Six-part drama series set in 1953, adapted from the novels by James Runcie, about the town where Sidney Chambers is the local vicar. After Guy and Amanda ask Sidney to perform their wedding ceremony, the heartbroken vicar takes solace in a bottle. Sidney helps Isabel Livingstone to prepare for her wedding to Arthur Evans, despite her mother’s wishes. But when her mother Daisy is found dead, Sidney finds himself reluctantly being dragged into the investigation. Suspicions are raised when Arthur and Isabel push for a fast cremation of the body. What is it that they do not want to be discovered? Things take a darker turn when Daisy’s sister Gladys is also found dead from a suspected poisoning., Sidney and Geordie try to track down a killer on the run in the hope of catching him before he strikes again., After Guy and Amanda ask Sidney to perform their wedding ceremony, the heartbroken vicar takes solace in a bottle. Sidney helps Isabel Livingstone to prepare for her wedding to Arthur Evans, despite her mother’s wishes. But when her mother Daisy is found dead, Sidney finds himself reluctantly being dragged into the investigation. Suspicions are raised when Arthur and Isabel push for a fast cremation of the body. What is it that they do not want to be discovered? Things take a darker turn when Daisy’s sister Gladys is also found dead from a suspected poisoning.