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Grantchester has a return date. PBS has announced the ninth season premiere of the Masterpiece series with the release of a trailer.  This will be actor Tom Brittany’s final season. He joined the drama series in 2019 as Reverend Will Davenport.

Starring Brittney, Robson Green, Al Weaver, Tessa Peake-Jones, Nick Brimble, Kacey Ainsworth, Skye Lucia Degruttola, Oliver Dimsdale, Charlotte Ritchie, Bradley Hall, and Melissa Johns, the Grantchester series is based on short stories by James Runcie and follows vicars who help Detective Inspector Geordie Keating (Green) investigate crimes.

It was revealed at the start of filming for the current season that it would be the last season for Brittney. Rishi Nair has been cast as Vicar Alphy Kotteram to replace him.

PBS revealed more about the series’ return in a press release.

There’s no shortage of murder, mystery, and mayhem in the seemingly quiet 1950s Cambridgeshire village of Grantchester—and police detective Geordie Keating (Robson Green) and the resident vicar (played by James Norton and Tom Brittney, respectively) are always on the case. There’s a real warmth to this period crime drama, set in a picturesque location with central characters who’ve formed their own version of a family.

The cast of this fan-favorite crime drama includes Al Weaver (Colette) as the lovable, former curate Leonard Finch; Tessa Peake-Jones (Pride and Prejudice, Doctors) as the stern, mother-figure Mrs. Sylvia Chapman; Kacey Ainsworth (EastEnders, Holby Blue) as Geordie’s take-charge wife Cathy Keating; Oliver Dimsdale (Downton Abbey, Mr. Selfridge) as kind-hearted photographer Daniel Marlowe; Nick Brimble (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, A Knight’s Tale) as Mrs. C’s husband, Jack Chapman; and more.

Grantchester returns on June 16th. The trailer for season nine is below.

What do you think? Do you enjoy watching this series on PBS? Will you be watching season nine when it launches this June?