Grantchester is a 2014 English-language Crime Drama show written by Daisy Coulam and directed by Harry Bradbeer and produced by Emma Kingsman-lloyd under the banner of Lovely Day/Masterpiece co-production airing on ITV. The series premiered on 6 October 2014. It's 1953, and Sidney Chambers is vicar of Grantchester, a village just outside Cambridge. Sidney's life is a quiet life - right up until the moment that murder comes his way. Pushed into the dangerous world of lies, betrayal and murder, Sidney quickly finds that his insight into the human condition, and the natural trust that he engenders in people, means that he excels in his new position as 'detective'. Joining Sidney as he journeys into this dark world is the affable but world-weary Detective Inspector Geordie Keating, the naive, but well-meaning curate Leonard Finch, and his austere and constantly disapproving housekeeper Mrs Maguire. But crime isn't the only matter that occupies Sidney. He's smitten with the witty, beautiful, Amanda, but could high society Amanda ever be allowed to marry a lowly country vicar? Can you still the best in people when the world of murder asks you to the worst?. Grantchester stars James Norton in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Robson Green, Tom Brittney, Morven Christie, Tessa Peake-jones, Al Weaver and Kacey Ainsworth. The series is based on The Grantchester Mysteries by James Runcie. The music was composed by John Lunn. Cinematography was done by Julian Court. The show has a running time of 45 minutes for each episode. The show has a total of 31 episodes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. Distribution rights for the show were acquired by Endemol Shine UK.