Grantchester

There were no female vicars until 1994!

But there were black vicars.

We watched the recording of Grantchester last night.
Oh how glum it all was. Perhaps it really has run out of steam.

merlotgran

^The real vicar in the real Grantchester is female!^

Why on earth can’t we have a female vicar then?

Sorry. Completely misunderstood your reply.

Doesn’t take much these days! 😂

merlotgran

merlotgran

The real vicar in the real Grantchester is female!

Why on earth can’t we have a female vicar then?

Sorry. Completely misunderstood your reply.

Doesn’t take much these days! 😂

Grantchester is a real place 🙂

Grantchester is a real place 🙂

I know. I used to live about ten miles away.

RosiesMaw

I lost interest when James Norton left.
(Be still my beating hear)
I wonder why?

I agree Tom Brittney doesn’t quite cut it for me.

Auntieflo

We watched the recording of Grantchester last night.
Oh how glum it all was. Perhaps it really has run out of steam.

Used to be the two of them solving murders etc now it has too many other storylines going on. And I’m not keen on Tom Brittney in the role.

Calendargirl

If it’s already been shown ‘live’, then it isn’t a spoiler, IMHO.

I watched Truelove last night, and will catch up with Grantchester tonight.

Thought it would end after Will got married though?

Totally agree it’s not a spoiler if already aired. Rishi Nair is taking over from him. Can’t say I was impressed with Tom Brittney,James Norton was a hard act to follow.

Oh, I realise I’m behind the times. Didn’t realise Will was really leaving, and being replaced.

Definitely time to have shut the (church) door and called an end to the series.

And Geordie retired to be a house husband, leaving Cathy to forge ahead as a career woman.

I'm not optimistic about the next series. Woke casting always puts me off.
I like Geordie and his wife and also poor Leonard.

Used to love this series but watched recording last night.and
oh dear, boring, tedious lack lustre and depressing! Even that poor dog looked bored and fed up! Can't think that Will is much asset to his parishioners. Won't be watching again!

I must admit that I haven't found this series as good as past ones.
I keep watching as we are only 30 miles down the road from Grantchester.

Because there was no such person in the 1950's. Women weren't ordained until 1993.

Yes, this is not real, its a TV show. The reality though is men suffer severely from depression sometimes resulting in suicide.
Vicar Will is possibly one of those. No wonder he's no good to his parishioners. In those days,boys and men were looked down upon if they even uttered the word depression, told to pull their socks up and be a man. Not much better nowadays, although slowly improving.
So a TV programme showing a serious health problem, and non of it is getting through, because poor parishioners have no one, and the show is depressing !! If it had been a woman I'm sure the comments would be a lot different.

The ‘new’ vicar -

www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/grantchester-new-vicar-robson-green-newsupdate/#

LucyAnna

The ‘new’ vicar -

www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/grantchester-new-vicar-robson-green-newsupdate/#

Oh! He might perk things up 😃

‘Charismatic’ is not how you would describe Will this series.

Hmmmm. As I feared. How many Asian ministers were there in those days in small country towns?

How many series' have there been? Isn't this just a way of bringing in more storylines?

The programme is about the class between God's laws and the laws of the land, represented by Geordie and the various vicars, and covers women's rights (Cathy and various vicars' girlfriends) acceptance of gay people (Leonard and the disapproval of Mrs C) and so on. There have been stories about race before, as the 50s/60s were a time when the racial profile of Britain was changing, and this casting will presumably allow them to explore that more.

None of it is realistic - you could just as easily ask how many murders there were in small country towns in the 50s/60s .

Aveline

Hmmmm. As I feared. How many Asian ministers were there in those days in small country towns?

One, I think

I'm not sure either. There have been black vicars for a long time but I'm not sure about Asian. Most people I've known from the Indian sub-continent have been Muslim, Hindu or Roman Catholic, not C of E, although Christianity did begin in India soon after the time of Jesus and there are Anglican churches in India.

The minister of our local Methodist Church is Indian.

RosiesMaw

I lost interest when James Norton left.
(Be still my beating hear)
I wonder why?

Same here. Though I also have a soft spot for Robson Green

Clawdy

The minister of our local Methodist Church is Indian.

It's 2024!

Grantchester is set in the 1950s.

PinkCosmos

RosiesMaw

I lost interest when James Norton left.
(Be still my beating hear)
I wonder why?

Same here. Though I also have a soft spot for Robson Green

I can never feel the same about him since Happy Valley!

We don't see as much of Robson Green now either.

Conan Doyle became involved in defending a young man whose father was Asian and a vicar (I do mean CD not Sherlock Holmes)