Everyone has the same complaint about Grace series 4 featuring Lancashire actor John Simm

TV star John Simm - who grew up in various places across Lancashire including Blackpool and Burnley - has returned to our TV screens as DS Roy Grace in the latest series of ITV’s Grace.

The first episode of the new show premiered on September 1 but following the second episode on Sunday, numerous viewers took to social media to make the same complaint, find out more below...

What is Grace about?

Grace is a crime drama based in Brighton and Hove which follows the titular character, Detective Sergeant Roy Grace as he solves a variety of cases whilst still being haunted by the death of his late wife.

The show is based on Peter James’ award-winning Roy Grace novels and is now in its fourth series, with the fifth being scheduled for next year.

Grace even stars another Lancashire actor - Blackpool born Craig Parkinson - who plays DS Norman Potting.

What have people been complaining about?

After the second episode aired, numerous people took to X (formerly known as Twitter) with a very similar complaint - that the storyline had now strayed too much away from the original books.

During the second episode, we see Grace and his team investigate two strange murders, the first being a person found restrained to a metal railing on Brighton Beach wearing a nun’s habit and the seconda person found dead on the hills, after drowing in sheep milk.

This episode is called ‘Want You Dead’ implying the plot is based off of Peter James’ 2014 novel of the same name.

However viewers were not so convinced, below are what just some of them said:

"This isn't #WantYouDead. Totally different plot. #Grace #PeterJames."

"This one’s totally different to the book, isn’t it? John Simm said it was but… #WantYouDead #Grace."

"I wonder why they totally change the plot. #Grace"

"This is an absolute mess. There is artistic licence to make a TV drama but this has no correlation to the book! #Grace."

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But what are your thoughts?

Let us know in the comments below what you’ve made of Grace series four so far.

Season four began on Sunday, September 1, 2024, at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX. 

The remaining three episodes are scheduled to follow on subsequent Sundays.