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Airdate: Broadchurch

Updated: ABC1 has a new whodunnit mystery from the UK starring Olivia Colman and David Tennant.

broadchReally looking forward to seeing Broadchurch, a new whodunnit mystery from the UK starring Olivia Colman and David Tennant.

This 8 part series has been well-received by critics and been renewed for a second season.

Colman also recently won two BAFTA Awards for Accused and Twenty Twelve.

It is an early morning in July, and the Dorset town of Broadchurch is bracing itself for the annual influx of holidaymakers. But Danny Latimer – an 11-year-old local boy – is missing.

As his mother Beth starts to search frantically for him, local CID officer, Ellie Miller returns to work after a family holiday. But she has a shock in store – the promotion she thought was hers has gone to D.I. Alec Hardy – a man she has never met before, an outsider to the town, with a reputation for failure.

Then the call comes through – Danny’s body has been found on the beach.

Preliminary findings suggest that Danny’s death is suspicious, so Ellie and Hardy must break the terrible news to Beth, her husband Mark, and Danny’s sister, Chloe. Hardy believes that Danny must have been abducted, and swears to the family he will find whoever is responsible for Danny’s death.

The investigation gets underway, as does the terrible working relationship between Ellie and Hardy – they can’t bear each other. She is warm, friendly and engaging, whereas Hardy is without social skills at all. Rude, abrupt, provocative – he seems determined to make enemies.

Olly Stevens – a reporter for the Broadchurch Echo, and Ellie’s nephew – has heard there is a story. Although Ellie stonewalls him when he asks for information, he later sees Chloe at the beach with her boyfriend Dean, looking very upset. She places a toy monkey by the police barrier, and Dean leads her away.

8:30pm Friday 12 July ABC1

Updated.

11 Responses

  1. Broadchurch sounds good. It will probably rate the usual numbers for a Friday night ABC murder mysteries. Around 700k/800k.

    Critics in the UK liked the similar BBC Mayday more, because it was edgier, but few people actually watched it.

  2. Like both, esp Colman so will def have a look. Guess this will take over from Bletchley Circle.

    *segue…
    Also pleased to see that someone at ABC came to their senses and swapped BC with repeats of Doc Martin from tonight.

  3. I saw this when I was in London back in March and caught up on the remainder when I got home. This show is brilliant, loved every episode. I don’t often say that about drama, because I get bored very easily and end up playing with my phone.
    The questions raised each week keep you guessing and coming back for more. The cast is really well put together, and it was nice to see Pauline Quirke (Birds of a Feather) again, have not seen her on TV for years.

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