There were hugs and tears all round as the stars of the long-running Grantchester TV series – filmed in the village and around Cambridge – shot their final scenes.
The show, which is broadcast on ITV, is coming to an end after 11 years.
Robson Green (brown suit) and Rishi Nair after filming the last ever scene of the ITV drama ‘Grantchester’ on Grantchester Meadows in Cambridgeshire. Picture: Bav Media
Cast members spotted filming on Grantchester Meadows included Robson Green, who has been in the series from the start, fellow original cast members, Kacey Ainsworth, who plays his wife Cathy, Al Weaver (Leonard Finch), and Tessa Peake-Jones, who portrays Mrs Chapman.
They were seen shooting scenes with Rishi Nair, who joined the programme in series nine playing Alphy Kottaram, the new vicar who replaced Tom Brittney’s character, Will Davenport.
Robson Green (brown suit) Al Weaver (right) and Rishi Nair during a break in filming the last scenes of the ITV drama ‘Grantchester’ on Grantchester Meadows in Cambridgeshire. Picture: Bav MediaNick Brimble, Robson Green and Rishi Nair filming the last scenes of the ITV drama ‘Grantchester’ on Grantchester Meadows in Cambridgeshire. Picture: Bav MediaRobson Green (brown suit) Kacey Ainsworth and Rishi Nair filming the last scenes of the ITV drama ‘Grantchester’ on Grantchester Meadows in Cambridgeshire. Picture: Bav MediaRobson Green (brown suit) Oliver Dimsdale (left) and Rishi Nair during a break in filming the last scenes of the ITV drama ‘Grantchester’ on Grantchester Meadows in Cambridgeshire. Picture: Bav Media‘Grantchester’ being filmed on Grantchester Meadows in Cambridgeshire. Picture: Bav Media
Green, 60, who plays Detective Geordie Keating, looked emotional as he walked across Grantchester Meadows for one last time, with his arm around the shoulders of Rishi Nair.
Green said recently that the cast and crew had become “like family” and their bond had extended “far beyond the camera lens”.
Robson Green (brown suit) and Rishi Nair filming the last scenes of the ITV drama ‘Grantchester’ on Grantchester Meadows in Cambridgeshire. Picture: Bav MediaRishi Nair and Tessa Peake-Jones after filming their last scene on the ITV drama ‘Grantchester’ in Grantchester in Cambridgeshire. Picture: Bav MediaRobson Green (brown suit) and Rishi Nair just before filming the last ever scene of the ITV drama ‘Grantchester’ on Grantchester Meadows in Cambridgeshire. Picture: Bav MediaRobson Green (brown suit), Kacey Ainsworth and Rishi Nair filming the last scenes of the ITV drama ‘Grantchester’ on Grantchester Meadows in Cambridgeshire. Picture: Bav MediaRobson Green (brown suit), Al Weaver (right) and Rishi Nair during a break in filming the last scenes of the ITV drama ‘Grantchester’ on Grantchester Meadows in Cambridgeshire. Picture: Bav Media
Happy Valley star James Norton starred as the series’ original vicar, Sidney Chambers, from 2014 to 2019, before Tom Brittney joined as the new vicar, Will Davenport. He was later replaced by Nair’s character.
In the final series, Alphy will learn more about his past and will continue to get to know the bishop’s daughter, Meg.
Elsewhere, the chief superintendent comes to Geordie with a tempting offer that could also mean an end to his crime-solving partnership with Alphy.
Robson Green (brown suit) and Rishi Nair just before filming the last ever scene of the ITV drama ‘Grantchester’ on Grantchester Meadows in Cambridgeshire. Picture: Bav MediaRobson Green (brown suit) and Rishi Nair filming the last scenes of the ITV drama ‘Grantchester’ on Grantchester Meadows in Cambridgeshire. Picture: Bav MediaRobson Green (brown suit) and Rishi Nair during a break in filming the last scenes of the ITV drama ‘Grantchester’ on Grantchester Meadows in Cambridgeshire. Picture: Bav MediaRobson Green (brown suit) and Kacey Ainsworth filming the last scenes of the ITV drama ‘Grantchester’ on Grantchester Meadows in Cambridgeshire. Picture: Bav Media
The show is adapted from the Grantchester Mysteries novels by James Runcie and was developed for TV by Daisy Coulam.
