ITV Grantchester's Rishi Nair confirms appearance as Tom Brittney's exit looms Grantchester is back on TV screens tonight but those viewers tuning in expecting to see new character Alphy Kottaram arrive in the village will be disappointed.
While actor Rishi Nair has joined the cast as new vicar Alphy, he isn’t in the first episode and viewers will have to wait until the third episode before he makes his first appearance.
First, it is time to say goodbye to beloved Reverend Will Davenport, played by Tom Brittney, who is leaving the series after five years of starring alongside Robson Green as DI Geordie Keating.
Joining Grantchester for the ninth series, he says he felt like “the new kid in school,” especially as production had already begun when he started filming.
Rishi is best known for his role in Hollyoaks as lawyer Sam Maalik, and he has also appeared in Silent Witness, Count Abdulla and Whitstable Pearl.
