Filming has begun on the seventh season of hit ITV crime drama Grantchester, with Robson Green returning as DI Geordie Keating and Tom Brittney as Grantchester’s Reverend Will Davenport

This series is set in the long hot summer of 1959 and wedding season is in full swing in the Cambridgeshire village of Grantchester….

As the Reverend Will Davenport unites happy couples in holy matrimony, Detective Inspective Geordie Keating is busy as ever investigating a range of local murder cases. With a new decade just around the corner, the question of what the future holds is on everyone’s minds, not least Will’s, but before the ’50s roll over into the swinging ’60s there are some crimes to solve and some life-changing decisions to be made that might change life in Grantchester forever…

Joining Robson Green and Tom Brittney, Tessa Peake-Jones returns as Mrs. Chapman, Al Weaver as Leonard Finch, Kacey Ainsworth as Cathy Keating, Oliver Dimsdale as Daniel Marlowe, Nick Brimble as Jack Chapman, Melissa Johns as Miss Scott and Bradley Hall as Larry Peters.

Tom Brittney makes his Grantchester directing debut as he steps behind the camera to direct episode three of the show. He says:

“I’m thrilled to be back on set with my Grantchester family and back in our happy place. I’m also absolutely over the moon to be given the opportunity to direct an episode this series, it’s been a life ambition of mine and I can’t wait for the audience to see it (and also I can finally order Robson about!).”

Filming continues; there’s no word yet on number of episodes or release date. You can read more in the press release.