when was murder before evensong set

The series "Murder Before Evensong" is set in a fictional 1980s English village called Champton. The drama revolves around Canon Daniel Clement, a parish priest navigating tensions and a murder spree in the community during that decade. The book the series is based on is also set around 1988, as inferred from references in the story to contemporary culture such as the Eurovision Song Contest and TV shows from the late 1970s to early 1980s, alongside local history elements dating back to World War II that affect the plot.