ITV's Broadchurch ready to woo America... on the BBC

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I won't spoil it by telling you who the killer is, you will have to wait.

ITV’S Broadchurch is set to get the Downton Abbey treatment in America later this year – thanks to the BBC.
BBC America missed out on the Stateside success of ITV’s Downton when the period drama was snapped up there by the PBS network.
But the Beeb ensured it would not get caught out again – by swiftly buying the rights for season one of the hit murder mystery.


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The BBC has snapped up the rights to show Broadchurch, starring David Tennant and Olivia Colman, on its BBC America channel

‘BBC America acquired the rights to air the current finished series of Broadchurch,’ my insider says. ‘But it doesn’t necessarily mean it will automatically get the opportunity to air the second season. When it bought the option for the first season, it was intended to be only a one-off show.
But the confirmation of a second season means there will be a chance for another channel to swoop for the rights to that series.’ ITV confirmed a second instalment of Broadchurch just hours after airing the dramatic finale of the first season last Monday. Meanwhile, Olivia Colman, 39, says she would love to resume her role as DS Ellie Miller when the show returns. ‘I can’t confirm who will be back next season, but if they ask me I would definitely say yes!’ she told me at last week’s Bafta nominees party.
 
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Howey said:
The butler did it.
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It's set in the present day!!

DS Ellie Miller is expecting to be promoted but when eleven year old Danny Latimer is found murdered on the beach it is thought that somebody with more experience is needed. That person is DI Alec Hardy; he has experience with such a crime but as the prosecution failed in that case he may be a liability. Broadchurch isn't the sort of town where such things happen and everybody is shaken; it is also the sort of town where everybody seems to know everybody else but as the case progresses it emerges that many people have secrets and as they are exposed lives will be changed forever.

Plenty of suspects emerge; the Danny's father lies about where he was that night, the leader of the Sea Cadets has a conviction for underage sex, a woman living near the beach has Danny's skateboard and DS Miller's own son quickly deleted his correspondence with Danny as soon as he learnt his friend was dead to name but a few. By the time the story approached its conclusion many of these things had been explained but not all; as I settled down to watch the final episode there were still plenty of people I thought might have done it.

The large cast do a fine job; particularly David Tennant and Olivia Coleman who played Hardy and Miller and Jodie Whittaker who played Danny's mother. The story moved along nicely and despite the numerous suspects it didn't feel too convoluted. The only real fault I noticed was that we were expected to believe that Broadchurch was small enough for everybody to know everybody else involved yet it was big enough to have its own newspaper and a police station with its own CID… thankfully by the end of the first episode I was engrossed enough to ignore this as dramatic licence.

All of the above was written prior to watching the finale to avoid unwitting spoilers; having now seen it I can say I think the series ended well. The creators eschewed the cliché of revealing the killer in the final minutes; instead we learnt who did it just before the first advert break. The rest of the episode was given over to explaining the motivation for the crime and more importantly showing how this resolution would affect the lives of those involved; both Danny's family and the relatives of the killer. The latter was particularly well handled as such series rarely dwell on the fact that learning that a loved one has committed a heinous crime will have a dramatic affect. As the credits finished we were promised another series; I hope they can replicate the quality of this story.

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Aoxomoxoa said:
Yes well, for a start it is Downton Abbey.
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Watched the final last night. Quite good. Only criticism is that the final five minutes of each episode is a little contrived. Tennant has already morphed into another character in 'The Politician's Husband.' A second series of Broadchurch is planned. Just hope it doesn't go the same way as that 'Midsomer Murders' nonsense. He's doing quite well for a young man. I see no reason to stop the begging letters, though.
 
Lowaicue said:
Watched the final last night. Quite good. Only criticism is that the final five minutes of each episode is a little contrived. Tennant has already morphed into another character in 'The Politician's Husband.' A second series of Broadchurch is planned. Just hope it doesn't go the same way as that 'Midsomer Murders' nonsense. He's doing quite well for a young man. I see no reason to stop the begging letters, though.
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I found the whole thing fascinating and I am very happy that another series is planned.
 
Aoxomoxoa said:
You'll all be hooked in a few months, I will grave dig this then and say I told you so.
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Can't wait. I'm already hooked and haven't seen a single episode. I've been watching The Bletchley Circle and it's former codebreakers trying to find a serial killer, so Broadchurch looks right up my alley.

Btw, do you know if there's any more Wallander in the works?
 
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Lowaicue said:
Watched the final last night. Quite good. Only criticism is that the final five minutes of each episode is a little contrived. Tennant has already morphed into another character in 'The Politician's Husband.' A second series of Broadchurch is planned. Just hope it doesn't go the same way as that 'Midsomer Murders' nonsense. He's doing quite well for a young man. I see no reason to stop the begging letters, though.
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Netflix is always suggesting that I watch Midsomer so I tried but didn't get through the first episode. Glad to know I'm not the only one who considers it nonsense.
 
christiefan915 said:
Can't wait. I'm already hooked and haven't seen a single episode. I've been watching The Bletchley Circle and it's former codebreakers trying to find a serial killer, so Broadchurch looks right up my alley.

Btw, do you know if there's any more Wallander in the works?
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I think that Kenneth Branagh is up for some more British Wallander but can't speak for the Swedish ones.
 
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