Grantchester on ABC and ABC iview S9E3 – It’s 1961 and times are changing in Grantchester.
Will has begun to seek new challenges elsewhere, while Geordie and Cathy deal with an independent Esme being free in a dangerous world. It’s not long before Reverend Alphy KoBaram arrives as the new vicar, immediately enchanted by the glorious village. But will the locals ever be able to accept him as one of their own?
EPISODE 3
Geordie is still mourning Will’s departure when Mrs C charges into the pub, with reports of a “swarthy” gentleman breaking into the vicarage. Geordie leaps into action and heads straight inside the vicarage to confront the intruder. A tussle ensues between them before Geordie is confronted by the realisation that this man is no burglar – he’s the new vicar. The man introduces himself as Reverend Alphy KoTaram.
As Alphy settles into life in Grantchester, his first order of business at the church is a funeral service,
for a local landowner, Albert Baron, who took his own life. The service is abruptly interrupted by a warring family, the Walkers, and a fight breaks out in the church. As the Walkers leave, Albert’s son,
Harvey, accuses the Walkers of murdering his father.
Alphy corrals the two families into the vicarage as Geordie arrives to investigate. But Alphy doesn’t
plan on helping him and heads off to the pub. Geordie quickly ascertains that the Barons and Walkers have been arguing over a contested bit of land for centuries. Not only that, but Harvey and
his sister, Rachel, have evidence to suggest that their father’s death was not properly investigated.
Was Albert’s death a murderous resolution to years of acrimonious dispute between the two families? Or were there secrets in the families that someone wanted to keep hidden?
Meanwhile, Cathy and Geordie are still getting used to Esme’s newfound independence when Cathy
storms into the police station, angry and worried that Esme hasn’t come home. Once Esme is found
at the pub with friends and then dragged home, an argument breaks out at the Keatings’ house.
Things comes to a head when Mrs C accuses Cathy and Geordie of not disciplining their children properly, at which point Cathy tells Mrs C it’s time for her to leave their house for good.
Production credit: A BBC Studios production
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Grantchester on ABC and ABC iview S9E3
