JOHN SIMM as DS Roy Grace and RICHIE CAMPBELL as DS Branson in Grace series 6. (Tall Story Pictures/ITV)

Will There Be Another Series Of Grace?

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Here’s what we know

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JOHN SIMM as DS Roy Grace and RICHIE CAMPBELL as DS Branson in Grace series 6. (Tall Story Pictures/ITV)

Every time ITV releases a new series of Grace, more Brits are convinced to join the fanbase. It’s all thanks to John Simm’s compelling performance as protagonist Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, charged with untangling knotty crimes on England’s southeast coast.

With series 6’s fourth and final episode set to air on Sunday night at 9pm, we are already thinking ahead to the future of the gripping cop drama. So will there be Grace series 7? Here’s everything we know so far.

JOHN SIMM as DS Roy Grace and RICHIE CAMPBELL as DS Branson in Grace series 6. (Tall Story Pictures/ITV)

Grace Series 7: Plot, Cast, Release Date & More

While there’s no official news from ITV just yet, we know lead star John Simm is keen for Grace to continue. Best known for starring in Life on Mars (2006–7) and as The Master in Doctor Who but very few long-running series, Simm tells ITV: ‘I will happily do this as long as people want it. I realise how lucky I am to be playing the lead in a cop show. I love it.

‘I love the job, I love the people, and it’s unlike anything I’ve ever done, it genuinely is like a family,’ the star continued. ‘We have the same crew, the same people come back to make the show every year, and every time we start again and walk on set, it feels like coming home!’

JOHN SIMM as DS Roy Grace and RICHIE CAMPBELL as DS Branson in Grace series 6. (Tall Story Pictures/ITV)

Simm has starred opposite Richie Campbell since the series’ beginning, with Campbell starring as DI Glenn Branson, the other half of Grace’s crime-fighting duo. He tells ITV: ‘I don’t think we thought [it would carry on like this], maybe one or two series, and we know that there’s the books… But it’s the appetite, it’s the fact that people really want to be a part of the show, viewers have grown with the show.

‘I think the beautiful thing for us is that each season, we’re constantly thinking about upping it,’ Campbell added. ‘It doesn’t feel like we’re just churning stuff out. It’s like, “what can we do next?” People must get bored of us saying it, but every season, I’m like, “this season’s the best… No, this season’s the best. “ And that’s testament to everyone who works on it.’

JOHN SIMM as DS Roy Grace, RICHIE CAMPBELL as DS Branson and LAURA ELPHINSTONE as DS Bella Moy in Grace series 6. (Tall Story Pictures/ITV)

What Will Happen In Series 7?

Together, across six series, Grace and Branson have solved Sussex’s most sinister cases, from long-buried murders to fresh corpses discovered on the Downs and dredged from the Channel – and we expect even more complex plots to be dreamt up for series 7.

Novelist Peter James confirms there’s no shortage of stories for Simm and Campbell to bring to life. Grace is based on his series of Roy Grace novels, of which there are no less than 21, with two novellas to boot.

JOHN SIMM as DS Roy Grace in Grace series 6. (Tall Story Pictures/ITV)

So far screenwriter Russell Lewis has adapted 10 of James’ novels for the small screen, with some episodes diverging from the source material with the help of the author, who is an executive producer.

‘I quite like the fact that people that have read all the books, they get the rug pulled from under them when they think they know what’s going to happen, but it’s completely different,’ Simm said at a Q&A for series 5. ‘I quite like that. Because it’s a different thing. A book is not a TV show and vice versa.’ Looking ahead, the star added he is ‘not really worried about’ the TV series running out of stories. ‘I think we’ve got plenty of cases to solve,’ Simm said, with author James chiming in to confirm there are ‘a hundred more cases lined up at the moment’.