Actor Andrew Buchan makes his screenwriting debut with ITV thriller Passenger, and here’s the trailer.
Andrew Buchan is probably best known for playing grieving father Mark Latimer in Chris Chibnall’s whodunnit Broadchurch. He has also played the title role in drama The Fixer, as well as parts in films like Nowhere Boy, All The Money In The World and The Mercy.
He now makes his screenwriting debut with ITV thriller Passenger.
The synopsis reads as follows:
Riya (Loki star Wunmi Mosaku) arrived in the quiet town of Chadder Vale five years ago and has since been searching for something, anything that will make her feel alive again. Then one night local girl Katie Wells (Rowan Robinson) mysteriously disappears. The town barely has time to register her absence before she reappears the next day, apparently safe and sound. The townsfolk ask few questions and normal life resumes. But for Riya,...
Andrew Buchan is probably best known for playing grieving father Mark Latimer in Chris Chibnall’s whodunnit Broadchurch. He has also played the title role in drama The Fixer, as well as parts in films like Nowhere Boy, All The Money In The World and The Mercy.
He now makes his screenwriting debut with ITV thriller Passenger.
The synopsis reads as follows:
Riya (Loki star Wunmi Mosaku) arrived in the quiet town of Chadder Vale five years ago and has since been searching for something, anything that will make her feel alive again. Then one night local girl Katie Wells (Rowan Robinson) mysteriously disappears. The town barely has time to register her absence before she reappears the next day, apparently safe and sound. The townsfolk ask few questions and normal life resumes. But for Riya,...
- 3/6/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
All week long, the official Doctor Who channels have been teasing a surprise guest for this weekend’s Comic-Con@Home panel. While many were expecting to see a returning favourite or revived character from series past, the answer turned out to a brand new addition for series 13: Game of Thrones and Broadchurch actor Jacob Anderson.
Anderson will play new character Vinder in series 13. He’ll be a recurring role, and was described on the panel as a fun, adventurous action hero who’ll have his own spaceship. In a pre-recorded introductory video, Anderson revealed:
“Not only did I get to go on the Tardis and press all the buttons and flip all the levers and the switches but I got my own ship, and my own ship had its own world of buttons and levers and switches that you could actually press and you could actually play with. I was like,...
Anderson will play new character Vinder in series 13. He’ll be a recurring role, and was described on the panel as a fun, adventurous action hero who’ll have his own spaceship. In a pre-recorded introductory video, Anderson revealed:
“Not only did I get to go on the Tardis and press all the buttons and flip all the levers and the switches but I got my own ship, and my own ship had its own world of buttons and levers and switches that you could actually press and you could actually play with. I was like,...
- 7/25/2021
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
If you like Broadchurch, you already know who Andrew Buchan is. He plays Mark Latimer on the show and there is no doubt that he is more than capable of turning in a riveting performance. However, you might be wondering where you have seen him before or how he got his start in acting. Despite the show’s popularity, there really isn’t all that much information out there about him. However, you might find the following five things about him interesting, especially if he is one of your favorite characters. 1. He works on stage too The truth is, he has
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- 7/2/2017
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
“Broadchurch” wraps up a three-season arc by pulling off an ambitious storyline about rape that is as devastating as it is instructive.
It’s a fitting capper to a series that uses the sleepy Dorset town of Broadchurch as a microcosm to examine society’s ills. On the show, it’s been five years since the killing of local boy Danny Latimer, a devastating storyline that consumed “Broadchurch’s” excellent Season 1. [The less cohesive Season 2, which took place three years later, went off the rails a bit with Danny’s subsequent murder trial.]
Creator and writer Chris Chibnall guides “Broadchurch” steadily back home to finish off the trilogy with the help of his detective duo Alex Hardy (David Tennant) and Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman), who provide the only humor on the show through their comfortable and mutually irascible personalities. We’re going to miss their banter.
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In a letter to journalists,...
It’s a fitting capper to a series that uses the sleepy Dorset town of Broadchurch as a microcosm to examine society’s ills. On the show, it’s been five years since the killing of local boy Danny Latimer, a devastating storyline that consumed “Broadchurch’s” excellent Season 1. [The less cohesive Season 2, which took place three years later, went off the rails a bit with Danny’s subsequent murder trial.]
Creator and writer Chris Chibnall guides “Broadchurch” steadily back home to finish off the trilogy with the help of his detective duo Alex Hardy (David Tennant) and Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman), who provide the only humor on the show through their comfortable and mutually irascible personalities. We’re going to miss their banter.
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In a letter to journalists,...
- 6/28/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Detective Sergeant Ellie Miller and Detective Inspector Alec Hardy are back to investigate one last case. BBC America has released the trailer for the third and final season of its drama series “Broadchurch,” which centers on the murder investigation of 11-year-old Danny Latimer in the once-sleepy seaside town of Dorset, England. The series is created by Chris Chibnall (“Camelot,” “Gracepoint”) and stars Olivia Colman and David Tennant as the detective duo.
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Season 3 picks up three years after the end of the second season, and five years after the beginning of the series. The new chapter finds the detectives investigating a new crime: a violent sexual assault that may or may not be related to Danny’s murder. The returning cast includes Jodie Whittaker and Andrew Buchan as Beth and Mark Latimer, Arthur Darvill as Vicar Paul Coates, Carolyn Pickles...
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Season 3 picks up three years after the end of the second season, and five years after the beginning of the series. The new chapter finds the detectives investigating a new crime: a violent sexual assault that may or may not be related to Danny’s murder. The returning cast includes Jodie Whittaker and Andrew Buchan as Beth and Mark Latimer, Arthur Darvill as Vicar Paul Coates, Carolyn Pickles...
- 5/25/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
Louisa Mellor Apr 26, 2017
As Broadchurch series 3 comes out on DVD, we chatted to Jodie Whittaker, the actor behind Beth Latimer. Spoilers...
Warning: contains Broadchurch series 1-3 spoilers.
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David Tennant and Olivia Colman may have been Broadchurch’s leads, but Jodie Whittaker and Andrew Buchan were its heart. As bereaved parents Beth and Mark Latimer, those two formed the drama’s emotional spine. Their poignant performances were a constant across three series telling a long-form story about grief and resilience.
With Broadchurch series three out now on DVD, I spoke to Jodie Whittaker about the role of Beth, different responses to grief, the importance of female friendship and the hope contained in the Latimers’ final scenes…
Would you say Beth’s story—which shows that humans can...
As Broadchurch series 3 comes out on DVD, we chatted to Jodie Whittaker, the actor behind Beth Latimer. Spoilers...
Warning: contains Broadchurch series 1-3 spoilers.
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David Tennant and Olivia Colman may have been Broadchurch’s leads, but Jodie Whittaker and Andrew Buchan were its heart. As bereaved parents Beth and Mark Latimer, those two formed the drama’s emotional spine. Their poignant performances were a constant across three series telling a long-form story about grief and resilience.
With Broadchurch series three out now on DVD, I spoke to Jodie Whittaker about the role of Beth, different responses to grief, the importance of female friendship and the hope contained in the Latimers’ final scenes…
Would you say Beth’s story—which shows that humans can...
- 4/25/2017
- Den of Geek
Louisa Mellor Apr 11, 2017
Spoilers from the start in our review of the penultimate episode of Broadchurch…
This review contains spoilers.
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You know why Mark Latimer couldn’t die, don’t you? Because Broadchurch couldn’t do it to Beth. You don’t create a character with her strength and courage and pain then do something like that just before going away for good. Not if you’ve a heart, anyway.
And God, Broadchurch has a heart. Yes, it has the worst things happen, but it’s about the people who survive them. It’s about Beth and Chloe and Ellie and Trish and Leah. It’s about Cath,...
Spoilers from the start in our review of the penultimate episode of Broadchurch…
This review contains spoilers.
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You know why Mark Latimer couldn’t die, don’t you? Because Broadchurch couldn’t do it to Beth. You don’t create a character with her strength and courage and pain then do something like that just before going away for good. Not if you’ve a heart, anyway.
And God, Broadchurch has a heart. Yes, it has the worst things happen, but it’s about the people who survive them. It’s about Beth and Chloe and Ellie and Trish and Leah. It’s about Cath,...
