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James Robert Runcie (born 7 May 1959) [1] is a British novelist, documentary filmmaker, television producer and playwright. [2] He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a visiting professor at Bath Spa University and was Commissioning Editor for Arts on BBC Radio 4 from 2016 - 2020.
The Grantchester Mysteries is a series of cosy mystery crime fiction books of short stories by the British author James Runcie, [1] beginning during the 1950s in Grantchester, a village near Cambridge in England. The books feature the clergyman-detective Canon Sidney Chambers, an Honorary Canon of Ely Cathedral.
Grantchester is a British ITV detective drama set in the 1950s in the Cambridgeshire village of Grantchester.Its first series was broadcast in 2014. The first three series featured Anglican vicar Sidney Chambers (James Norton); subsequent series have featured vicar William Davenport (Tom Brittney).
Bach: The Great Passion is a 2017 biographical radio play by the English writer James Runcie, dealing with the inception and premiere of the St Matthew Passion. [1] It premiered on BBC Radio 4 on 15 April 2017, with Simon Russell Beale in the title role, directed by Eoin O'Callaghan and produced by Marilyn Imrie.
Grantchester was based on The Grantchester Mysteries, collections of short stories written by James Runcie. [3] The first series was based on the six stories from the first book, Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death, and was broadcast in 2014. [4] It was a huge success and was recommissioned for several further series.
Runcie is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Constance Faunt Le Roy Runcie, American pianist and composer; James Runcie (born 1959), English novelist and playwright; Robert Runcie, English archbishop; Rosalind Runcie, English pianist
James Geoffrey Ian Norton [2] (born 18 July 1985) is an English film, television, and stage actor. He is known for roles in the television series Happy Valley , Grantchester , War & Peace and McMafia .
The village is also the setting for James Runcie's sleuth novels The Grantchester Mysteries, adapted as an ITV drama titled Grantchester shown in the UK from autumn 2014 [13] and filmed on location in Grantchester. The village is the subject of Rupert Brooke's poem The Old Vicarage, Grantchester.