ITV Grantchester fans react as new cast member shares huge series announcement

Actor Rishi Nair volition reprise his relation arsenic Reverend Alphy Kotteram successful the upcoming bid of Grantchester, which is owed to premiere successful 2025.

Actor Rishi Nair, who made his archetypal quality successful the ninth bid of ITV's deed amusement Grantchester, has fixed fans a thrilling update connected the upcoming tenth series.

The 33 twelvemonth aged histrion volition beryllium reprising his relation arsenic Reverend Alphy Kotteram successful the caller series, acceptable to aerial successful 2025. Rishi precocious shared with his followers that filming for the bid has yet travel to an end.

He took to Instagram to station a monochrome snapshot from the Grantchester set, enthusiastically declaring: "4 and a fractional months of filming... and we've officially wrapped connected Grantchester Season 10." (sic)

The quality was met with excitement from fans of the ITV drama, with galore expressing their anticipation successful the comments. One instrumentality wrote: "Awesome! Looking guardant to the adjacent instalment." Another chimed in: "Waiting with large anticipation!"

In the upcoming series, Rishi volition beryllium joined by assemblage favourite Robson Green, who plays Geordie Keating. Other returning formed members see Al Weaver, Tessa Peake-Jones, Kacey Ainsworth, Oliver Dimsdale, Nick Brimble, Bradley Hall and Melissa Johns.

While further details astir the tenth bid stay a secret, some Rishi and Robson person dropped immoderate subtle hints astir what viewers tin expect, reports the Express.

In a revealing chat with PBS, Rishi shared insights into his character's development. He said: "In presumption of Alphy, we've seen him arsenic a precise happy-go-lucky, glass-half-full benignant of guy, precise assured and up for each challenge. But I deliberation successful Season 10, we'll commencement to unravel immoderate of the secrets that he's been hiding and we get to cognize Alphy possibly for the antheral who helium truly is, alternatively than the antheral that helium presents to the world."

Meanwhile, Robson Green teased fans astir the upcoming series, saying: "The narration with Alphy and Geordie volition advancement into thing extraordinarily beauteous and hopefully, life-changing successful presumption of taste acceptance of the melting cookware that is the quality of this country."

He added: "The acceptance of-irrespective of what onshore you're from oregon wherever you're from-who you are. It's conscionable astir your character, not the colour of your skin."

Excitement for the caller bid of Grantchester is mounting arsenic filming kicked disconnected successful July, with the formed sharing sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes glimpses connected societal media.

Grantchester is disposable to watercourse connected ITVX.