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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.
The series is based on The Grantchester Mysteries, collections of short stories written by James Runcie. [1] The first series was based on the six stories from the first book, Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death. [2] A second series aired in March and April 2016, and a third series began its run on 23 April 2017.
Rosemary Hawley Jarman (1935–2015), historical novels; Marguerite Florence Laura Jarvis (Oliver Sandys, 1886–1964) Robin Jarvis (born 1963), The Whitby Witches; Edith Spicer Jay (1847–1901), military novels; John Cordy Jeaffreson (1831–1901) Michael Jecks (born 1960), historical mystery novels; Edgar Jepson (1863–1938) Margaret Jepson ...
James Runcie (born 1959, England, f/d) Katherine Rundell (born 1987, England, ch/f) Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804–1877, Finland, p) Kristina Rungano (born 1963, S ...
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.
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.
Village policeman Hamish Macbeth, featured in a series of novels by M. C. Beaton, is a notable exception. [2] These characters are typically well educated and intuitive, and hold jobs that bring them into constant contact with other residents of their community and the surrounding region (e.g., caterer, innkeeper, librarian, teacher, dog ...