History Series / Grantchester

* TimePassageMontage: The gap between Sidney's departure and Will's arrival is depicted through a montage of Leonard taking on parish duties by himself and becoming more confident in his abilities.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Sidney and Will frequently come into conflict with other characters because their personal views are quite progressive for the 1950s, although still somewhat conservative for the present day audience of the books and TV series. Both are accepting of their curate Leonard being gay, and Will in particular advocates that the church should officially do away with homophobia.

* NotBloodSiblings: Will's new stepsister Tamara in Series 6 teases him shamelessly and alternates between insisting on calling them brother and sister and invoking this trope. Although he only returns her interest once when he's drunk.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Sidney and Will frequently come into conflict with other characters because their personal views are quite progressive for the 1950s, although still somewhat conservative for the present day audience of the books and TV series.

* WhatTheHellHero: Geordie gives Will one for [[spoiler:not taking the time to visit Leonard in prison]].

* InspectorJavert: Geordie is this regarding all things Gary Bell thanks to the influence of the JerkassBall, from having him virtually waterboarded near the end of the second series premiere to [[spoiler:providing the crucial (and inaccurate) testimony that all but guarantees Gary a one-way trip to the gallows]].

* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:Orson Wade III]] is this to Will Davenport. Whereas Will came to understand that as far as connections go his father was ultimately just a small fry in the grander scheme of things, [[spoiler:Orson]] cravenly hides behind his father, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, to try to get away with murder.

* InspectorJavert: Geordie is this regarding all things Gary Bell thanks to the influence of the JerkassBall, from having him virtually waterboarded near the end of the second series premiere to [[spoiler:providing the crucial testimony that all but guarantees Gary a one-way trip to the gallows]].

* WifeBasherBasher: DomesticViolence is Will's berserk button due to his father abusing his mother. When he learns that [[spoiler:Geordie raised a hand toward Cathy]], he hunts the man down fully intent on beating him to a pulp. He ultimately decides against it despite coming very close to throwing a punch.

* WifeBasherBasher: When Will learns that [[spoiler:Geordie raised a hand toward Cathy]], he hunts the man down fully intent on beating him to a pulp. He ultimately decides against it despite coming very close to throwing a punch.

* HellholePrison: The prison where [[spoiler:Leonard]] is incarcerated is governed by a jingoistic homophobe, and one of the officers is an accessory to blackmail of the families of prisoners and freely admits to [[{{Sadism}} enjoying roughing up those prisoners whose families don't give in]].

-->'''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.”

* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:Orson Wade III]] is this to Will Davenport. Whereas Will came to understand that as far as connections go his father was ultimately just a small fry in the grander scheme of things, [[spoiler:Orson]] cowardly hides behind his father, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, to try to get away with murder.

* HonorBeforeReason: Why Leonard [[spoiler:pleads guilty to gross indecency]] in episode 5 of Series 6.

-->'''Sidney''': “Are we alcoholics, Geordie?”\\
'''Geordie''': “Probably.”

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

* HeroesLoveDogs: Sidney owns a black lab, a gift from Amanda, that he names Dickens after Mrs. Maguire’s favorite exclamation.

''Grantchester'' is an Creator/{{ITV}} mystery program that first broadcast in 2014 based on ‘’The Grantchester Mysteries’’ stories written by James Runcie. It also airs on Creator/{{PBS}} in the US.

* MistakenForCheating: In season 4, when Geordie sees Cathy's supervisor at the department store 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 (although she doesn't usually make a display of it, Mrs Chapman's new husband is rather wealthy, and she tells the store owner that she'll be doing a lot of shopping there but only if Hobbs is let go).

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Sidney frequently comes into conflict with other characters because his personal views are quite progressive for the 1950s while they are somewhat conservative for the present day audience of the books and TV series.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: A lot of more stereotypical macho men tend to dismiss Sidney and Will's masculinity due to their being priests and working in a gentle profession. However, Sidney is a combat veteran with deep-seated trauma while Will is a former boxer with seething anger issues and both are quite happy when given an excuse to punch someone.