Grantchester on ABC and ABC iview S9E5 – 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?
Now living away from home, Esme visits the Keatings one morning with her friend Mae, to bring some washing round. Geordie is happy to see Esme and tries to put a positive spin on things but Cathy is not best pleased.
Later that morning, Geordie and Cathy are confronted by their worst fears when they hear of a young woman’s death at Esme’s office. It turns out to be Esme’s friend, Mae, who has died from anaphylaxis following an allergic reaction. Medical results reveal that Mae had an allergy to almonds.
It had been Mae’s birthday that day and Geordie speculates that it could’ve been her birthday cake that was the cause of the allergic reaction. But when the test results show up negative, a mystery emerges around how Mae ingested almonds. It becomes apparent that someone had done this purposefully, with the intention of murdering Mae. But why would someone want to kill a young woman like this?
Meanwhile, Alphy is eager to update the bishop on the hard work he’s been doing to repair the church. But he is thrown when the bishop tells him that the parishes of Grantchester and Newnham
are to be merged, thereby closing down Alphy’s parish. He’s going to be out of a job almost as soon
as it has begun. Alphy is devastated by the news and takes to the whiskey bottle.
Cathy struggles to deal with her volatile emotions and grows increasingly concerned that she is becoming like her mother, who was committed to a psychiatric hospital. Cathy visits a doctor who prescribes her some mood stabilisers to help with her temper. Later, over a glass of sherry, Mrs C seeks to reassure Cathy that she isn’t going mad – she is simply a woman trying to get by in a world that isn’t made for them.
Production credit: A BBC Studios production
Grantchester on ABC and ABC iview – Saturday 19 October at 7.30pm
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Grantchester on ABC and ABC iview S9E5
