ITV Grace new series updates: Baby heartbreak and 'traumatic' beginning

drama is back for an all-new series, with reprising his role as DS Roy Grace. He has already teased a "traumatic" start to the new episodes, explaining during an appearance on The One Show: "It's a little bit further in time and sadly you discover that Roy and Cleo have lost their baby so it's a pretty traumatic start."

He went on to tease: "They are also dealing with a son that they didn't know they had, who I think from the end of last series they confronted the hospital so they are dealing with that, so it's quite a traumatic beginning."

Series five of the drama, which premieres tonight, includes four feature-length episodes inspired by Peter James' novel Dead If You Don't, Dead At First Sight, Need You Dead, and Find Them Dead. Four different directors will take the lead on each adaptation.

The author himself said: "When the first episode of Grace aired in 2021, it was a dream come true. It is both heartening and astounding to me that we're already at series five!

"The continued success of Grace is a testament to the outstanding cast headed by John Simm, and crew and, equally importantly, the fans, who have loved and devoted their time to these characters both on the page and now the screen. It is also a testament to just how faithfully ITV has adhered to both the characters and stories in the novels."

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