- 4/10/2017
- Den of Geek
Louisa Mellor Apr 3, 2017
Broadchurch delivered a powerfully affecting episode this week. Spoilers ahead in our review...
This review contains spoilers.
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Please say it’s not so.
If the ITV website had a ‘choose your own ending’ option to save Mark Latimer, I’d click morning, noon and night between now and next Monday to get that poor man out of the water. Money, even. I’d give cold, hard cash to ensure that just out of shot in the final, terrible moment of this week’s emotional episode, is Ellie Miller standing Boudicca-like at the helm of a coastguard rescue boat, hair waving in the wind, ready with a foil blanket and a thermos of hot tea.
We’re powerless though. One way or the other,...
Broadchurch delivered a powerfully affecting episode this week. Spoilers ahead in our review...
This review contains spoilers.
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Please say it’s not so.
If the ITV website had a ‘choose your own ending’ option to save Mark Latimer, I’d click morning, noon and night between now and next Monday to get that poor man out of the water. Money, even. I’d give cold, hard cash to ensure that just out of shot in the final, terrible moment of this week’s emotional episode, is Ellie Miller standing Boudicca-like at the helm of a coastguard rescue boat, hair waving in the wind, ready with a foil blanket and a thermos of hot tea.
We’re powerless though. One way or the other,...
- 4/3/2017
- Den of Geek
Louisa Mellor Mar 20, 2017
At the halfway point, Broadchurch series 3 is building up a strong thematic context around its central investigation...
This review contains spoilers.
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Trish Winterman’s rape may be at the centre of Broadchurch series three, but around it, a thought-provoking case file is being compiled on sex, power and the ways straight male sexuality can harm women and girls.
By placing story threads about online porn, sleazy pin-ups, adultery, teen sexting (if that’s what Daisy’s storyline turns out to be), even dating apps—adjacent to the attack on Trish, this series tacitly prompts us to consider the relationship between it all.
The tacitness is key to its success. Without pounding a podium or shaking a fist, writer Chris Chibnall is building a recognisable...
At the halfway point, Broadchurch series 3 is building up a strong thematic context around its central investigation...
This review contains spoilers.
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Trish Winterman’s rape may be at the centre of Broadchurch series three, but around it, a thought-provoking case file is being compiled on sex, power and the ways straight male sexuality can harm women and girls.
By placing story threads about online porn, sleazy pin-ups, adultery, teen sexting (if that’s what Daisy’s storyline turns out to be), even dating apps—adjacent to the attack on Trish, this series tacitly prompts us to consider the relationship between it all.
The tacitness is key to its success. Without pounding a podium or shaking a fist, writer Chris Chibnall is building a recognisable...
- 3/20/2017
- Den of Geek
Louisa Mellor Mar 6, 2017
The investigation begins proper in the latest Broadchurch, which leaves us with a line of potential suspects…
This review contains spoilers.
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If last week’s sensitive opener was all about establishing empathy with Broadchurch’s traumatised subject, then this week’s was focused on getting the crime drama machinery up and running. Hardy and Miller collected evidence and interviewed leads in an instalment designed not to leave us shaken and raw, but with a list of suspects and a hunch. Right now, mine says that cocky Leo attacked Trish (a good-looking young man assaulting a fifty-year-old woman makes the clearest point that rape is about power and not sex) but then like Miller, I too am never in the mood for swaggery young shits.
Hardy and Miller may have...
The investigation begins proper in the latest Broadchurch, which leaves us with a line of potential suspects…
This review contains spoilers.
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If last week’s sensitive opener was all about establishing empathy with Broadchurch’s traumatised subject, then this week’s was focused on getting the crime drama machinery up and running. Hardy and Miller collected evidence and interviewed leads in an instalment designed not to leave us shaken and raw, but with a list of suspects and a hunch. Right now, mine says that cocky Leo attacked Trish (a good-looking young man assaulting a fifty-year-old woman makes the clearest point that rape is about power and not sex) but then like Miller, I too am never in the mood for swaggery young shits.
Hardy and Miller may have...
- 3/6/2017
- Den of Geek
Louisa Mellor Feb 27, 2017
Broadchurch series three starts strong by going back to its roots and sensitively exploring the human impact of a devastating crime...
This review contains spoilers.
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Rewind two years and the atmosphere surrounding the new series of Broadchurch was one of gentle hysteria. Preview access was fiercely guarded and press releases were accompanied by secrecy oaths sworn in blood. The success of the first run and the anticipation for its sequel were so great that it felt less like series two was airing than making an official state visit.
No show can bear the weight of that much expectation. The frenzy drained away and the follow-up was tossed like a limp dog toy between snapping muzzle headlines about falling ratings. Millions kept watching...
Broadchurch series three starts strong by going back to its roots and sensitively exploring the human impact of a devastating crime...
This review contains spoilers.
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Rewind two years and the atmosphere surrounding the new series of Broadchurch was one of gentle hysteria. Preview access was fiercely guarded and press releases were accompanied by secrecy oaths sworn in blood. The success of the first run and the anticipation for its sequel were so great that it felt less like series two was airing than making an official state visit.
No show can bear the weight of that much expectation. The frenzy drained away and the follow-up was tossed like a limp dog toy between snapping muzzle headlines about falling ratings. Millions kept watching...
- 2/24/2017
- Den of Geek
“Broadchurch” is back for its third and final season, with David Tennant and Olivia Colman returning as Detective Inspector Alec Hardy and Detective Sergeant Ellie Miller, respectively. This time, they team up to investigate one last case: a violent sexual assault. Check out the first teaser trailer below.
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In this season, a three-year flash-forward finds the two detectives investigating another crime in their once-sleepy seaside town, which may or may not be related to the Danny Latimer case that plagued the townspeople in season one.
Among other returning cast members are Jodie Whittaker and Andrew Buchan as Beth and Mark Latimer. Also coming back: Arthur Darvill as Vicar Paul Coates; Carolyn Pickles as newspaper editor Maggie Radcliffe; Charlotte Beaumont as Mark and Beth’s daughter Chloe; and Adam Wilson as Ellie’s son Tom.
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In this season, a three-year flash-forward finds the two detectives investigating another crime in their once-sleepy seaside town, which may or may not be related to the Danny Latimer case that plagued the townspeople in season one.
Among other returning cast members are Jodie Whittaker and Andrew Buchan as Beth and Mark Latimer. Also coming back: Arthur Darvill as Vicar Paul Coates; Carolyn Pickles as newspaper editor Maggie Radcliffe; Charlotte Beaumont as Mark and Beth’s daughter Chloe; and Adam Wilson as Ellie’s son Tom.
- 1/31/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
To celebrate the release of series 2 of ITV’s Broadchurch on Blu-Ray and DVD, we’re giving 5 lucky WhatCulture.com readers the chance to win a copy of the multi-award winning drama on Blu-Ray!
Series 2 sees David Tennant return as Alec Hardy and Olivia Coleman resume her role as Ellie Miller, last seen having her life torn apart as her husband Joe confessed to murdering local schoolboy Danny Latimer in the remote seaside town.
Jodie Whittaker and Andrew Buchan, who play Danny’s parents Beth and Mark Latimer, will also return to their roles, alongside Arthur Darvill as vicar Paul Coates, Carolyn Pickles as newspaper editor Maggie Radcliffe and a host of other ‘local’ faces.
Legendary Emmy nominated film and television actress Charlotte Rampling, Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominated Marianne Jean-Baptiste, James D’Arcy (Cloud Atlas, Hitchcock, Jupiter Ascending), Eve Myles (Torchwood, Merlin, Little Dorrit) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Bad Education,...
Series 2 sees David Tennant return as Alec Hardy and Olivia Coleman resume her role as Ellie Miller, last seen having her life torn apart as her husband Joe confessed to murdering local schoolboy Danny Latimer in the remote seaside town.
Jodie Whittaker and Andrew Buchan, who play Danny’s parents Beth and Mark Latimer, will also return to their roles, alongside Arthur Darvill as vicar Paul Coates, Carolyn Pickles as newspaper editor Maggie Radcliffe and a host of other ‘local’ faces.
