By Lacy Baugher for Drama on February 17th, 2016

Get Your First Look at ‘Grantchester’ Season 2

James Norton in "Grantchester", with a much younger Dickens! Photo: Courtesy of (C) Des Willie/Lovely Day Productions & ITV for MASTERPIECE
James Norton in "Grantchester", with a much younger Dickens! Photo: Courtesy of (C) Des Willie/Lovely Day Productions & ITV for MASTERPIECE
​James Norton in "Grantchester", with a much younger Dickens! (Photo:  Courtesy of (C) Des Willie/Lovely Day Productions & ITV for MASTERPIECE)

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The first trailer for the highly anticipated second season of mystery series Grantchester is here!

(And yes, for those who are curious, it has Dickens in it. We can all breathe a little easier.)

Based on a series of novels by James Runcie, Grantchester follows the story of a charismatic clergyman who turns accidental crimefighter when one of his parishioners turns up dead. He joins forces with an overworked police inspector and the pair form an unlikely crime-solving partnership and friendship.

James Norton and Robson Green star as Sidney Chambers and Geordie Keating, alongside an ensemble that includes Tessa Peake-Jones as Sidney’s housekeeper Mrs. Maquire, Morven Christie as Sidney’s glamorous friend Amanda and Kacey Ainsworth as Geordie’s wife Cathy. Neil Morrissey will also be joining the cast this season as a grieving father whose daughter has been killed in suspicious circumstances.

Season 2 will be based on Runcie’s second Granchester Mysteries novel, entitled Sidney Chambers and the Perils of the Night. In 1954 murderers were still hanged, and in this new series Sidney and Geordie have to face up to the consequences of becoming such an accomplished crime fighting duo. For Sidney, in particular, as the vicar in a small village this becomes increasingly difficult.

Watch the ITV promo for Season 2 below: 

The second season of Grantchester is set to premiere in the US on Masterpiece beginning March 27.  

Per the official site, the new season's cases include a shocking charge of sexual assault that turns into a homicide investigation implicating a pillar of the community; an apparent suicide from the college spire that takes on Cold War overtones: a confession to murder in which the alleged victim is still very much alive; a haunted stable with links to the Holocaust and more.

Are you looking forward to more Grantchester? 

By Lacy Baugher for Drama on February 17th, 2016
Lacy Baugher

Lacy's love of British TV is embarrassingly extensive, but primarily centers around evangelizing all things Doctor Who, and watching as many period dramas as possible.

Digital media type by day, she also has a fairly useless degree in British medieval literature, and dearly loves to talk about dream poetry, liminality, and the medieval religious vision. (Sadly, that opportunity presents itself very infrequently.) York apologist, Ninth Doctor enthusiast, and unabashed Ravenclaw. Say hi on Threads or Blue Sky at @LacyMB. 

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