Chris Chibnall has spoken of his anxious wait for the
reaction to the world premiere screening of the first episode of Broadchurch in Bridport earlier this
week.
The West Bay area of the Dorset town provided a stunning
backdrop for coastal scenes in the new eight-part ITV drama, and series writer
and executive producer Chibnall, himself a resident, arranged the screening as
a thank you to local people for putting up with filming during late summer and
autumn last year. He was “excited and terrified at the same time” waiting for
first reactions.
He spoke to Bridport News about his reasons for setting his
new drama in the area. He said:
“It is an extraordinary landscape and I thought it would be
a fantastic thing to capture it on film and showcase it. Then I started to
think about what sort of story might be interesting and I thought about a small
community and what it’s like living in one. We see a lot of dramas set in
cities but very few in small towns, which is strange because most of us live in
towns. I wanted to explore that.”
Broadchurch
examines the effect on a small close-knit community of the death of a child under
suspicious circumstances and the subsequent scrutiny by both the police and the
press. David Tennant and Olivia Colman star as investigating officers DI Alec
Hardy and DS Ellie Miller. Also appearing are Andrew Buchan, Jodie Whittaker,
Vicky McClure, Arthur Darvill, Pauline Quirke and Will Mellor. Chris Chibnall
said of his cast:
“The cast is great, a really good team of actors and I
am delighted they are all on board.
“Olivia Colman is the best actress in the country, I can’t
say enough good things about her, and Jodie is just wonderful too. The same
with David, he is so versatile and it is great to see him doing something
different.
“They all loved it
down here. We had a week of beautiful, sunny filming in September and they all
fell in love with the place. It was a bit different in November though when
they were on a cliff at 2am in the pouring rain and a howling gale!”
Broadchurch begins
on ITV in March. Look out for the first dedicated trailer on Sunday night on
ITV following Mr. Selfridge, and see if you can spot any posters in your area from next
Monday.
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