We want your guesses for the identity of the Broadchurch killer? Read the latest clues below and let us know who you think is responsible and why.
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Reverend Paul Coates
Played by Arthur
Darvill
Paul was very much the protector of his flock this week –
airing his concerns and providing moral support. He even got to break up a
catfight between wronged wife Beth and scarlet temptress Becca. Paul crossed
swords with DI Hardy over the treatment of Jack, and showed a hitherto
unexpected prowess for accountancy. Is this the first hint towards his life
before the church called? “We all have our foibles” he said to Becca as she
flirted shamelessly with him on the quayside. We think it’s nigh for Paul to
start revealing some of his own.
Susan Wright
Played by Pauline
Quirke
Where to start with Scary Susan? First she has the
crossbow-touting plumber’s mate Nige so wound up that he’s offering her sums of
money to leave him be. £500, to be exact. That’s exactly the same sum of money
that was found taped to the underside of Danny’s bed. Then Susan turned up her
creepiness to a whole new level when she started making overtures to Ellie’s
son Tom, tempting him up to her caravan to walk the dog. You would think that
the son of a police detective and a paramedic would be wise enough to smell a
rat, but Tom looks as though he might be drawn in. Will Susan soon be adding a
second skateboard to her collection? Susan also seems the most likely character
to have smoked the high tar cigarettes that were found by Danny’s body.
Joe Miller
Played by Matthew
Gravelle
Ellie’s husband seemed a voice of reason against the rising
clamour of accusation against Jack. He was reluctant to get swept up in the
hysteria. But did he have his own reasons for knowing that Jack was innocent?
Nige Carter
Played by Joe Sims
Angry, volatile Nige was the ringleader of the campaign
against Jack, fighting to protect the town’s children even though he has no
children himself. Why was he so keen to ensure that the blame as placed on
someone else? We still don’t know the nature of his connection to the
malevolent Susan but it was enough to make him want to pay her off and to lose his
temper with her. He even threatened her with the crossbow. The police still
haven’t noticed that Nige’s whereabouts for later on the night of the murder
are unaccounted for. Looking back too, Olly was quite rattled when Nige
referred to his mum and the ‘business’ that had gone on. Is there something
there that Nige is mixed up in?
Tom Miller
Played by Adam Wilson
Tom was really questioning his dad about the consequences of
finding the phone, about who Ellie thought murdered Danny and how long the
murderer could expect to go to prison for. He’s still clearly very worried
about something. It’s even enough to cloud his judgement over befriending
Susan. Don’t go up to the caravan, Tom!
DI Alec Hardy
Played by David
Tennant
Poor Hardy, his investigation has slowed to a crawl and the
population are starting to choose their own suspects. He had a run in with Paul
over Jack and he failed to protect Jack from the mob. He does seem to be
softening slightly towards Ellie and he even craved a bit of affection from
Becca, though that situation suddenly became very awkward very fast. There was
no sign of Hardy’s mystery illness this week so no unexplained blackouts. However,
if he’s engineered the killing to prove himself and get his career back on track,
he’s not doing a very good job of showing himself to be a great detective right
now.
Chloe Latimer
Played by Charlotte
Beaumont
Chloe shares her dad’s short temper and was one of the
loudest voices in town calling for the arrest and persecution of former convict
Jack. She made sure that boyfriend Dean’s testimony against the newsagent was
shared. Was this all to take the heat off herself or someone else or was she
really so easily swayed by the press. Chloe is in a position, it seems, to find
out secrets about other people, and she was furious with her dad’s hypocrisy.
Would her temper have got the better of her and made her go all out to hurt
him?
Dean Thomas
Played by Jacob
Anderson
Dodgy Dean turned up again tonight and played his part in
stitching up Jack. Was it true or was he jumping on the chance to switch the
focus to another suspect. We don’t know the extent of Dean’s dabbling in the
darker side of Broadchurch, nor whether Danny discovered something about him
Olly Stevens
Played by Jonathan Bailey
Our own prime suspect
Olly’s tactic to use the murder to further his own career
seems to be paying off – he got his first piece printed in a national and he
got to bed visiting journalist Karen. He was another who was keen to make sure
that suspicion was focused on Jack – after all, it was his research that turned
up the back story. Was this his plan all along? Then there’s the boat. It’s
possible that when he took Karen down to the shore that was all engineered to
make the discovery of its theft. It seemed all a little contrived. And he was
so without scruples he even tried to get a scoop off that. We also met Olly’s
mum last week – her money worries give him another reason to leave town.
