History Series / Grantchester

* MistakenForCheating: In season 4, when Geordie sees Cathy's supervisor Mr Hobbs flirting with her, he assumes she's cheating on him. She's not; Hobbs is a lech who tries it on with all the female staff. Eventually Cathy teams up with Mrs Chapman in a plot to get him sacked.

* TransparentCloset: Everyone spends the first series thinking Leonard is homosexual due to his sensitive nature and awkward manner in dealing with people. The scripts for the first two series liked to hint at tease at which way he would swing, liberally using BaitAndSwitch tactics. He eventually enters into a relationship with a local woman and proposes marriage. Unfortunately he can't keep up pretending to love her, and attempts suicide after the engagement is broken.

** [[http://www.express.co.uk/pictures/galleries/5403/TV-Heartthrobs-hunks-topless-shirtless-sexy-pictures/James-Norton-takes-his-top-off-in-Grantchester-119482 See for yourself.]]

-->'''Mrs. Maguire''': “You stupid man! You stupid stupid man!”

* StarCrossedLovers: Sidney and Amanda are in love but are forced to ignore their feelings because Amanda’s wealthy father would never approve of her marrying someone of such humble means. Amanda, instead, enters into an arranged engagement with the son of her father’s business partner and she and Sidney have to acknowledge that they'll only ever be friends. [[spoiler: This situation changes towards the end of Series 2 and the fall-out is covered in Series 3]].

* AccidentalMurder: The VictimOfTheWeek in episode 2 of Series 6 died when, feeling intimidated by the presence of [[spoiler:her biological daughter, who she claims to not recognize]], she backed into the stairs and fell backwards so hard she cracked her skull.

* ShellShockedVeteran: Sidney. This surprises many people because they assume that he was a chaplain due to his current profession. He was actually an officer in the Scots Guard and suffers from survivor guilt and flashbacks.

** One mystery revolves around how homosexuals had to keep their desires secret because homosexuality (classified as Gross Indecency) was a crime in 1950s Britain. Leonard also struggles with having to keep his sexuality a secret, although Sidney and Geordie are implicitly supportive and Will is more outspoken in his acceptance.

* CelibateHero: Will, although not a virgin before he became a priest, is now abstaining until marriage. Geordie delights in needling him to see how close he'll draw the line with a partner. [[spoiler:This finally ends at the end of Season 5, when he sleeps with an ex-nun at the center of the case of week who convinces him there's nothing wrong with being sexually active]].

* TheChewToy: Poor Sidney often finds himself on the receiving end of peoples' anger and grief, particularly in Season Two.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Will makes passing references towards a youth filled with debauchery, occasionally egged on by his abusive father.

* CelibateHero: Will is abstaining until marriage. Geordie delights in needling him to see how close he'll draw the line with a partner.

* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: Will Davenport is younger and doesn't struggle with his faith as Sidney did. Will also prefers to listen to rock while Sidney was a jazz aficionado.
* CurseOfTheAncients: Mrs. Maguire often exclaims "What the Dickens?!?!" whenever she's angry or surprised. Sidney and Amanda find this amusingly quaint, even for the 1950s setting of the show.

* ArmouredClosetGay[=/=]BuryYourGays: One mystery revolves around how homosexuals had to keep their desires secret because homosexuality (classified as Gross Indecency) was a crime in 1950s Britain. Leonard also struggles with having to keep his sexuality a secret, although Sidney and Geordie are implicitly supportive and Will is more outspoken in his acceptance.

* CommonalutyConnection: Mrs. Maguire softens her stance on Hildegard when the two women bond over having lost loved ones during World War Two.

* FirstNameBasis: Will always insists that people shouild address him by name rather than proper titles. This shocks many people in the community.

* NotSoDifferent: Mrs. Maguire softens her stance on Hildegard when the two women bond over having lost loved ones during World War Two.
** Leonard, after a visit by his father, realizes that most likely he too [[spoiler: was gay]].

* BusmansHoliday: Sidney takes Geordie to London for a night of jazz and drinking. They end up helping investigate the murder of Sidney’s sister’s boyfriend’s sister.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Surprisingly, [[spoiler:the Archdeacon]] ends up being this for the second series, being responsible for [[spoiler:Sam's brief stint at the parish, during which he knocked up Abigail and got her pregnant, resulting directly in both her and Gary dying by asphyxiation--Amanda during an abortion gone wrong, and Gary at the gallows]]. Otherwise, he doesn't do anything to directly oppose Sidney until [[spoiler:the series finale, where he tries to win Leonard over in an attempt to remove Sidney, who by that point is at his weakest]].

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ronnie the ex husband of Mrs. Maguire is ultimately revealed to be this. While he DID steal his ex wife's savings he was doing it to save his OTHER wife. However it is acknowledged that his actions were pretty scummy.

* MistakenForCheating: In season 4, when Geordie sees Cathy's supervisor Mr Hobbs flirting with her, he assumes she's cheating on him. She's not - Hobbs is a lech who tries it on with all the female staff. Eventually Cathy teams up with Mrs Chapman in a plot to get him sacked.

-->'''DC Atkins''': “You’re not obliged to say anything if you do not wish to do so, but what you do say may be put into writing.”
* YourCheatingHeart: Becomes a central theme to Series 3 as [[spoiler: Geordie embarks on an affair with Margaret from the police station and his marriage starts to crumble]] ''and'' [[spoiler: Sidney and Amanda finally give into temptation even though she's still technically married]].

* ArmouredClosetGay[=/=]BuryYourGays: One mystery revolves around how homosexuals had to keep their desires secret because homosexuality (classified as Gross Indecency) was a crime in 1950s Britain.

* TheVicar: Sidney, although he's less uptight than the typical example of this trope.

* ImpoverishedPatrician: The Davenports are broke but try to keep up appearances by maintaining a few rooms while the rest fall into disrepair. Will's mother has resorted to pawning her belongings to try and pay the household staff.