New Cast Members for Broadchurch Season Three

LONDON: Ahead of filming on the third and final season of Broadchurch, new cast members have been announced to join David Tennant and Olivia Colman.

The final installment will see Tennant and Colman reprise their roles as DI Alec Hardy and DS Ellie Miller, with Jodie Whittaker and Andrew Buchan returning to play Beth and Mark Latimer. They will be joined by Julie Hesmondhalgh, Georgina Campbell, Sarah Parish, Charlie Higson and Mark Bazeley. Arthur Darvill returns as local Vicar Paul Coates, Carolyn Pickles as newspaper editor Maggie Radcliffe and Adam Wilson as Ellie’s son Tom.

The eight-part series is being co-produced for ITV by Kudos, Imaginary Friends and Sister Pictures. The final season explores the consequences of a serious sexual assault as a Dorset community comes under the scrutiny of Hardy and Miller’s investigation.

“This is the final chapter of Broadchurch,” said creator Chris Chibnall. “We have one last story to tell, featuring both familiar faces and new characters. I hope it’s a compelling and emotional farewell to a world and show that means so much to me.”

“Broadchurch is as ever stylishly written, provocative and thought provoking,” said ITV’s controller of drama, Victoria Fea. “We’re pleased with the direction Chris and Jane have taken this series and the extraordinary cast they’ve assembled.”

“Broadchurch has been an important part of my life and I am so delighted and privileged to be working with Chris and the team again as we embark on the very final series,” said Jane Featherstone, executive producer for Sister Pictures. “We will return to the town and characters we know so well as they find themselves caught up in a new and compelling story which will test the strength of the community and the people who live there, and will, I hope, be a fitting end to this trilogy.”

Kudos CEO Diederick Santer said: “Kudos are delighted to be working in partnership with Chris and Jane once again, on what promises to be the thrilling final chapter of Broadchurch.”