Legendary Emmy nominated film and television actress Charlotte Rampling, Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominated Marianne Jean-Baptiste, James D’Arcy (Cloud Atlas, Hitchcock, Jupiter Ascending), Eve Myles (Torchwood, Merlin, Little Dorrit) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Bad Education,...
- 3/17/2015
- by Sam Driver
- Obsessed with Film
Chris Chibnall has hit back at Broadchurch critics, defending series two's portrayal of the trial process.
In a column for The Guardian, the writer insisted that the ITV thriller's latest episodes - which saw Joe Miller (Matthew Gravelle) on trial for murder - were "devised as the result of months of research and consultation".
"Before we started to plot or write, we researched trials of the past 20 years and attended criminal proceedings," he explained. "Alongside a respected police adviser from the first series, we brought on highly-qualified, experienced and practising members of the legal profession.
"Critics argued the defence wouldn't be allowed to suggest Mark Latimer (Andrew Buchan) as an alternate killer. Our advisers were - and remain (I checked) - adamant on this: if they were defending, they could and would run this approach.
"Others thought the cross-examination of Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman) in the witness box was unrealistic: our police adviser told me,...
In a column for The Guardian, the writer insisted that the ITV thriller's latest episodes - which saw Joe Miller (Matthew Gravelle) on trial for murder - were "devised as the result of months of research and consultation".
"Before we started to plot or write, we researched trials of the past 20 years and attended criminal proceedings," he explained. "Alongside a respected police adviser from the first series, we brought on highly-qualified, experienced and practising members of the legal profession.
"Critics argued the defence wouldn't be allowed to suggest Mark Latimer (Andrew Buchan) as an alternate killer. Our advisers were - and remain (I checked) - adamant on this: if they were defending, they could and would run this approach.
"Others thought the cross-examination of Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman) in the witness box was unrealistic: our police adviser told me,...
- 3/4/2015
- Digital Spy
Broadchurch’s arty direction made this week’s episode even more heightened as a grisly revelation was made…
This review contains spoilers.
Like an orange-cagouled lamb to the slaughterhouse, Ellie Miller’s aggressive pursuit of the Sandbrook case after her heart-rending meeting with Tom led her to a grisly discovery. Was that agricultural incinerator the final resting place of Lisa Newberry’s body? Or is it simply another sleight of hand misdirection?
Not yet being in possession of all the facts, we viewers are at a loss when it comes to rationally sifting through them. Better to let the revelations and diversions tumble out at our feet over the remaining episodes while we let the series’ distracting beauty drift over us. And boy, was this episode beautiful.
Whether we have the arrival of The Railway Man director Jonathan Teplitzky or cinematographer John Conroy to thank for it, episode five was Broadchurch as an art-house flick.
This review contains spoilers.
Like an orange-cagouled lamb to the slaughterhouse, Ellie Miller’s aggressive pursuit of the Sandbrook case after her heart-rending meeting with Tom led her to a grisly discovery. Was that agricultural incinerator the final resting place of Lisa Newberry’s body? Or is it simply another sleight of hand misdirection?
Not yet being in possession of all the facts, we viewers are at a loss when it comes to rationally sifting through them. Better to let the revelations and diversions tumble out at our feet over the remaining episodes while we let the series’ distracting beauty drift over us. And boy, was this episode beautiful.
Whether we have the arrival of The Railway Man director Jonathan Teplitzky or cinematographer John Conroy to thank for it, episode five was Broadchurch as an art-house flick.
- 2/4/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
With spiralling plots and returning characters retreading old ground, Broadchurch’ second series is really starting to flounder…
This review contains spoilers.
Increasingly, Broadchurch’s second run is starting to feel less like a drama in its own right, and more like a set of specially filmed DVD extras to accompany the first series. Previously unseen Broadchurch trial footage! Hear witness testimony from your favourite characters! Click here for the juicy alternate killer! Exclusive documentary special: what really happened in Sandbrook…
As such, it’s diverting for rabid fans, but not compelling enough to stand alone.
That sense was compounded this week by the return of Susan Wright (Pauline Quirke), who threw one of plumber Nige’s spanners in the works by testifying that it was her estranged son and not Joe Miller she saw placing Danny’s body on the beach. Why land her boy in it? Either Susan still thinks he did it,...
This review contains spoilers.
Increasingly, Broadchurch’s second run is starting to feel less like a drama in its own right, and more like a set of specially filmed DVD extras to accompany the first series. Previously unseen Broadchurch trial footage! Hear witness testimony from your favourite characters! Click here for the juicy alternate killer! Exclusive documentary special: what really happened in Sandbrook…
As such, it’s diverting for rabid fans, but not compelling enough to stand alone.
That sense was compounded this week by the return of Susan Wright (Pauline Quirke), who threw one of plumber Nige’s spanners in the works by testifying that it was her estranged son and not Joe Miller she saw placing Danny’s body on the beach. Why land her boy in it? Either Susan still thinks he did it,...
- 1/27/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Silent Witness: BBC One, 9pm
Emilia Fox, Richard Lintern and David Caves star in the long-running, gripping drama about a team of forensic pathologists.
Two-part story 'Squaring The Circle' sees the team investigating a violent shootout at a city hotel, which leaves the nanny of a Russian oligarch and an unknown hitman dead. Nikki (Fox) and Jack (Caves) must work to discover the hitman's identity - and track down the killer.
Broadchurch: ITV, 9pm
We reach the series halfway point of the mystery drama starring Olivia Colman and David Tennant, who received the coveted Special Recognition Award at last week's NTAs.
Following the dramatic events of last week, Ellie Miller (Colman) is struggling with family troubles, Alec Hardy (Tennant) faces up to his demons and Mark Latimer (Andrew Buchan) has a tough decision to make.
South Side Story: BBC Three, 9.30pm
A new reality show hits BBC Three,...
Emilia Fox, Richard Lintern and David Caves star in the long-running, gripping drama about a team of forensic pathologists.
Two-part story 'Squaring The Circle' sees the team investigating a violent shootout at a city hotel, which leaves the nanny of a Russian oligarch and an unknown hitman dead. Nikki (Fox) and Jack (Caves) must work to discover the hitman's identity - and track down the killer.
Broadchurch: ITV, 9pm
We reach the series halfway point of the mystery drama starring Olivia Colman and David Tennant, who received the coveted Special Recognition Award at last week's NTAs.
Following the dramatic events of last week, Ellie Miller (Colman) is struggling with family troubles, Alec Hardy (Tennant) faces up to his demons and Mark Latimer (Andrew Buchan) has a tough decision to make.
South Side Story: BBC Three, 9.30pm
A new reality show hits BBC Three,...
- 1/26/2015
- Digital Spy
It was worth the wait, wasn't it? After nearly two years of speculation, a month of mysterious adverts on loop on ITV and CIA-esque level of secrecy surrounding the plot, Broadchurch series 2 finally arrived last night.
As writer Chris Chibnall promised, this wasn't simply another murder mystery whodunnit in the same town. In fact, it's quite the contrary - it's a can-you-prove-he-did-it.
Oh and that little case in Sandbrook that tormented Di Alec Hardy in series one. Yes, that reared up again.
At the end of the opening hour, we were left with questions piled on top of questions, and with a week to wait before we get episode two, here are the 20 most burning matters that we'll be mulling over until next Monday.
1. Why did Joe plead 'not guilty'?
"The evidence against you is clear."
"Not just me. Everyone... Nobody's innocent, Paul. Everyone's hiding things."
The exchanges between Joe Miller and Rev.
As writer Chris Chibnall promised, this wasn't simply another murder mystery whodunnit in the same town. In fact, it's quite the contrary - it's a can-you-prove-he-did-it.
Oh and that little case in Sandbrook that tormented Di Alec Hardy in series one. Yes, that reared up again.
At the end of the opening hour, we were left with questions piled on top of questions, and with a week to wait before we get episode two, here are the 20 most burning matters that we'll be mulling over until next Monday.
1. Why did Joe plead 'not guilty'?
"The evidence against you is clear."
"Not just me. Everyone... Nobody's innocent, Paul. Everyone's hiding things."
The exchanges between Joe Miller and Rev.
- 1/6/2015
- Digital Spy
Broadchurch series two eases back into its investigation with clockwork-precise plotting and characteristically strong performances…
Warning: this review contains spoilers.
