'Grantchester' Season 4 Still Not Confirmed, Nor Is James Norton's Return

While Grantchester's writers have run up against the limitations of the series, ITV is running up against the limitations of James Norton's schedule. Something's gotta give.

The Grantchester Season 3 finale may have aired last Sunday on PBS, but it's been over in the UK since the end of May. The show has been popular enough on both sides of the pond that ITV has announced the next season was a go the same day the finale aired in the UK for the past two years. Normally, at the this point, the actors would be gearing up to film a Christmas special, like they did last year, before diving into the already-greenlit next season.

But something funny seems to have happened this year on the way to renewal. Despite the show being over on ITV for two months, there's still no official word on if Season 4 is even happening. Considering that the show crept up to the brink of blowing itself up, only to let the tide roll back and the status quo remain, this seems a strange thing. Did Sidney Chambers get dumped by Amanda and stay in Grantchester to continue to solve his mysteries for the foreseeable future, only to lose it?