Steve Connelly
Played by Will Mellor
There was no sign of Steve this week Have Hardy and Miller
chased him off for good? Was he really no more than the con man that they claim
or will he return and what is the source of his information? A spirit guide or
a first hand witness account? We also know that Steve is an outsider, so what would
be his motive for killing Danny?
Kevin Green (The postman)
Played by Jack Ashton
There’s no more information about the postman and his
whereabouts on the night of the murder was well accounted for. Now with Jack
gone, will we ever get to the bottom of who was seen arguing with paperboy
Danny?
Liz Roper
Played by Susan Brown
Nobody has any real reason to suspect grandma Liz other than
she appears to be without any guilt at all. Will she turn out to be an evil
killer? Does she have the mandatory dark secret like all of our other suspects?
At the moment the worst we can find on her is that she seemed to have a soft
spot for Jack
DS Ellie Miller
Played by Olivia
Colman
It is tough for Ellie, starting to see her friends and
neighbours as suspects while at the same time still holding on to her
reputation as the Nicest Woman in Broadchurch. She has a tough side though and
we don’t doubt that she would defend any member of her family if threatened.
But would she kill?
Maggie Radcliffe
Played by Carolyn
Pickles
The chief editor of The Broadchurch Echo got another big
scoop on her hands with the revelations about Jack. Is this what she intended,
for the focus on the murder in the tiny town to raise her own reputation back
to that of her glory years.
Mark Latimer
Played by Andrew
Buchan
Mark still has two hours unaccounted for on the night of the
murder, between leaving Becca’s bed and returning home. He was also one of the
few people who didn’t buy into the idea that Jack should be run out of town.
Did he know better? We also know that Mark has a furious temper. He’s already
let rip at Chloe, and Chloe has implied that he’s seen off previous boyfriends.
Did his anger get the better of him when confronted by Danny?
Becca Fisher
Played by Simone McAullay
Becca has been guilty of drug dealing and adultery along
with the ultimate crime of turning down Alec Hardy’s advances. We also learn
that she was let down by her previous partner (“Business partner. Everything
partner”) and she’s in financial difficulties. Was she mixed up in another
scheme to raise money? Did Danny find something out?
He has every opportunity to tamper with the evidence, of course. He could potentially put anyone in the frame. But what would be his motive? To get closer to Ellie to who he's clearly taken a shine?
SOCO Brian
Played by Peter de JerseyHe has every opportunity to tamper with the evidence, of course. He could potentially put anyone in the frame. But what would be his motive? To get closer to Ellie to who he's clearly taken a shine?
Beth Latimer
Played by Jodie
Whittaker
Danny’s mum is so broken with grief and anger that it can’t
be possible that she killed her own son, surely? With her son gone and her
marriage in ruins and with a new baby on the way, Beth just wants answers now.
Karen White
Played by Vicky
McClure
Karen, with Olly, wrote the story that was turned into the
condemanation of Jack Marshall. Did Karen, as an experienced tabloid
journalist, know that this would happen. The backlash is bound to affect her target
DI Hardy, is it not? So is this all part of a masterplan?
Lucy Stevens
Played by Tanya
Franks
We met Olly’s mum and Ellie’s sister properly this week. A
serious debtor with no scruples her first action was to try to offer Ellie
information in exchange for money. So what exactly did she see? And just how desperate
is she to shake off her troubles. Who is she mixed up with – Olly seemed
terrified to talk to Nige about her.
The owner of the hut
As yet unnamed, whoever this is, don’t forget that they own
the building where Danny was probably killed and they hold the other set of
keys
And finally…
Jack Marshall
Played by David
Bradley
Poor Jack. If nothing else his sad story is a lesson in not
believing without question all that is being fed to you. But without the full
facts, Jack was hounded to his death by the people of the town, his former
friends and shop customers and kids he had taught boatmanship all their lives. It’s
likely that the repercussions will hit the police hard. Ypu also have to ask
why certain people were so keen to promote his guilt: Nige, Chloe, Dean, Olly, Karen…
did one of these have something to gain from Jack being accused?
Other things to consider:
Why did Danny have two phones? Where is his smartphone? Ellie
says that the one handed in by Jack is not the one she recognises
Who owns the hut and what further clues will it give up
If it wasn’t the postman that Jack spotted arguing with
Danny then who was it?
Where did Danny’s large sum of money come from?
Interesting summing up of the story so far. I think Mark Latimer and his colleague Nige have more to hide. They were up to something and Danny may have known about it. Bronwen from Devon
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