Emerging mercifully intact from under the geological pressure of its own success, the first hour of Broadchurch series two was a work of expert manipulation. Chris Chibnall’s script orchestrated the audience response with a conductor’s precision, sweeping down his baton before each ad break, cueing a collective gasp or note of creeping suspicion. The end result? We’re all hooked of course. As was ITV’s plan.
The first episode was more a mathematical achievement than anything else. Its geometric design neatly re-erected Broadchurch’s major playing pieces, unpacked a box of newcomers and strung up lines of enquiry between them all leading off into the horizon.
The hour reminded us - a little too forcefully and too often perhaps - that nobody’s innocent and everybody’s hiding things.
Warning: this review contains spoilers.
Emerging mercifully intact from under the geological pressure of its own success, the first hour of Broadchurch series two was a work of expert manipulation. Chris Chibnall’s script orchestrated the audience response with a conductor’s precision, sweeping down his baton before each ad break, cueing a collective gasp or note of creeping suspicion. The end result? We’re all hooked of course. As was ITV’s plan.
The first episode was more a mathematical achievement than anything else. Its geometric design neatly re-erected Broadchurch’s major playing pieces, unpacked a box of newcomers and strung up lines of enquiry between them all leading off into the horizon.
The hour reminded us - a little too forcefully and too often perhaps - that nobody’s innocent and everybody’s hiding things.
- 1/6/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
1. When is it back?
Detectives Alec Hardy (David Tennant) and Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman) will return to ITV in January 2015.
We don't know the exact date, but if we were taking a punt it would be in the second week of the year. And ITV would have to be daft not to put it on Monday nights again - it was the perfect start to the week.
2. Who is returning?
Despite Hardy's funny turns and dicky heart, David Tennant is definitely back. Despite finding out that her husband was a child murderer, Olivia Colman's slug-stomper Miller will also return.
Perhaps more surprisingly, Jodie Whittaker and Andrew Buchan are also involved in series 2. The duo played Beth and Mark Latimer, the parents of victim Danny in series one and their reappearance suggests that the second series may in some way be connected to the first - rather than a second,...
Detectives Alec Hardy (David Tennant) and Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman) will return to ITV in January 2015.
We don't know the exact date, but if we were taking a punt it would be in the second week of the year. And ITV would have to be daft not to put it on Monday nights again - it was the perfect start to the week.
2. Who is returning?
Despite Hardy's funny turns and dicky heart, David Tennant is definitely back. Despite finding out that her husband was a child murderer, Olivia Colman's slug-stomper Miller will also return.
Perhaps more surprisingly, Jodie Whittaker and Andrew Buchan are also involved in series 2. The duo played Beth and Mark Latimer, the parents of victim Danny in series one and their reappearance suggests that the second series may in some way be connected to the first - rather than a second,...
- 12/2/2014
- Digital Spy
Having neglected the British whodunit "Broadchurch" until now, after seeing the light I've become an evangelist. Created and written by Chris Chibnall, it first appears to be another twisted mystery along the lines of "True Detective" or "The Killing," hewing to expectation: unsettling crime, "everyone's a suspect" plot, small-town setting, overworked investigators, grieving families. And yet the series slowly turns the screw of convention, emerging as a richer, more humane portrait of communal trauma than its televisual kin. "Broadchurch" is simply extraordinary. Read More: 'The Killing' Borrows Heavily From David Fincher's 'Seven' From the outset, as plumber Mark Latimer (Andrew Buchan) makes his way through the English seaside hamlet of Broadchurch one fine, bright morning, the series constructs a remarkably precise sense of place. By the end of the eight-episode arc I felt as if I could draw the fictional town on a map,...
- 9/30/2014
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
It's official: Broadchurch's key cast members, from David Tennant to Jodie Whittaker, will be returning for series 2...
News
Olivia Colman's return as Ellie Miller for Broadchurch's second series has been out of the bag for months, but despite rumours, a question mark has hovered over whether David Tennant (who is also starring in Us remake, Gracepoint) would be joining her by coming back for series two.
Not any more. It's been confirmed that Tennant will indeed be returning to the role of Di Alec Hardy for Broadchurch's second run, and he's not the only one. Joining Tennant and Colman will be series one regulars Arthur Darvill, Jodie Whittaker and Andrew Buchan. Darvill is back playing trendy vicar Reverend Paul Coates, while Whittaker and Buchan will reprise their respective roles as Beth and Mark Latimer, the parents of murdered schoolboy Danny in the first series.
Aside from the returning cast,...
News
Olivia Colman's return as Ellie Miller for Broadchurch's second series has been out of the bag for months, but despite rumours, a question mark has hovered over whether David Tennant (who is also starring in Us remake, Gracepoint) would be joining her by coming back for series two.
Not any more. It's been confirmed that Tennant will indeed be returning to the role of Di Alec Hardy for Broadchurch's second run, and he's not the only one. Joining Tennant and Colman will be series one regulars Arthur Darvill, Jodie Whittaker and Andrew Buchan. Darvill is back playing trendy vicar Reverend Paul Coates, while Whittaker and Buchan will reprise their respective roles as Beth and Mark Latimer, the parents of murdered schoolboy Danny in the first series.
Aside from the returning cast,...
- 5/12/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
David Tennant and Olivia Colman will both return to Broadchurch for series two, it has been announced.
Jodie Whittaker (Beth Latimer), Andrew Buchan (Mark Latimer) and Arthur Darvill (Rev. Paul Coates) are also confirmed for the next run.
Tennant (Di Alec Hardy) previously signed up to star in Gracepoint - a Us remake of Broadchurch - calling into question his continued participation with the original show.
However, it has now been confirmed that the Scottish actor will appear concurrently in both the UK and Us versions of the series.
"We're delighted Broadchurch is back in production, but we're remaining tight-lipped about how the story develops," said ITV's director of drama, Steve November.
"Suffice to say Chris [Chibnall] has delivered as always and the scripts are just as exciting as the first series."
Broadchurch will resume filming in Dorset soon, with the remainder of series two's cast to be announced in the near future.
Jodie Whittaker (Beth Latimer), Andrew Buchan (Mark Latimer) and Arthur Darvill (Rev. Paul Coates) are also confirmed for the next run.
Tennant (Di Alec Hardy) previously signed up to star in Gracepoint - a Us remake of Broadchurch - calling into question his continued participation with the original show.
However, it has now been confirmed that the Scottish actor will appear concurrently in both the UK and Us versions of the series.
"We're delighted Broadchurch is back in production, but we're remaining tight-lipped about how the story develops," said ITV's director of drama, Steve November.
"Suffice to say Chris [Chibnall] has delivered as always and the scripts are just as exciting as the first series."
Broadchurch will resume filming in Dorset soon, with the remainder of series two's cast to be announced in the near future.
- 5/12/2014
- Digital Spy
Spoiler alert! If you haven’t watched BBC America’s gripping whodunit Broadchurch, stop reading now. When the season 1 finale aired in September, we asked creator/writer Chris Chibnall to take us inside the episode and the shocking reveal of 11-year-old Danny’s killer. Revisit that conversation below.
Click here for more of EW.com’s Best of 2013 coverage.
Entertainment Weekly: You were notoriously tight-lipped with the cast about the identity of the killer. When did actor Matthew Gravelle find out his character, Joe Miller, the husband of DS Miller (Olivia Colman), had strangled Danny? (Danny had threatened to tell...
Click here for more of EW.com’s Best of 2013 coverage.
Entertainment Weekly: You were notoriously tight-lipped with the cast about the identity of the killer. When did actor Matthew Gravelle find out his character, Joe Miller, the husband of DS Miller (Olivia Colman), had strangled Danny? (Danny had threatened to tell...
- 12/1/2013
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW - Inside TV
Spoiler alert! If you haven’t watched the season finale of BBC America’s Broadchurch, stop reading now. We asked creator/writer Chris Chibnall to take us inside the episode.
Entertainment Weekly: You were notoriously tight-lipped with the cast about the identity of the killer. When did actor Matthew Gravelle find out his character, Joe Miller, the husband of DS Miller (Olivia Colman), had strangled Danny? (Danny had threatened to tell his father that they were spending time together, hugging.)
