John Simm Returns in Grace Season 6 on March 29

John Simm returns as the determined Detective Superintendent Roy Grace in the sixth season of ITV's popular crime drama Grace, premiering on March 29 at 8 p.m. on ITV1 and ITVX. The series, set in Brighton and adapted from Peter James's bestselling novels, picks up months after a shocking revelation in the previous season, where Assistant Chief Constable Cassian Pewe was exposed as a corrupt officer involved in an affair with Grace's late wife, Sandy.

The new installment opens with a two-hour feature-length episode titled "Left You Dead," the first of four standalone stories. Grace grapples with whether to trust Pewe's information about Sandy's murder and a potential threat to his young son, Bruno, amid an ongoing anti-corruption inquiry at East Sussex Police. The team soon investigates the disappearance of a property developer's wife, uncovering layers of secrets. Subsequent episodes draw from James's novels "Capture You Dead," "Dead Man's Game," and "One of Us Is Dead," while one installment features an original storyline addressing women's safety on a university campus. Producer Phil Hunter described the theme as "somber and important," noting it gives young women and...