Scripted series · ITV1
Broadchurch
A town wrapped in secrets.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
David Tennant
DI Alec Hardy
24 eps
Olivia Colman
DS Ellie Miller
24 eps
Julie Hesmondhalgh
Trish Winterman
8 eps
Mark Bazeley
Jim Atwood
8 eps
Lenny Henry
Ed Burnett
8 eps
Sebastian Armesto
Clive Lucas
8 eps
Oskar McNamara
Danny Latimer
11 eps
Georgina Campbell
DC Katie Harford
8 eps
Sarah Parish
Cath Atwood
8 eps
Jodie Whittaker
Beth Latimer
24 eps
Andrew Buchan
Mark Latimer
24 eps
Charlotte Beaumont
Chloe Latimer
20 eps
Hannah Rae
Daisy Hardy
9 eps
Arthur Darvill
Reverend Paul Coates
24 eps
Adam Wilson
Tom Miller
21 eps
Carolyn Pickles
Maggie Radcliffe
24 eps
James D'Arcy
Lee Ashworth
8 eps
Charlotte Rampling
Jocelyn Knight
8 eps
Eve Myles
Claire Ripley
8 eps
Joe Sims
Nige Carter
17 eps
Jonathan Bailey
Olly Stevens
16 eps
Matthew Gravelle
Joe Miller
18 eps
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Abby Thompson
8 eps
Pauline Quirke
Susan Wright
10 eps
Kumud Pant
Court Guard
24 eps
Paul Blackwell
Court Guard
8 eps
Charlie Higson
Ian Winterman
7 eps
Chris Mason
Leo Humphries
7 eps
Hannah Millward
Leah Winterman
7 eps
Simone McAullay
Becca Fisher
13 eps
Vicky McClure
Karen White
7 eps
Tanya Franks
Lucy Stevens
12 eps
Steve Bennett
Bob Daniels
10 eps
Jacob Anderson
Dean Thomas
6 eps
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Sharon Bishop
8 eps
Lucas Hare
Clerk of the Court
7 eps
Susan Brown
Liz Roper
7 eps
Will Mellor
Steve Connelly
7 eps
Tracey Childs
CS Elaine Jenkinson
4 eps
David Bradley
Jack Marshall
5 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Broadchurch actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Broadchurch reads strongest on Tension, Character Depth and Bingeability.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
The run
Seasons
3 seasons · 24 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20138 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Series 1
20138 episodes
8.0IMDbThe murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
Best episode · S01E08 Episode 8
Season 2 · Complete
Series 2
20158 episodes
7.5IMDbStill haunted by the case involving the murder of 11-year-old Danny Latimer, DI Alec Hardy and DS Ellie Miller pick themselves up and continue their investigative work, all the while dealing with the far-reaching consequences of the earlier case.
Best episode · S02E08 Episode 8
Season 3 · Complete
Series 3
20178 episodes
7.4IMDbSeries 3, the final series, starts three years on from the last series, five years on from the start with a bold new crime story which forces us to ask whether the town has a crack running through it caused by Danny Latimer’s death; is this new crime somehow the long-term legacy of that dark moment?
Best episode · S03E08 Episode 8
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E08
Episode 8
The final piece of the jigsaw finally begins to fall into place. DI Hardy and DS Miller attempt to name Danny Latimer’s killer.
S02E08
Episode 8
Decisions are made, truths are revealed and lives in Broadchurch are changed forever.
S01E07
Episode 7
Following recent events, Miller is more isolated than ever before as she tries to find out what happened at the clifftop hut. Meanwhile, the police are circling Susan as Nige grows increasingly desperate for her to leave Broadchurch.
S01E01
Episode 1
Out-of-town DI Alec Hardy investigates the death of an 11-year-old boy in a seaside community, aided by local girl DS Ellie Miller,The child's parent and other residents of Broadchurch try to cope with the media frenzy surrounding the case.
- Directed by James Strong
- Written by Chris Chibnall
S01E06
Episode 6
The case is stalling and morale is low. At the Broadchurch Echo, Maggie grows determined to solve a mystery that has taken a very personal turn for her.
S01E05
Episode 5
Miller realises the evidence Jack handed over does not tally with her knowledge of Danny's possessions, Jack the newsagent's gets unfair press treatment.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Richard StokesProducer
Writing
- Louise FoxWriter
- Chris ChibnallWriter
Direction
- James StrongDirector
- Lewis ArnoldDirector
- Euros LynDirector
Music
- Ólafur ArnaldsOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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