Chris Chibnall: We shot episodes 6, 7, and 8 together in one block. I called him the night before I issued the episode 8 script and said,...
Entertainment Weekly: You were notoriously tight-lipped with the cast about the identity of the killer. When did actor Matthew Gravelle find out his character, Joe Miller, the husband of DS Miller (Olivia Colman), had strangled Danny? (Danny had threatened to tell his father that they were spending time together, hugging.)
Chris Chibnall: We shot episodes 6, 7, and 8 together in one block. I called him the night before I issued the episode 8 script and said,...
- 9/26/2013
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW - Inside TV
At 3:20 a.m. on a moonlit night, 11-year-old Danny Latimer (Oskar McNamara) stands shivering at the edge of a sheer cliff high above a beach. As he stares numbly at the pounding surf below, blood drips from the fingers of his right hand.
In just a few minutes, Danny is going to be dead, the victim of a murder that's about to rock his tiny hometown to its very foundations -- a town called Broadchurch, also the title of the electrifying eight-part British mystery series premiering Wednesday, Aug. 7, on BBC America.
Just a few hours before Danny's lifeless body is found lying on the beach, Detective Sgt. Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman), a Latimer family friend, has returned from a holiday to discover that a promotion she was all but promised has been given instead to an outsider: Detective Inspector Alec Hardy (David Tennant), a frosty gentleman whose terse style...
In just a few minutes, Danny is going to be dead, the victim of a murder that's about to rock his tiny hometown to its very foundations -- a town called Broadchurch, also the title of the electrifying eight-part British mystery series premiering Wednesday, Aug. 7, on BBC America.
Just a few hours before Danny's lifeless body is found lying on the beach, Detective Sgt. Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman), a Latimer family friend, has returned from a holiday to discover that a promotion she was all but promised has been given instead to an outsider: Detective Inspector Alec Hardy (David Tennant), a frosty gentleman whose terse style...
- 8/7/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
After becoming an instant phenomenon in the UK, acclaimed new drama "Broadchurch" is set to make its debut stateside this summer -- and we've got the first thrilling trailer to whet your appetite.
BBC America's newest import stars David Tennant ("Doctor Who") and Olivia Colman as two detectives investigating the shocking murder of a young boy and the impact it has on a quiet seaside town when everyone in the tight-knit, secretive community becomes a suspect. Will the community band together to help the detectives solve the appalling crime, or will secrets and lies derail the investigation?
"Broadchurch" also stars Jodie Whitaker and Andrew Buchan as the boy's grieving parents Beth and Mark Latimer, Arthur Darvill ("Doctor Who") as the town priest, Rev. Paul Coates, David Bradley as local shop owner Jack Marshall, Matthew Gravelle as Ellie's (Colman) supportive husband Joe Miller, Jonathan Bailey as up-and-coming local reporter, Vicky McClure...
BBC America's newest import stars David Tennant ("Doctor Who") and Olivia Colman as two detectives investigating the shocking murder of a young boy and the impact it has on a quiet seaside town when everyone in the tight-knit, secretive community becomes a suspect. Will the community band together to help the detectives solve the appalling crime, or will secrets and lies derail the investigation?
"Broadchurch" also stars Jodie Whitaker and Andrew Buchan as the boy's grieving parents Beth and Mark Latimer, Arthur Darvill ("Doctor Who") as the town priest, Rev. Paul Coates, David Bradley as local shop owner Jack Marshall, Matthew Gravelle as Ellie's (Colman) supportive husband Joe Miller, Jonathan Bailey as up-and-coming local reporter, Vicky McClure...
- 6/25/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Broadchurch stars Jodie Whittaker and Andrew Buchan have revealed that they are uncertain if they will be back for series two.
The hit crime drama will return for a second run, but Whittaker and Buchan - who played the parents of murder victim Danny Latimer (Oskar McNamara) - told journalists at last night's (May 12) BAFTA Television Awards that they "don't know anything" about the next series.
"No, we don't know anything," said Whittaker (Beth Latimer). "It would be lovely to be part of it again, but it's up to [writer] Chris Chibnall.
"He hasn't written it yet and he's got a lot of other projects on at the moment as well, so it's not until next year."
On following up series one's success, Buchan (Mark Latimer) added: "He's got a big old task on his shoulders, but he's got a lot of time."
Buchan also revealed that he had been amused...
The hit crime drama will return for a second run, but Whittaker and Buchan - who played the parents of murder victim Danny Latimer (Oskar McNamara) - told journalists at last night's (May 12) BAFTA Television Awards that they "don't know anything" about the next series.
"No, we don't know anything," said Whittaker (Beth Latimer). "It would be lovely to be part of it again, but it's up to [writer] Chris Chibnall.
"He hasn't written it yet and he's got a lot of other projects on at the moment as well, so it's not until next year."
On following up series one's success, Buchan (Mark Latimer) added: "He's got a big old task on his shoulders, but he's got a lot of time."
Buchan also revealed that he had been amused...
- 5/13/2013
- Digital Spy
You knew it was Joe Miller (Matthew Gravelle) all along right? Never doubted it for a second. Even when they did the big reveal in the first 20 minutes? I don't believe you.
Broadchurch concluded this evening in spectacular fashion. Most people had come to the conclusion that it had to be Ellie Miller's (Olivia Colman's) suspicious looking hubby who bumped off Danny Latimer by the end of last week (over 50% thought so in a Digital Spy poll) - the dodgy wallpapering was the giveaway, I reckon.
However, the fact that the killer was fairly obvious by the end didn't detract at all from the powerful and utterly engrossing final hour.
Writer Chris Chibnall was never going to please everyone with his finale. The web of lies and deceit was spread so far across the town of Broadchurch, there were endless red herrings and a seemingly never-ending list of possible suspects.
Broadchurch concluded this evening in spectacular fashion. Most people had come to the conclusion that it had to be Ellie Miller's (Olivia Colman's) suspicious looking hubby who bumped off Danny Latimer by the end of last week (over 50% thought so in a Digital Spy poll) - the dodgy wallpapering was the giveaway, I reckon.
However, the fact that the killer was fairly obvious by the end didn't detract at all from the powerful and utterly engrossing final hour.
Writer Chris Chibnall was never going to please everyone with his finale. The web of lies and deceit was spread so far across the town of Broadchurch, there were endless red herrings and a seemingly never-ending list of possible suspects.
- 4/22/2013
- Digital Spy
Review Louisa Mellor 22 Apr 2013 - 23:45
We finally know who killed Danny Latimer in ITV’s Broadchurch, but was it the resolution we hoped for?
This review contains major spoilers.
The last few weeks have been fun, haven’t they? We’ve enjoyed being armchair detectives, discussing evidence, swapping theories on Twitter, making topical jokes about suspecting Thatcher/Vince the Labrador/Justin Bieber of having killed Danny Latimer. We’ve played excitedly along with our enjoyable game of find-the-killer, like a pack of yelping dogs worrying a rabbit.
Then came tonight’s finale, a chastening bucket of cold water thrown on our snapping muzzles. It’s not a game, writer Chris Chibnall reminded us. Broadchurch wasn’t meant to be played. It wasn't Poirot, or Sherlock, or Jonathan Creek. I didn’t set out to trick you.
And we weren’t tricked. Joe Miller was the prime suspect - since day one for some,...
We finally know who killed Danny Latimer in ITV’s Broadchurch, but was it the resolution we hoped for?
This review contains major spoilers.
The last few weeks have been fun, haven’t they? We’ve enjoyed being armchair detectives, discussing evidence, swapping theories on Twitter, making topical jokes about suspecting Thatcher/Vince the Labrador/Justin Bieber of having killed Danny Latimer. We’ve played excitedly along with our enjoyable game of find-the-killer, like a pack of yelping dogs worrying a rabbit.
Then came tonight’s finale, a chastening bucket of cold water thrown on our snapping muzzles. It’s not a game, writer Chris Chibnall reminded us. Broadchurch wasn’t meant to be played. It wasn't Poirot, or Sherlock, or Jonathan Creek. I didn’t set out to trick you.
And we weren’t tricked. Joe Miller was the prime suspect - since day one for some,...
