Grantchester's Rishi Nair's mysterious explanation for quitting Hollyoaks very suddenly

Former Hollyoaks prima Rishi Nair joined bid 9 of Grantchester arsenic the caller vicar, Alphy Kotteram, taking implicit from Tom Brittney, who portrayed the much-loved Will Davenport

As Grantchester returns to our screens, it has welcomed a caller face, with histrion Rishi Nair stepping into the relation of vicar Alphy Kotteram successful the fashionable ITV play drama.

The ninth play premiered earlier this month, bidding an affectional farewell to Tom Brittney, who portrayed the much-loved vicar Will Davenport for six years. In the 3rd episode, which aired connected Wednesday, January 22, viewers were introduced to Will's successor, played by Nair.

Throughout his career, Nair has made appearances successful an array of programmes and movies specified arsenic I'm Still Here, Silent Witness, The Forbidden Note, and The Duchess.

His large interruption arrived erstwhile helium was formed arsenic the determined lawyer Sami Maalik successful Channel 4's deed soap Hollyoaks, wherever helium delivered stellar performances for 4 years earlier deciding to bow retired alternatively mysteriously. Nair chose not to item his reasons for leaving Hollyoaks but suggested it was simply the close "time" for a change, with hints astatine imaginable aboriginal comebacks.

Rishi reflected: "I volition truly miss everyone connected the show. It's similar a large household truthful volition decidedly miss moving with them. I don't privation to accidental this is goodbye everlastingly due to the fact that we ne'er cognize what the aboriginal mightiness clasp but I consciousness similar he's near astatine a bully time.

"We've seen him spell afloat circle. He came to the colony looking for revenge and was a spot of a villain astatine the opening and we've benignant of seen the existent Sami and his brushed broadside has travel through."

ITV viewers were near gutted erstwhile Tom announced helium was hanging up his vicar's collar aft a nine-season stint arsenic the beloved Will Davenport successful the deed detective series.

As Detective Geordie and Alphy statesman to make their ain dynamic duo, echoing the enslaved erstwhile shared with Will, fans person been vocal astir a peculiar gripe: the changeless nods to Will's quality are making it pugnacious for them to clasp the change.

One spectator vented connected societal media: "They support mentioning Will each the clip however are we expected to determination connected with Alphy if they won't fto us!"

Another chimed in: "Yes we each miss Will," portion a 3rd pleaded: "Stop depressing maine with Will mentions, please."

Brittney bid farewell to the crime-ridden hamlet of Grantchester earlier this month, accepting a bishop's connection for a caller situation successful Newcastle.