Ring the CHANGES

ROBSON GREEN on the challenges ahead for Geordie

- STEVEN PERKINS, VICTORIA WILSON

When period crime drama Grantchester returns to ITV1 for a ninth outing this week, it heralds the end of an era as, this series, actor Tom Brittney hangs up his cassock after nearly six years portraying sleuthing vicar Will Davenport.

‘The laughter Tom and I shared on set was just extraordinary, so saying goodbye was always going to be hard,’ shares original cast member Robson Green – who plays Will’s crime-fighting partner DI Geordie Keating – as he joins TV Times for a chat. ‘But I love him, he loves me, and we’ll remain the best of mates!’

JOB OFFER

As the new eight-part run begins, the circus is in town but the spectacle is soon marred by the death of a magician.