- 4/22/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
9pm on Monday night sees the final chapter of Broadchurch come to a close on ITV. The crime drama has been nothing short of a revelation on British TV screens for the past eight weeks, enjoying both critical and public accliam, attracting an average 7 million views each episode, and delivering a tour de force in suspense and intrigue.
With an outstanding cast, lead by the unusual double act of the dark and haggard David Tennant and the relentlessly chirpy Olivia Colman, Broadchurch has lead viewers on a merry dance around the fictional south-coast seaside resort. After the body of 11-year-old Danny Latimer was found on the local beach, the viewer joined Tennant and Colman as they battled devious journalists, distraught family members and creepy residents – from psychics to plumbers to vicars – in a desperate hunt for the killer.
Borrowing from the likes of The Killing, Broadchurch has taken the full series to solve one murder,...
With an outstanding cast, lead by the unusual double act of the dark and haggard David Tennant and the relentlessly chirpy Olivia Colman, Broadchurch has lead viewers on a merry dance around the fictional south-coast seaside resort. After the body of 11-year-old Danny Latimer was found on the local beach, the viewer joined Tennant and Colman as they battled devious journalists, distraught family members and creepy residents – from psychics to plumbers to vicars – in a desperate hunt for the killer.
Borrowing from the likes of The Killing, Broadchurch has taken the full series to solve one murder,...
- 4/22/2013
- by Rob Sellars
- Obsessed with Film
Digital Spy readers believe that Joe Miller (Matthew Gravelle) is the Broadchurch killer.
In a recent DS poll which attracted a total of 10,621 votes, Joe - husband of Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman) - emerged as the most likely suspect for Danny Latimer's murder with almost half of the total vote (48.57%).
In second place was Ellie and Joe's young son Tom (Adam Wilson) - Danny's schoolmate pulled in 16.52% of the vote - while Nige Carter (Joe Sims) came third with 7.33%.
David Tennant's investigating officer Di Alec Hardy was a surprising choice for fourth place, with 6.03%.
In the bottom half of the poll were town vicar Paul Coates (Arthur Darvill) with 5.50% and psychic telephone engineer Steve Connelly (Will Mellor) with 4.49%.
Rounding up the vote are Olly Stevens (Jonathan Bailey) - 3.62%, Mark Latimer (Andrew Buchan) - 3.08%, Dean Thomas (Jacob Anderson) - 2.70% and Susan Wright (Pauline Quirke) - 2.15%.
The identity of Danny's killer...
In a recent DS poll which attracted a total of 10,621 votes, Joe - husband of Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman) - emerged as the most likely suspect for Danny Latimer's murder with almost half of the total vote (48.57%).
In second place was Ellie and Joe's young son Tom (Adam Wilson) - Danny's schoolmate pulled in 16.52% of the vote - while Nige Carter (Joe Sims) came third with 7.33%.
David Tennant's investigating officer Di Alec Hardy was a surprising choice for fourth place, with 6.03%.
In the bottom half of the poll were town vicar Paul Coates (Arthur Darvill) with 5.50% and psychic telephone engineer Steve Connelly (Will Mellor) with 4.49%.
Rounding up the vote are Olly Stevens (Jonathan Bailey) - 3.62%, Mark Latimer (Andrew Buchan) - 3.08%, Dean Thomas (Jacob Anderson) - 2.70% and Susan Wright (Pauline Quirke) - 2.15%.
The identity of Danny's killer...
- 4/22/2013
- Digital Spy
With just one episode left until Broadchurch draws to a close, we're mere days away from finally finding out who killed young Danny Latimer - and this is your final chance to finger the chief suspect and spout your theories.
Our poll lists ten of the most likely suspects - vote below or if you've got your eye on an outsider, name Danny's murderer in the comments below.
Is creepy Nige (Joe Sims) - shopped to the cops by his own mother in the last episode - your bet? Or are you plumping for the bookies' favourite, Ellie Miller's husband Joe (Matthew Gravelle)?
Ellie's son Tom Miller (Adam Wilson) also seemed to have it out for Danny, but surely he's not the killer? Perhaps the boy's mentor - the Reverend Paul Coates (Arthur Darvill) - isn't as mild-mannered as he seems...
Could Broadchurch pull the mother of all twists and...
Our poll lists ten of the most likely suspects - vote below or if you've got your eye on an outsider, name Danny's murderer in the comments below.
Is creepy Nige (Joe Sims) - shopped to the cops by his own mother in the last episode - your bet? Or are you plumping for the bookies' favourite, Ellie Miller's husband Joe (Matthew Gravelle)?
Ellie's son Tom Miller (Adam Wilson) also seemed to have it out for Danny, but surely he's not the killer? Perhaps the boy's mentor - the Reverend Paul Coates (Arthur Darvill) - isn't as mild-mannered as he seems...
Could Broadchurch pull the mother of all twists and...
- 4/17/2013
- Digital Spy
Review Louisa Mellor 16 Apr 2013 - 20:00
Broadchurch's penultimate episode is a belter. Tense, well-structured, and boasting some great perfomances...
This review contains spoilers.
When else in the history of television have the words “Of course!” prompted a nation to throw down the sofa cushion it’d been tensely gnawing on for the past hour, look up to the sky, clench its fists, and scream a prolonged, action-movie-style “Nooooooooo”? Not often, I’d bet.
Seconds after Di Hardy had uttered those eureka-like words, Broadchurch’s theme music arrived to complete the torment, those floaty Icelandic vocals taunting us like a playground ghost. “So clo-o-o-o-ose” to finding out who killed Danny Latimer we might be, but we’re not there yet. There’s one extended-length episode to go, after which we’ll finally be able to lower our collective shoulder muscles, say “Huh. Thought so” and go about our business.
Because this is the best bit,...
Broadchurch's penultimate episode is a belter. Tense, well-structured, and boasting some great perfomances...
This review contains spoilers.
When else in the history of television have the words “Of course!” prompted a nation to throw down the sofa cushion it’d been tensely gnawing on for the past hour, look up to the sky, clench its fists, and scream a prolonged, action-movie-style “Nooooooooo”? Not often, I’d bet.
Seconds after Di Hardy had uttered those eureka-like words, Broadchurch’s theme music arrived to complete the torment, those floaty Icelandic vocals taunting us like a playground ghost. “So clo-o-o-o-ose” to finding out who killed Danny Latimer we might be, but we’re not there yet. There’s one extended-length episode to go, after which we’ll finally be able to lower our collective shoulder muscles, say “Huh. Thought so” and go about our business.
Because this is the best bit,...
- 4/16/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Feature Louisa Mellor 15 Apr 2013 - 07:00
With two episodes to go, we round-up the remaining question marks in the Broadchurch case. Speculation ahoy...
Spoiler warning: as ITV has kept episodes seven and eight of Broadchurch under wraps, the below contains no actual spoilers, just plenty of speculation on how the ending might unfurl.
At 10pm this evening, we’ll be one hour closer to finding out who killed Danny Latimer. Like those of Nanna Birk Larsen and Laura Palmer before her, young Danny’s murder has preoccupied the minds of a healthy chunk of TV viewers for the past six weeks, keeping us guessing, theorising, and mumbling about poor Vince the Labrador in our sleep.
With just two episodes of the Scandi-inflected small town murder remaining then, let’s put our heads together on the vital answers needed to deduce the identity of Broadchurch’s killer…
Before we start, it...
With two episodes to go, we round-up the remaining question marks in the Broadchurch case. Speculation ahoy...
Spoiler warning: as ITV has kept episodes seven and eight of Broadchurch under wraps, the below contains no actual spoilers, just plenty of speculation on how the ending might unfurl.
At 10pm this evening, we’ll be one hour closer to finding out who killed Danny Latimer. Like those of Nanna Birk Larsen and Laura Palmer before her, young Danny’s murder has preoccupied the minds of a healthy chunk of TV viewers for the past six weeks, keeping us guessing, theorising, and mumbling about poor Vince the Labrador in our sleep.
With just two episodes of the Scandi-inflected small town murder remaining then, let’s put our heads together on the vital answers needed to deduce the identity of Broadchurch’s killer…
Before we start, it...
