Shaw Media, the parent company to Showcase in Canada, have released further details of the North American debut of Broadchurch on the channel this summer.
In a press release yesterday, they say:
BROADCHURCH BRINGS THE BLOODY BRITISH SEASIDE TO SHOWCASE
Popular mystery series makes its North American debut on
Sunday, August 4 at 10pm ET/PT
Garnering record ratings in the UK
and described as "beautifully filmed, sharply directed" (Daily Mirror), Broadchurch was
written and created by Chris Chibnall (Torchwood, Law and Order: UK ). The
chilling ensemble drama explores what happens to a small community after an
11-year-old, Danny Latimer (Oskar McNamara; Anna Karenina), is found dead
on the idyllic Dorset , UK Broadchurch
into the heart of a major police investigation and a national media frenzy.
Tennant stars as Detective Inspector Alec Hardy, a
new-to-town, newly promoted police detective partnered with local Detective
Sergeant Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman; The Iron Lady, Peep Show) who have been
assigned to investigate Danny's death. With a personal tie to the case, Ellie
must find reserves of patience and toughness to negotiate a professional
relationship with the difficult and unyielding Hardy. Yet as the series
progresses, Hardy's own secrets are laid bare while his clinical methods force
Ellie to see the community she grew up in through a different light.
Danny's tragic and mysterious death causes a strain on the
family he left behind: parents Beth (Jodie Whittaker; Attack the Block, One
Day) and Mark Latimer (Andrew Buchan; Garrow's Law), teenage sister Chloe (Charlotte
Beaumont; 6 Bullets) and Beth's mother Liz (Susan Brown; Game of
Thrones, The Iron Lady). Devastated by their loss, it's the most stressful
and emotional time in their lives as they struggle to deal with everyday life
and relate to their friends, neighbours, the church, the press and the police
as one by one the residents of Broadchurch come under scrutiny and suspicion.
Broadchurch also stars Arthur Darvill (Doctor Who) as
village vicar Paul Coates, Jonathan Bailey (Leonardo) as local newspaper
reporter Olly Stevens, Carolyn Pickles (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:
Part 1) as editor Maggie Radcliffe, Vicky McClure (Line of Duty) as a national
journalist with a special interest in DI Hardy, and Simone McAullay (Home and
Away), Will Mellor (In with the Flynns) and Pauline Quirke (Emmerdale Farm) as
members of the community.
Broadchurch is directed by James Strong (United, Downton
Abbey, Silent Witness, Doctor Who) and Euros Lyn (Torchwood, Doctor
Who, Upstairs Downstairs, Sherlock) and produced by Richard Stokes (Silk, Law
& Order: UK, Torchwood). Jane Featherstone (The Hour, Life on Mars,Law
& Order: UK )
and Chris Chibnall are the executive producers.
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