After more than a decade of Sunday-night mysteries, church bells, and unbreakable friendships, ITV’s beloved cozy crime drama Grantchester is preparing to ring its final peal. Season 11, currently filming across the sun-dappled streets of Cambridge and the titular village, has been officially confirmed as the series’ last, bringing the curtains down on one of Britain’s most cherished detective partnerships in summer 2026. “We always knew there would be a final chapter,” creator Daisy Coulam told Radio Times. “This season is about giving Geordie, Alphy, and the whole family the goodbye they—and the audience—deserve.”

Set in the transformative summer of 1963, the six-episode farewell finds DI Geordie Keating (Robson Green) and Reverend Alphy Kottaram (Rishi Nair) at profound crossroads. Geordie faces a life-changing career offer from the Metropolitan Police that could end his partnership with Alphy forever, while the vicar confronts ghosts from his past and a deepening bond with Meg (Charlotte Ritchie). Leonard Finch (Al Weaver), Mrs. Chapman (Tessa Peake-Jones), and Cathy Keating (Kacey Ainsworth) all return to navigate love, loss, and the swinging-sixties shift that’s beginning to ripple through even sleepy Grantchester.

Filming began in July 2025, with the cast sharing behind-the-scenes glimpses of 1960s fashion, vintage cars, and emotional table reads. “It’s bittersweet,” Green said on set. “Geordie and I have grown up together—this is family saying goodbye.” Nair added: “Alphy’s story has been about belonging; closing that arc feels right.”

Since its 2014 debut, Grantchester has followed an Anglican vicar and a cynical detective solving murders in post-war Cambridgeshire, evolving from James Norton’s jazz-loving Sidney Chambers through Tom Brittney’s Will Davenport to Nair’s trailblazing Alphy. Averaging 6–7 million UK viewers and a passionate PBS Masterpiece audience, the series earned praise for blending cozy mystery with unflinching explorations of faith, trauma, and social change.

Producers promise Season 11 will honour the show’s legacy: fresh cases, heartfelt closure, and “a few surprises that will make you laugh through tears.” Early script leaks hint at a wedding, a funeral, and one last ride on Geordie’s beloved motorbike and sidecar.

As the church doors close for the final time, one thing is certain: Grantchester’s blend of gentle English charm and profound human drama will be deeply missed. The bells will ring one last time in 2026—and Britain will be watching, handkerchiefs ready.