Broadchurch Season 1 Review

Broadchurch is a small town riddled in a murder mystery; many people may see this as another "who done it" crime drama, however it has dark secrets hidden within the ever evolving plot. 

Broadchurch is  the town itself. Its natural beauty of the everlasting Jurassic coastline juxtaposes with the ghastly crime and investigation that takes place by its shores. The people that populate the majestic area now have a dark incident they need to solve. 

We feel the Latimer's pain as they have to deal with the death of their 11-year-old son, Danny. The mother, Beth (Jodie Whittaker), is the first to realise the horror, losing control as she spots a familiar pair of trainers peaking out from underneath the pall that covers her son’s body on the beach. Danny's father, Mark Latimer (Andrew Buchan) is stoic and strong for his wife and daughter when talking to the police, but in the morgue, he is a gentle quiver as he talks to Danny one last time, telling him, “I love you zillions, superstar.” The intimacy that circles the family is well-scripted and impeccably delivered. It is difficult to imagine that Mark Latimer the mourning father could ever be a suspect or an adulterer, but then, when he is suspected and we find out that he lied to the police (DI Hardy and Miller)about his alibi, you can’t imagine that Danny’s murderer could be anyone else. This is an intriguing echo recurring over and over again; some viewers may think there are tow many suspects however if you are investigating a death of a young boy you have to get it right! Some of the suspects seem incomprehensible however once the truth is told no one is what they seemed: The Vicar (Arthur Darvill), Mark’s friend Nigel (Joe Sims), the owner of the local newspaper stand Jack Marshall (David Bradley), and others throughout the 8-episode run, as the search for the killer begins heighten the paranoid detectives inside us all.

Season 1 
4.7/ 5

Creator - Chris Chibnall
Actors Below 

	David Tennant	...	Alec Hardy (13 episodes, 2013-2015)
	Olivia Colman	...	Ellie Miller (13 episodes, 2013-2015)
	Jodie Whittaker	...	Beth Latimer (13 episodes, 2013-2015)
	Andrew Buchan	...	Mark Latimer (13 episodes, 2013-2015)