‘Grantchester’: Tom Brittney To Leave Masterpiece series; Rishi Nair Joins Cast As New Vicar
deadline.comLead actor Tom Brittney has announced that the upcoming ninth season of the Masterpiece/ITV drama Grantchester will be his last.
Brittany has played Reverend Will Davenport on the crime series since 2019 and is stepping back to focus on new projects. Grantchester follows Detective Geordie Keating (Robson Green) and the motorcycle riding vicar Will (Brittney) as they investigate murders in the Cambridgeshire village.
The drama has cast Rishi Nair (Hollyoaks, Count Abdulla) as a charismatic new vicar named Alphy Kotteram. Filming is already underway on the ninth season; the eighth kicked off Sunday, July 9, on Masterpiece. “I’ve had the most incredible time playing Will Davenport for the last five years,” Brittney said in a statement. “I got to solve crimes with my best friend, and work with the best cast and crew I could ever ask for.
I’ll miss it more than anything. But it’s time for the baton to be passed, as it once was to me, and I’m so excited for Rishi to join the Grantchester family.” “I’m absolutely thrilled to be joining Grantchester,” continued Nair in a statement. “The welcome and support I’ve received from everyone has been overwhelming.
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