New cast join final season of Broadchurch
David Tennant and Olivia Colman return to investigate a serious sexual assault in third and final season.
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New cast members have been announced for the third and final season of Broadchurch.
David Tennant and Olivia Colman reprise their roles as DI Alec Hardy and DS Ellie Miller with Jodie Whittaker and Andrew Buchan returning to play Beth and Mark Latimer.
Arthur Darvill also returns as local Vicar Paul Coates, Carolyn Pickles as newspaper editor Maggie Radcliffe and Adam Wilson as Ellie’s son Tom.
They will be joined by Julie Hesmondhalgh, Georgina Campbell, Sarah Parish, Charlie Higson and Mark Bazeley.
The eight part series by Kudos, Imaginary Friends and Sister Pictures. features a brand new case for Miller and Hardy with the detectives reuniting to investigate a serious sexual assault.
“This is the final chapter of Broadchurch,” said creator Chris Chibnall. “We have one last story to tell, featuring both familiar faces and new characters. I hope it’s a compelling and emotional farewell to a world and show that means so much to me.”
The series explores the consequences of a serious sexual assault as a Dorset community comes under the scrutiny of Hardy and Miller’s investigation. Based on a year of research with Dorset-based organisations who specialise in dealing with victims of sexual assault, and police advisors who specialise in investigating crimes of sexual violence, Broadchurch’s final chapter looks at the emotional cost to all of those involved and the irreparable damage to friendships and relationships.
The series will be directed by Paul Andrew Williams, Lewis Arnold and Aussie Daniel Nettheim.
Filming will commence in coming months in Bridport, West Bay and Clevedon, which have featured as locations in Broadchurch series one and two.
It is due to air on ABC later this year.
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S2 of Broadchurch was pretty well unwatchable and I only made it to the second episode before I gave up and to be honest S1 was ok, but nowhere near as great as people made out. It was way too long and apart from Olivia Colman and Jodie Whittaker, the acting wasn’t up to scratch. I am going to force myself to watch some of S3 mainly out of interest to see if Chris Chibnall who will be taking over the reins of Doctor Who straight after he finishes this, can redeem himself after the disaster that was S2. Last year’s Doctor Who was the best written and acted since 2005 and with Peter Capaldi in the lead who has been head and shoulders about his predecessors it really felt as though that show was in the midst of a golden period. I am concerned that another flop from Chris Chibnall might be a bad sign that they have made the wrong choice in who takes over from the brilliantly talented (if…
Yes, agree about S2 of Fargo – found it just as good as S1 but in a different way.
Also hope that S3 of Broadchurch is able to rekindle the momentum of the earlier episodes of S1.
Sort of ran out of steam towards the end there though.
(Agree that S2 of Broadchurch was pretty average and implausible overall.)
Hopefully its more intriguing and suspenseful as season one. Season two felt like such a let down, and could have been wrapped up in half the number of episodes. Same thing happened to Fargo.
Fargo still had plenty of kick… but agree with S2 of Broadchurch.
Was going to say same thing, hoping that it would be better than S2 (only watched the first ep). Actually, I hope it’s better than S1 because that wasn’t that great.
Also disagree about Fargo. S2 had quite a different feel from S1 but was still very-well written, acted, directed, and shot. Once I’d adjusted to the stylistic change and the lack of Lorne Malvo, I really enjoyed it. Except for Jeffrey Donovan’s character which didn’t quite work for me.