{"id":505568,"date":"2026-06-18T05:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/505568\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T05:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:59:13","slug":"all-creatures-great-and-small-star-joins-phenomenal-detective-drama-for-final-outing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/505568\/","title":{"rendered":"All Creatures Great and Small star joins ‘phenomenal’ detective drama for final outing"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s the TV crossover we never knew we needed! All Creatures Great and Small<\/a> star Nicholas Ralph is set to appear in the final season of Grantchester<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Scottish actor, who stars as veterinarian James Herriot in the popular Channel 5 drama, will portray Reverend John Planer in the 11th season, which has just started airing in the US.<\/p>\n

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Nicholas Ralph, who plays James Herriot in All Creatures Great and Small, will appear in Grantchester season 11 (Channel 5)<\/p>\n

Nicholas appears in episode five of the new series, which follows crime-solving duo DI Geordie Keating (Robson Green) and vicar Alphy Kotteram (Rishi Nair) in the summer of 1963.<\/p>\n

Alphy crosses paths with Reverend John during a visit to Bishop Grey’s home, where a group of vicars has gathered for a weekend retreat, according to TV Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reacting to his appearance in the show, one viewer penned: “Two of my favourite worlds colliding with #ACGAS Nicholas Ralph appearing in the wonderful #Grantchester. It will be fun to see the crossover of my favourite shows.”<\/p>\n

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Robson Green and Rishi Nair star in Grantchester (ITV)<\/p>\n

While the 11th season has yet to secure a UK release date, new episodes will air on the US channel PBS until 2 August.<\/p>\n

You may also likeWhat to expect from season 11<\/p>\n

Season 11 picks up in the summer of 1963, with Alphy learning more about his past and questioning what he believes in. Meanwhile, his relationship with Meg, the bishop’s daughter, continues to unfold.<\/p>\n

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Alphy learns more about his past in season 11 (PBS\/MASTERPIECE)<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Geordie is enjoying a time of relative peace, while Cathy is happy now that CeCe’s Fashion Boutique is a success.<\/p>\n

The synopsis continues: “But then, out of the blue, the Chief Superintendent comes to Geordie with a beguiling offer. It could be a chance for Geordie to finally be in charge, but it could also mean an end to his crime solving days. And his crime solving partnership with Alphy.<\/p>\n

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Geordie is faced with a big decision<\/p>\n

“During a quiet period at the halfway house, Leonard finds himself with time on his hands, and a chance to take stock of his own life and whether he’s doing enough with it. When one of Daniel\u2019s neighbours becomes ill, Leonard is drawn into helping care for the neighbour\u2019s son Raymond \u2013 and discovers a paternal side to himself he never knew he had.”<\/p>\n

When will season 11 air in the UK?<\/p>\n

It’s yet to be confirmed when Grantchester season 11 will arrive in the UK. However, since both seasons nine and ten aired on ITV in January 2025 and 2026, it’s possible the final season will follow suit and arrive in January 2027.<\/p>\n

Grantchester is available to watch on ITVX in the UK and PBS in the US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s the TV crossover we never knew we needed! All Creatures Great and Small star Nicholas Ralph is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[216081,93,214008,61,60,216078,216079,216080,282],"class_list":["post-505568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-alphy-kotteram","tag-entertainment","tag-grantchester","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-james-herriot","tag-nicholas-ralph","tag-reverend-john","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}