- 4/14/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
With the investigation into Danny Latimer's death rumbling on, Hardy and Miller's troubled investigation caught a few breaks this week on Broadchurch - with two suspects looming particularly large - but Alec's deteriorating health may have also seen the killer slip through the police's collective fingers...
Digital Spy has picked apart episode six to see if there were any hidden clues.
Clues and Suspects
Jack Marshall's death has seen Hardy (David Tennant) labelled the Worst Cop in Britain - it's not an entirely undeserved moniker given that he's yet to press Mark Latimer (Andrew Buchan) on the gaps in his alibi or noted young Tom Miller's (Adam Wilson) shifty behaviour...
With little progress made in catching Danny's killer, the coppers are threatened with cutbacks and their one remaining lead seems to be a burnt-out boat found floating in the ocean - one of many clues pointing to a new chief suspect.
Digital Spy has picked apart episode six to see if there were any hidden clues.
Clues and Suspects
Jack Marshall's death has seen Hardy (David Tennant) labelled the Worst Cop in Britain - it's not an entirely undeserved moniker given that he's yet to press Mark Latimer (Andrew Buchan) on the gaps in his alibi or noted young Tom Miller's (Adam Wilson) shifty behaviour...
With little progress made in catching Danny's killer, the coppers are threatened with cutbacks and their one remaining lead seems to be a burnt-out boat found floating in the ocean - one of many clues pointing to a new chief suspect.
- 4/9/2013
- Digital Spy
Last night's (April 1) Broadchurch was heartbreaking viewing and the strongest episode since the series opener. A key suspect ended up dead, probably from suicide, the Latimers confronted their crumbling marriage head-on and the local community turned into a raging mob as Danny's murderer remains undiscovered.
Digital Spy has picked apart episode five to see if there were any hidden clues.
Clues and Suspects
I'm going to stick my neck out and say that Jack Marshall didn't kill Danny Latimer. Oh dear, it's too late.
Has Jack Marshall been murdered? Did he kill himself? Did he ever get it on with Danny Latimer's gran? Three burning questions we'll have to wait a week to find out, but it's safe to say now that he wasn't Danny's murderer.
His private life has been raked through by the press and he made a perfect bogeyman in a murder inquiry that isn't going anywhere fast,...
Digital Spy has picked apart episode five to see if there were any hidden clues.
Clues and Suspects
I'm going to stick my neck out and say that Jack Marshall didn't kill Danny Latimer. Oh dear, it's too late.
Has Jack Marshall been murdered? Did he kill himself? Did he ever get it on with Danny Latimer's gran? Three burning questions we'll have to wait a week to find out, but it's safe to say now that he wasn't Danny's murderer.
His private life has been raked through by the press and he made a perfect bogeyman in a murder inquiry that isn't going anywhere fast,...
- 4/2/2013
- Digital Spy
Review Louisa Mellor 1 Apr 2013 - 22:00
The press is the real villain in Broadchurch's moral-heavy fifth instalment. Here's Louisa's review...
This review contains spoilers.
Since green boy Olly sent that first investigation-compromising Tweet, Broadchurch has narrowed its eyes at the press and waited for it to start claiming its own victims. Jack Marshall was the first of those, the discovery of his body the visual equivalent of an Aesop’s moral about looking before you leap to conclusions.
Jack’s demise was a demonstration of the press' ability to hollow out a person’s life, shove a hand in, and puppeteer around what’s left to tell whichever story sells. The front page narrative cast him in turn as creepy Jack, hugger of young boys, then saucy Jack, wedder of child brides, and now what? Suicide Jack, who must have had something to hide? Experience tells us he’ll...
The press is the real villain in Broadchurch's moral-heavy fifth instalment. Here's Louisa's review...
This review contains spoilers.
Since green boy Olly sent that first investigation-compromising Tweet, Broadchurch has narrowed its eyes at the press and waited for it to start claiming its own victims. Jack Marshall was the first of those, the discovery of his body the visual equivalent of an Aesop’s moral about looking before you leap to conclusions.
Jack’s demise was a demonstration of the press' ability to hollow out a person’s life, shove a hand in, and puppeteer around what’s left to tell whichever story sells. The front page narrative cast him in turn as creepy Jack, hugger of young boys, then saucy Jack, wedder of child brides, and now what? Suicide Jack, who must have had something to hide? Experience tells us he’ll...
- 4/1/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Pauline Quirke hiding in dark corners. Arthur Darvill snooping in the night. David Bradley burning incriminating photos. Episode four of ITV's Broadchurch was the most revealing and darkest so far, gently tugging us further into the lies and secrets of the seaside town.
If you're confused and pulling your hair out over the ever-increasing list of suspects and whopping great pile of red herrings, here's our quick guide to the latest developments into the case of Danny Latimer.
Clues and Suspects
If last week's episode was all about Mark Latimer (Andrew Buchan) squirming and coming under the spotlight, this week's episode brought David Bradley's dishevelled corner shop owner Jack Marshall into the frame.
A loner who works with young kids in the sea brigade, a keen amateur photographer who has a prior conviction for sex offences, he's a Daily Mail editor's dream to have lurking around the scenes of a child murder.
If you're confused and pulling your hair out over the ever-increasing list of suspects and whopping great pile of red herrings, here's our quick guide to the latest developments into the case of Danny Latimer.
Clues and Suspects
If last week's episode was all about Mark Latimer (Andrew Buchan) squirming and coming under the spotlight, this week's episode brought David Bradley's dishevelled corner shop owner Jack Marshall into the frame.
A loner who works with young kids in the sea brigade, a keen amateur photographer who has a prior conviction for sex offences, he's a Daily Mail editor's dream to have lurking around the scenes of a child murder.
- 3/26/2013
- Digital Spy
Review Louisa Mellor 25 Mar 2013 - 22:00
Chris Chribnall’s Broadchurch reaches the halfway point, and another suspect is in the frame for Danny’s murder…
This review contains spoilers.
For me, Broadchurch’s compassion was its early draw. Unlike the majority of TV murders, the killing of Danny Latimer didn’t just have a motive (whatever that turns out to be), but also consequences. The worst happened, and the people affected crumpled like cloth. The cheery small-town setting too, was a novel backdrop for the story. Broadchurch’s drama played out in kitchens and sunny tourist spots, not menacing urban streets or rain-lashed crime scenes. Banality met catastrophe, and the result was punch-to-the-windpipe television.
As the series has gone on, the procedural elements have begun to take prominence over personal pain, understandably so; we've a job to do and a murderer to find. The investigation progresses, the roulette wheel of suspects turns,...
Chris Chribnall’s Broadchurch reaches the halfway point, and another suspect is in the frame for Danny’s murder…
This review contains spoilers.
For me, Broadchurch’s compassion was its early draw. Unlike the majority of TV murders, the killing of Danny Latimer didn’t just have a motive (whatever that turns out to be), but also consequences. The worst happened, and the people affected crumpled like cloth. The cheery small-town setting too, was a novel backdrop for the story. Broadchurch’s drama played out in kitchens and sunny tourist spots, not menacing urban streets or rain-lashed crime scenes. Banality met catastrophe, and the result was punch-to-the-windpipe television.
As the series has gone on, the procedural elements have begun to take prominence over personal pain, understandably so; we've a job to do and a murderer to find. The investigation progresses, the roulette wheel of suspects turns,...
- 3/25/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Depending on your point of view, last night's (March 18) Broadchurch was either a frustrating hour of TV that crawled and snoozed along or it was another sumptuous hour of slow-burn entertainment that intrigued and unravelled brilliantly.
I'm firmly in the latter camp, but I can empathise with those who are struggling with the show. Every week new layers are piled on top of new clues on top of suggestive looks and winks. After the first three hours, it feels nigh on impossible that the drama will be able to pull together all the pieces of the jigsaw by the end of episode eight.
However, I will continue to do my best to pull together the spiraling storylines and secrets into some sort of cohesive whole and get to the bottom of the burning question: who killed Danny Latimer?
Clues and Suspects
Episode three centered around Mark Latimer (Andrew Buchan) and his dirty dog ways.
I'm firmly in the latter camp, but I can empathise with those who are struggling with the show. Every week new layers are piled on top of new clues on top of suggestive looks and winks. After the first three hours, it feels nigh on impossible that the drama will be able to pull together all the pieces of the jigsaw by the end of episode eight.
