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A town wrapped in secrets.

Overview

The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.

  1. Chris Chibnall

    Creator

Series Cast

  1. Cast 1

    David Tennant

    DI Alec Hardy

  2. Cast 1

    Olivia Colman

    DS Ellie Miller

  3. Cast 1

    Julie Hesmondhalgh

    Trish Winterman

  4. Cast 1

    Mark Bazeley

    Jim Atwood

  5. Cast 1

    Lenny Henry

    Ed Burnett

  6. Cast 1

    Sebastian Armesto

    Clive Lucas

  7. Cast 1

    Georgina Campbell

    DC Katie Harford

  8. Cast 1

    Sarah Parish

    Cath Atwood

  9. Cast 1

    Jodie Whittaker

    Beth Latimer

Last Season

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Series 3

2017 | 8 episodes

Series 3, the final series, starts three years on from the last series, five years on from the start with a bold new crime story which forces us to ask whether the town has a crack running through it caused by Danny Latimer’s death; is this new crime somehow the long-term legacy of that dark moment?

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When I see something with a rating this high, I think that it must be one of the most groundbreaking and innovative shows in decades. That it must be something that's going to change the game and influence generations of television and film. I think of The Sopranos or something similar. But this is literally nothing more than a formulaic, made for television police procedural. Apparently, David Tennant being in something makes it a "stunning masterpiece". I can't ever remember the public fawning over someone so average. It's like viewers see a nice looking shot of scenery and think that ...