‘Broadchurch’ Season 2 Premiere: Creator Claims BBC America Series Remains About ‘Impact Of Crime’ [VIDEO]
Broadchurch's second season premieres on BBC America tonight, March 4.
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The British crime drama created by Chris Chibnall kicks off its second season tonight, which actually finished its run on ITV in the United Kingdom last month.
Olivia Coleman (Ellie Miller on the show) and David Tennant (Alec Hardy on the show) return as do many other cast members from Season 1.
Season 1 dealt with the murder of 11-year-old Daniel "Danny" Latimer (Oskar McNamara) that rocked the quiet seaside town of Broadchurch, which made every resident a suspect. After a tumultuous investigation, a killer was finally named.
The BBC America website states that this season is still reeling over Danny's murder and case.
The new season of Broadchurch follows two seemingly unconnected events: the trial of Joe Miller (Matthew Gravelle) who is the man charged for Danny's murder and the Sandbrook case, which is Alec Hardy's previously failed investigation that has followed him ever since.
Many expect a swift sentencing, but Joe Miller's hearing will quickly escalate into a full trial, proving there are irrefutable discrepancies and still more secrets hidden among the townspeople.
At the same time, Hardy's past comes back to haunt him when his primary suspect in the Sandbrook homicide resurfaces, looking for the woman who testified against him - his wife, Claire Ripley (Eve Myles). The Sandbrook case bursts back open, which unravels Hardy's past and brings shocking truths from both cases to the surface.
Season 2 begins on the day of Miller's hearing.
Chibnall told The Guardian on Wednesday that the show "has always been about the impact of crime, on all those affected."
Broadchurch airs on Wednesday nights at 10 p.m. ET on BBC America.
