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ITV has unveiled the impressive occupation of guest stars for the sixth season of his hit crime drama. gracewhich is currently being shot in Brighton.

The popular series plays John Simm as the title DS Roy Grace when he and his Crack team from Detective Crimes in the city solve East Sussex police.

John is accompanied by a variety of fresh faces for the new season, including Rishi Nair, who is currently an Ali Khan (Ali Khan (Ali Khan (Ali Khan (Ali Khan (Ali Khan (Ali Khan (Showtrial), Gurjeet Singh (Ackley Bridge), Hannah McClean (Blue lights), Tamla Kari (The musketers) and Sara Powell (MurderThe Killing Art).

Who is still returning for the sixth season?

Richie Campbell will repeat his role as di Glenn Branson alongside Laura Elphinstone as DS Bella Moy.

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Zoë Tapper as Cleo Morey and Brad Morrison as DC Nick Nicholl are also on the return.

What you can expect from the sixth season

As usual, the new series is based on the best -selling novels by the crime author Peter James and consists of four independent films.

John, Richie and Laura sees a first look at the new series in character and draws forensic suits, while John keeps a rattling board to start the shooting.

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The titles for the series, which were taken from Peters books, include: “Las You Dead”, “Picture You Dead” and “One of us is dead”.

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John said about the return to the role of the sixth season and said: “This is the longest that I was involved in any show! But it is a pleasure to be surrounded by a team like this for big chunks of the year.

A publication date must still be announced.

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5. Play nicely

James Norton plays in this nightmare thriller about what happens when two parents recognize that their sons may not be their biological children.

Grace 'future beyond the sixth season

While the show for a seventh season does not yet have to be renewed, the main star John revealed that there are “many cases to solve”.

When asked whether the show could go beyond Peter James' books, the actor Radiotimes.com said that the show has “a treasure of ideas”, but has deviated from the books in recent years.

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“For example, Bella Moy dies early in the booksAnd we have kept Bella Moy alive and different characters are different and the storylines are different. So I think that's pretty important, “said the actor.

“I like the fact that people who have read all the books have the carpet under them pulled under them if they believe that they know what will happen, but it is completely different.”

He added: “So, yes, I'm not worried about it. I think we have many cases to solve.”

The seasons one to five from Grace are now available on ITVX.