It s 1953 and sidney chambers james norton is vicar of grantchester a village just outside cambridge sidneys is a quiet life or at least it has been right up until the moment that murder comes his way in series one sidney is pushed into the dangerous world of lies betrayal and murder and quickly finds that his insight into the human condition and the natural trust that he engenders in people means that he excels in his new position as detective but crime isnt the only matter tha