspector Geordie Keating ( Robson Green). The series is based on The Grantchester Mysteries, collections of short stories written by James Runcie. The first series was based on the six stories from the first book, Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death. A second series was commissioned in late 2014 and broadcast in March and April 2016 and a third series will air in 2017.