The WORST episodes of Grantchester
Every episode of Grantchester ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Grantchester!
Set against the backdrop of the real hamlet of Grantchester, the drama focuses upon the life of Sidney Chambers, a charismatic, charming clergyman who turns investigative vicar when one of his parishioners dies in suspicious circumstances.
#2 - Episode 3
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/24/2020
After a bumpy start to their relationship, Will and journalist Ellie go on their first date with a trip to the ‘flicks’. But a scream from the projection booth cuts the romance short as they discover a brutal murder has taken place within the cinema.
#3 - Episode 1
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/2020
When a student from a prestigious all-female college is found dead, Will and Geordie must infiltrate the murky world of campus politics and university societies.
#4 - Episode 2
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/17/2020
Will and Leonard witness a deadly and deliberate hit-and-run in Grantchester. Geordie traces the car to a pair of decidedly dysfunctional brothers whose house lies far off the beaten path. The victim's wife, his employee and the two brothers are all damaged characters caught in a web of lies and betrayals, and it’s not just secrets that are hiding within the brothers' grounds.
#7 - Episode 1
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/2021
The vicarage family and the Keatings are on a much-needed summer break at Merries Holiday Camp when the camp's owner is found dead in suspicious circumstances.
#8 - Episode 4
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/31/2020
When a young man is found dead and stark naked out on the Fens, Will and Geordie discover ties to a Cambridge research project experimenting with mind altering drugs.
#9 - Episode 3
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/25/2019
Geordie is called to investigate an apparent break-in at a computer laboratory. When the head of the lab keels over and dies from mercury poisoning, Geordie suspects foul play.
#10 - Episode 1
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/11/2019
Sidney and Geordie investigate when a man is stabbed during a talk by a Civil Rights activist, sparking racial tensions.
#11 - Episode 2
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/30/2017
Sidney and Geordie join a local cricket team to play a match against nearby Whittlesford, but team captain Geoff Towler (Peter Davison) seems to have an objection to talented young Pakistani batsman Zafar, and is even willing to forfeit the game to spite the player. After the match, a buffet ends badly when contaminated beer leaves everyone feeling ill, a matter Geoff is keen for Geordie to cover up. However, a worse fate awaits Zafar, who is later found to have received a fatal dose of the poison his teammates and spectators had received.
#13 - Episode 4
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/24/2021
When an American airman dies in the police station, a quiet late shift turns into a challenging night for Will and Geordie. Leonard and Daniel reassess their relationship.
#14 - Episode 5
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/7/2020
When two boys are found near death, locked up together in the boxing ring, Will must face up to his own part in the tragedy in his greatest test of faith yet.
#15 - Episode 5
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/8/2022
A murder at a local old folks' home sees Will and Geordie given the run around when they try to track down two of its elderly residents. Clem Preston, a mischievous raconteur with a tall tale for every occasion, and fun-loving Ida Merryman, have gone missing and are suspected of involvement in the crime. Are they guilty or are the duo leading the police on a wild goose chase - and if so - why?
#16 - Episode 2
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/18/2022
Lester Carmichael, part of the husband-and-wife team who own the Carmichael's cleaning goods brand, is found dead with a rather unusual neck wound. Will and Geordie's investigation leads them to look into Lester's private life, which, they discover, is much less spotless than the carefully curated image he and his wife Melanie like to present to the public. Robson Green stars
#18 - Episode 3
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/17/2021
Will and Geordie are drawn into local politics when the death of a councilor prompts a parish election. An allegation against Leonard rocks life at the vicarage to its core.
#19 - Episode 1
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/11/2022
The summer of 1959 finds the wedding season in full swing in the Cambridgeshire village of Grantchester. Among the Reverend Will Davenport's many brides-to-be is Adele Fitzgerald, who lives on the once-splendid, but now declining Fitzgerald Estate with her green-fingered spinster sister Maude. The body of a dead man is found in the grounds and is quickly identified as the sisters' errant brother Lord Edmund Fitzgerald, who has been living an itinerant life travelling the world since the war. Will and DI Geordie Keating find themselves at odds with Geordie's new boss DCI Elliot Wallace and DC Larry Peters in viewing the death as a murder. As Will and Geordie investigate the Fitzgerald family history, they find themselves looking into Edmund's own romantic past.
#21 - Episode 2
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/10/2021
Will and Geordie negotiate a complex family dispute that may be connected to the murder of the head of a local adoption agency. Meanwhile, a sinister letter arrives for Leonard.
#22 - Episode 3
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/16/2016
After thoroughly modern Margaret’s visits to the vicarage start leaving Mrs Maguire’s nose out of joint, Sidney is hoping for a distraction – which arrives in the unexpected form of a young man sat alone in the church and covered in blood.
#23 - Episode 7
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/15/2021
Leonard goes to Will and Geordie to ask for their help when someone he knows is suddenly accused of murder.
#24 - Episode 4
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/1/2022
A member of Will's own congregation is found murdered just before a church fundraising event. It becomes clear that the victim, Neil Hughes, was not quite the upstanding member of the community Will believed him to have been. And secrets emerge that make Will question how well he really knows any of his parishioners.
#25 - Episode 4
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/1/2019
As Will is preparing to be installed as the new vicar Geordie persuades him to involve himself in a case involving a young uncommunicative boy with blood on his hands.