However, I will continue to do my best to pull together the spiraling storylines and secrets into some sort of cohesive whole and get to the bottom of the burning question: who killed Danny Latimer?
Clues and Suspects
Episode three centered around Mark Latimer (Andrew Buchan) and his dirty dog ways.
- 3/19/2013
- Digital Spy
Review Louisa Mellor 18 Mar 2013 - 22:00
Suspicions fly in the third episode of Chris Chibnall-penned crime drama Broadchurch, feat. David Tennant and Olivia Colman...
This review contains spoilers.
Last week, the Latimer family was drowning in sympathetic platitudes from their neighbours, this week; it was flowers, cards, and home-cooked food. Not that episode three lingered in the domestic for long, unusually for Broadchurch, we spent much of the hour inside an all-too-familiar location in crime drama: the interrogation room.
It was four days since the discovery of Danny’s body, and suspicion had fallen at the feet of father Mark, revealed - as many suspected - to be in the early stages of an affair with local hotelier Becca Fisher. Beth’s discovery of Mark’s infidelity in the episode’s closing moments would have left Broadchurch on a soap-style revelation, were it not for that gorgeously eerie final shot of the looming cliff,...
Suspicions fly in the third episode of Chris Chibnall-penned crime drama Broadchurch, feat. David Tennant and Olivia Colman...
This review contains spoilers.
Last week, the Latimer family was drowning in sympathetic platitudes from their neighbours, this week; it was flowers, cards, and home-cooked food. Not that episode three lingered in the domestic for long, unusually for Broadchurch, we spent much of the hour inside an all-too-familiar location in crime drama: the interrogation room.
It was four days since the discovery of Danny’s body, and suspicion had fallen at the feet of father Mark, revealed - as many suspected - to be in the early stages of an affair with local hotelier Becca Fisher. Beth’s discovery of Mark’s infidelity in the episode’s closing moments would have left Broadchurch on a soap-style revelation, were it not for that gorgeously eerie final shot of the looming cliff,...
- 3/15/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Broadchurch answered very few questions in last night's second episode and teased a whole load more, sending our minds into a Columbo-esque meltdown of red herrings, twists and endless suspects.
The key questions remains 'Who killed Danny Latimer?', but we have yet to tick anyone off the ever-expanding suspect list.
Suspects and Clues
During searches at the Latimer house, £500 has been found in Danny's room and some cocaine was discovered underneath the bed of his moody sister.
Chloe got the drugs from her dodgy boyfriend and was delivering them to hotel owner Becca (Simone McAullay). Becca's role in the whole story remains rather mysterious, is she purely functional or are we missing something?
The scene with her and Arthur Darvill's Reverend appeared to serve no purpose where they talked about the affect of Danny's death on the community, but I'm guessing in hindsight it will have some relevance.
The key questions remains 'Who killed Danny Latimer?', but we have yet to tick anyone off the ever-expanding suspect list.
Suspects and Clues
During searches at the Latimer house, £500 has been found in Danny's room and some cocaine was discovered underneath the bed of his moody sister.
Chloe got the drugs from her dodgy boyfriend and was delivering them to hotel owner Becca (Simone McAullay). Becca's role in the whole story remains rather mysterious, is she purely functional or are we missing something?
The scene with her and Arthur Darvill's Reverend appeared to serve no purpose where they talked about the affect of Danny's death on the community, but I'm guessing in hindsight it will have some relevance.
- 3/12/2013
- Digital Spy
Review Louisa Mellor 11 Mar 2013 - 22:00
Episode two of ITV crime drama Broadchurch, with David Tennant and Olivia Colman, maintains the high standard set in its opener…
This review contains spoilers.
The riches of its cast aside, where Broadchurch leans away from the majority of mainstream detective drama is its interest in life after death. I don’t mean in the literal, chatting-with-the-deceased supernatural crime show sense (despite Will Mellor’s appearance this week as a psychic telephone engineer), but in the script’s desire to realistically inhabit the skin of a community after a loss.
In most cases, the pay-off for spending two hours in the company of a brooding TV detective and a strangled child is a money shot of the cuffed perp being jostled towards custody, usually at night, usually in the driving rain, usually accompanied by spinning blue lights and overwritten dialogue.
Not in Broadchurch. Two hours in,...
Episode two of ITV crime drama Broadchurch, with David Tennant and Olivia Colman, maintains the high standard set in its opener…
This review contains spoilers.
The riches of its cast aside, where Broadchurch leans away from the majority of mainstream detective drama is its interest in life after death. I don’t mean in the literal, chatting-with-the-deceased supernatural crime show sense (despite Will Mellor’s appearance this week as a psychic telephone engineer), but in the script’s desire to realistically inhabit the skin of a community after a loss.
In most cases, the pay-off for spending two hours in the company of a brooding TV detective and a strangled child is a money shot of the cuffed perp being jostled towards custody, usually at night, usually in the driving rain, usually accompanied by spinning blue lights and overwritten dialogue.
Not in Broadchurch. Two hours in,...
- 3/11/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
David Tennant and Olivia Colman's brilliant Broadchurch premiered on ITV last night (March 4) amid a flurry of hype and lofty comparisons with the Godfather of Nordic Noir, The Killing.
Thankfully, the opening episode more than matched the hype, managing to create a gripping whodunnit balanced alongside an emotionally powerful tale of parental grief. There are still eight episodes to go and a crime drama can be made or broken by its resolutions, but in my opinion this first hour was ITV's best piece of drama since 2011's Appropriate Adult. I'm utterly hooked.
Every week, I'll be collecting up the clues and examining the latest twists from the seaside town of Broadchurch to discover the culprit behind the murder of 11-year-old Danny Latimer. In last night's opening instalment, Danny was found on the beach and his death is now being investigated by Di Alec Hardy (Tennant) and DS Ellie Miller (Colman).
Danny was strangled,...
Thankfully, the opening episode more than matched the hype, managing to create a gripping whodunnit balanced alongside an emotionally powerful tale of parental grief. There are still eight episodes to go and a crime drama can be made or broken by its resolutions, but in my opinion this first hour was ITV's best piece of drama since 2011's Appropriate Adult. I'm utterly hooked.
Every week, I'll be collecting up the clues and examining the latest twists from the seaside town of Broadchurch to discover the culprit behind the murder of 11-year-old Danny Latimer. In last night's opening instalment, Danny was found on the beach and his death is now being investigated by Di Alec Hardy (Tennant) and DS Ellie Miller (Colman).
Danny was strangled,...
- 3/5/2013
- Digital Spy
David Tennant and Olivia Colman's highly-anticipated new drama series Broadchurch will premiere next month, ITV has confirmed.
Broadchurch is a powerful new series about the sudden and tragic death of Danny, an 11-year-old boy who lives in a small community in Dorset.
Watch the first trailer for Broadchurch:
Andrew Buchan and Jodie Whittaker star as Beth and Mark Latimer, the boy's parents, who find themselves at the centre of a media frenzy while trying to deal with their grief.
Tennant and Colman play Di Alex Hardy and DS Ellie Miller, who have their own professional rivalry to overcome.
Doctor Who actor Arthur Darvill, Vicky McClure, Pauline Quirke and Will Mellor also star in the eight-part series.
Broadchurch starts on ITV on Monday, March 4 at 9pm.
'Broadchurch': Meet the cast - photo gallery:...
Broadchurch is a powerful new series about the sudden and tragic death of Danny, an 11-year-old boy who lives in a small community in Dorset.
Watch the first trailer for Broadchurch:
Andrew Buchan and Jodie Whittaker star as Beth and Mark Latimer, the boy's parents, who find themselves at the centre of a media frenzy while trying to deal with their grief.
Tennant and Colman play Di Alex Hardy and DS Ellie Miller, who have their own professional rivalry to overcome.
Doctor Who actor Arthur Darvill, Vicky McClure, Pauline Quirke and Will Mellor also star in the eight-part series.
Broadchurch starts on ITV on Monday, March 4 at 9pm.
'Broadchurch': Meet the cast - photo gallery:...
- 2/21/2013
- Digital Spy
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