'Broadchurch' - Series 1 Trivia Quiz

Answer: David Tennant and Olivia Colman

Hardy and Miller had a rocky start to their working relationship as Miller had expected promotion to the post of Detective Inspector on her return from maternity leave. However, she returned to the police station to discover that a decidedly grumpy Scottish bloke named Alec Hardy had taken her job.

David Tennant is probably best known for his role as the tenth version of the Doctor, in the long-running BBC sci-fi show, 'Doctor Who'. Olivia Colman is a British comedy actress whose TV credits include 'The Peep Show' and 'Green Wing'. She also appeared in the film 'The Iron Lady' as Margaret Thatcher's daughter, Carol.

Andrew Buchan and Jodie Whittaker played Mark and Beth Latimer, the parents of the murdered boy. Nathaniel Parker and Sharon Small played DI Tommy Lynley and DS Barbara Havers in the TV series 'The Inspector Lynley Mysteries'. Philip Glenister and Keeley Hawes played DCI Gene Hunt and DI Alex Drake in the science fiction/crime show 'Ashes to Ashes'.

Answer: On the beach, at the bottom of the cliffs

Danny's body was discovered on the beach the morning after his death. Although the body had been arranged to look like Danny had fallen from the cliff, forensic evidence soon showed that it was not a tragic accident and that he had in fact been strangled. Danny's mother, Beth, had spent part of the morning searching for her son after discovering he had failed to turn up for his school sports day. She saw the commotion on the beach and went over, only to see her son's body lying there.

The cliff-top summer house, the abandoned boat and the local Sea Brigade hall are all significant locations or clues in the murder case.

Answer: Susan Wright

Susan Wright lived in a caravan park near the beach and was the caretaker of the cliff-top summer house where Danny's murder took place. She was a loner who spent most of her time walking her dog around the town, but threatened the editor of the local newspaper when she discovered and threatened to publish her dark secret. It turned out that her real name was Elaine Jones and that she was the biological mother of murder suspect, Nigel Carter.

Wright was portrayed by Pauline Quirke, who is best known for her role as Sharon in the BBC sitcom 'Birds of a Feather', which first aired in 1989.

Jack Marshall owned the local newsagents shop; Nigel Carter was a plumber who worked for Danny's father; and Steve Connelly was a self-proclaimed psychic who claimed to have spoken with Danny's spirit.

Answer: Becca Fisher

Becca Fisher was the Australian owner of the Traders Hotel where DI Hardy lived throughout the events of the first series of 'Broadchurch'. She was portrayed by the actress Simone McAullay, who also appeared in the popular Australian soap opera 'Home and Away'.

Danny Latimer's father, Mark, gave the police a completely unbelievable explanation of his whereabouts on the night of his son's murder, leading Hardy and Miller to suspect that he was involved. He was in fact with Becca Fisher at the time, but refused to tell the truth in case his wife, Beth, discovered his infidelity. Sadly for him this was a waste of time as Beth had followed him and seen him kissing Becca anyway.

Maggie Radcliffe was the editor of the local newspaper; Karen White was a national newspaper journalist who came to Broadchurch to report on the murder; and Lucy Stevens was the mother of local journalist Olly Stevens (and the sister of DS Ellie Miller - one of the investigating police officers).

Answer: Sex with a minor

Jack Marshall's painful history, including a conviction for having sex with a minor, was exposed in episode four of the series. The people of Broadchurch were extremely quick to judge him, with false stories about his inappropriate behaviour with young boys soon published in the local paper. Jack refused police help with the harassment he was suffering and instead ended up committing suicide by jumping off a cliff - the same one under which Danny Latimer's body had been found.

The sad part of the whole story was that Jack's conviction was actually for under age sex with a teenage girl. She had later married him and they had a son together. The couple divorced after their son was killed in a car accident.

Answer: Heart condition

DI Hardy was battling a serious heart condition throughout the events of 'Broadchurch'. In the early episodes of the series small hints were dropped to the audience that all was not well with Hardy's health, however the severity of his condition did not become clear until he collapsed in his bathroom at the Traders Hotel after having dinner with Ellie and Joe Miller. Keen to hide his health problems from his colleagues, he checked himself out of hospital and headed back to his desk - despite looking distinctly unwell!

However, when Hardy collapsed with a heart attack while chasing a suspect he could no longer hide his condition. His boss gave him 24 hours to solve the case before being invalided out of the police service - luckily he managed it.

Answer: Beth Latimer

Beth Latimer discovered that she was pregnant again shortly after the death of her son Danny. However, she was unsure whether she wanted to keep the baby because of both Danny's death and her discovery of her husband's affair with Becca Fisher. The only person she confided in about the pregnancy was the local vicar, Paul Coates, who helped her after she broke down in the middle of the local supermarket. She did eventually tell her husband and Reverend Coates helped them both by providing counselling.

Although Chloe Latimer, Danny's teenage sister, had a secret boyfriend, she did not fall pregnant during the series. Ellie Miller had only just returned to work after maternity leave at the start of the series.

Answer: Sandbrook

Alec Hardy transferred to Broadchurch following his failure to solve a similar child murder in Sandbrook. The case still haunted DI Hardy as Karen White, a journalist from a national newspaper, came to Broadchurch with the express purpose of exposing what she saw as Hardy's incompetence following Sandbrook. Karen also persuaded Beth Latimer to meet the mother of one of the girls who was murdered in the Sandbrook case - an experience which Beth soon regretted.

Hardy eventually gave local journalists, Maggie and Olly, the exclusive story of the truth behind Sandbrook. Although he had been blamed for losing the evidence that meant the Sandbrook killer walked free, it turned out that he was covering up for his ex-wife. She had actually lost the evidence while having an affair with a colleague. Hardy took the blame in order to ensure their daughter didn't find out about her mother's affair.

'Gracepoint' is the name of a US adaptation of 'Broadchurch', also starring David Tennant. West Bay, Dorset and Clevedon, Somerset were two of the key locations where major parts of 'Broadchurch' were filmed.

Answer: Paul Coates

Tom Miller, the son of DS Ellie Miller, started behaving suspiciously straight after being told that his supposed best-friend had been murdered. His first actions were to delete messages from both his phone and laptop computer. Despite this, he still helped with the murder enquiry - playing the part of Danny in a re-enactment of the murdered boy's last known movements.

Tom eventually started worrying that simply deleting the messages from his laptop wouldn't stop the police retrieving the information. He therefore attempted to destroy the machine, but was caught by the local vicar, Paul Coates. Coates himself had been considered a suspect during the case due to his suspicious behaviour - which turned out to be related to the fact that he was a recovering alcoholic.

Answer: Joe Miller

Joe Miller was DS Ellie Miller's husband and the father of Danny Latimer's friend Tom. The motive for the murder was Danny's threat that he would expose Joe's inappropriate relationship with him. Joe killed Danny in a fit of rage at the cliff-top summer house, then carried his body down to the beach and left it to be found on the sand the next morning.

Mark Latimer, Nigel Carter and the local vicar, Paul Coates, were all suspected of the murder at some point during the series.