Sunshine, scenery & sleuths

As Grantchester returns, Robson Green talks about on-set laughs - and the weather!

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Fans were devastated when it was revealed that Grantchester is coming to an end. But they needn't worry just yet as series 10 airs for the first time this week, with an 11th series still to follow.

In the show, DI Geordie Keating, played by Robson Green, solves crimes with the help of local vicar Alphy Kottaram (Rishi Nair), and alongside the deliciously twisty murder plots, part of the appeal is the beautiful sunlit scenery.

Outdoor scenes are Robson's favourite, and the ones he will miss the most.

“In every series it's always walking through Grantchester Meadows, because it fills me with so many gorgeous memories,” says Robson, who is also executive producer on the show. “And here’s the thing — if the sun doesn’t shine when we're doing scenes in the meadows, we won't film them.

“At the beginning we wondered if we could afford that approach,” he continues. "But we decided that would be our policy — if the weather is bad, we cancel any meadow scenes.

We even employ a weather person like in Formula One.

“For one episode in the final series, which we just finished filming, our weather person said, ‘It'll rain every day but Thursday,’ and we had to film all the meadow scenes in one day.”

This 10th series focuses on family and delves further into vicar Alphy’s past.

“It's all about the notion of family and what it means to us, and how you construct one when you've never had one.