Broadchurch

Broadchurch is a British crime drama television series broadcast on ITV for three series between 2013 and 2017. It was created by Chris Chibnall, who acted as an executive producer and wrote all 24 episodes and produced by Kudos in association with Imaginary Friends Productions Ltd. The series is set in Broadchurch, a fictional English town on the coast of Dorset and focuses on Detective Inspector Alec Hardy (David Tennant) and Detective Sergeant Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman). Other members of the ensemble cast appearing in all three seasons are Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buchan, Arthur Darvill, Carolyn Pickles, Jonathan Bailey, Matthew Gravelle, Charlotte Beaumont and Adam Wilson.

Broadchurch
Genre	Crime drama Mystery drama Serial drama
Created by	Chris Chibnall
Written by	Chris Chibnall Louise Fox(one episode)
Starring	Olivia Colman David Tennant Jonathan Bailey Charlotte Beaumont Andrew Buchan Arthur Darvill Matthew Gravelle Carolyn Pickles Jodie Whittaker Adam Wilson
Ending theme	"So Close" by Ólafur Arnalds featuring Arnór Dan (series 1) "So Far" by Ólafur Arnalds featuring Arnór Dan (series 2) "Take My Leave of You" by Ólafur Arnalds featuring Arnór Dan (series 3)
Composer	Ólafur Arnalds
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	24 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Chris Chibnall Jane Featherstone Punit Kulkarni
Producer	Richard Stokes Dan Winch (series 3)[1]
Cinematography	Matt Gray
Running time	46–51 minutes
Production companies	Kudos Imaginary Friends
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	16:9 1080i (series 1–2) 2:1 1080i (series 3)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	4 March 2013 (2013-03-04) – 17 April 2017 (2017-04-17)
Chronology
Related	Gracepoint, Malaterra

The first series, which premiered on 4 March 2013, focuses on the death of local 11-year-old Daniel "Danny" Latimer and the impact of grief, mutual suspicion and media attention on the town. Danny's family, his mother, Beth (Jodie Whittaker), father, Mark (Andrew Buchan) and sister, Chloe (Charlotte Beaumont), is a key focus. The second series, which premiered on 5 January 2015, follows the dual story lines of bringing Danny's killer to justice and a case from the past returning to haunt Hardy. The third and final series, which premiered on 27 February 2017, focuses on the rape of a local woman (Julie Hesmondhalgh) at a birthday party, while the Latimer family goes to extreme lengths to move on from Danny's death. Chibnall has stated that the third series was the last and that he had originally envisioned Broadchurch as a trilogy.[2]

All three series received positive reviews and praise for the writing, cinematography, performances (particularly Tennant and Colman) and character development.[3]