If you aren’t familiar with the show, that question might seem to come out of left field, however, Grantchester not only deals with Geordie and Will solving mysteries through a “holy” ability to effectively communicate with people and hardboiled police skills, but it also covers significant socio-historical moments in UK history.
Series 6 deals with a litany of issues, and because it’s set in 1958, the characters tackle of lot of subjects that were fomenting prior to the “hippie” movement of the ’60s: the civil rights movement, feminism, student campaigns for nuclear disarment, and of course, homophobia.
Homosexuality was actually illegal in the United Kingdom up until 1967. And while that doesn’t seem like very long ago, same-sex acts weren’t legal nationwide in the United States until 2003. 12 years later, same sex marriage would become legal nationwide. In the UK, that law was unanimously passed in 2013, meaning regardless of your sexual orientation, you could get married.
Still a long ways off for the plot of Grantchester, but in the latest season, the “groundwork conversations” so to speak where individuals challenged “traditional” modes of thinking are touched upon.
‘Grantchester’ Series 6 Is Set Nine Years Before Homosexuality Was Legal in the UK
Source: Maharo News
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