Grantchester

Rochester.

Grantchester, where

Geoffrey Archer lives,

okay? So he'd gone from being a vicar to being like, you know, a sort of heroic soldier in war and peace.

Exactly.

They did Grant Chester.

I watched all the seasons.

I

And I have watched a lot of shit, so that's really, you know...

Is he this generation's Robson Green? Oh, come on, Robson Green's in the thing that old people like, Grantchester.

But he was in every single ITV terrible drama in the... 90s, early 1000s.

The Harlan Coben thing is a mystery because it obviously pays very well because they do have a lot of actually quite good and talented actors in them as well.

You ran Kudos for a while, a major independent production company.

One of your shows there was Grantchester.

That was a lovely day, and that's still running now years and years later.

And then you worked also for Netflix.

The risk was managed and I got to learn how it worked, um, with under Jane and Dan.

And that was, um, that was a really joyful time actually.

And yeah, that led to, that led to Grantchester, which, um, I think we got greenlit in 2013.

And yeah, it finished last year.

Or if you're asking the question, what are you streaming now? You don't want to hear, oh, I'm streaming...

you know, Grantchester and there's seven seasons and it's about this priest who solves crimes in, you know, sort of 1950s, whatever.

No, we don't want to annoy that.

We just say, I'm streaming Grantchester, really enjoying

it.

And then later at a break, I can say, what's Grantchester about?

And

then you'll tell me, and now we're having a conversation about it.

So for me, as somebody who this does not necessarily apply to, um, I thought this was hilarious, and I enjoyed it, and the writing was really strong.

I'd be greatly entertained to know how many people watching this immediately went, "Ah, yes, in the '80s, I do remember this exact same sketch, John." Um, uh, so the priest as well is actually one of the things I know James Norton from is a, um, a cozy murder mystery show called Grantchester, where he plays a priest.

Um, and I must admit, and I'm sh- apologies to my poor mum, but she has commented on what a lovely man he was in Grantchester playing the priest who solves murder mysteries, because, you know, all of that.

So that was, that was why he turned up in a priest outfit for women like my mum, who will be horrified of me saying this on the podcast.

Um, now, Rachel, I'm...

No, I think he's become a much bigger star since this was made, hasn't he?

Grantchester.

Yeah.

And

Cassie, I've been watching this show and I think it's like an old BBC show.

It's called Grantchester.

And

it's about a vicar in like a country like town.

Wow.

And then there's James Norton, who played Onegin, who is the lead in Grantchester, that my parents used to watch.

The thing about the vicar.

Have you remember that? I think he's a vicar that solves crime, possibly.