Placed by a Radio Times poll as being among the best British crime dramas, "Broadchurch" features an all-star roster of actors headlined by Olivia Colman and David Tennant — in a role that showed his range shortly after his stint as the titular "Doctor Who." David Bradley, Eve Myles, Charlotte Rampling, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and future "Doctor Who" star Jodie Whittaker round out the cast.
Set in the fictional U.K. coastal town of Broadchurch, the first season begins with the mysterious death of a local boy. The subsequent investigation by a troubled out-of-town detective named Alec Hardy (Tennant), who is handed the case over the objections of a local detective Ellie Miller (Colman). As the case unfolds, they may do more than catch a killer, as tragedy threatens to throw the peaceful town into chaos when its residents' secrets begin to spill out into the open.
The second season deals with the fallout of the killer's murder trial, while a case from Hardy's past finds itself resurfacing in Broadchurch. The third season involves a suspected serial rapist and Hardy's obsessive quest to find the culprit. Each season of "Broadchurch" covers one investigation and a manhunt, with each episode often focusing on a single suspect. A gripping drama, it's as suspenseful as "Mindhunter," featuring some genuinely nail-biting crimes and a series of suspects that will leave you guessing until the very end.
