What is Broadchurch about?
The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
A small town's dark secrets unravel as a child's murder exposes simmering grief and suspicion.
Suspenseful and melancholy. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Netflix, Peacock, Hoopla (free), The Roku Channel (free), Pluto TV (free), Plex (free) and 1 more.
Broadchurch parents guide
No surprises for a TV-MA: some innuendo or implied sex and some violence.
- Scare
- Mildly scary
- A few tense or eerie moments.
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Three questions
- Is Broadchurch scary?
- Only a little. Broadchurch has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is Broadchurch?
- Light gore and some violence.
- What is Broadchurch rated, and is it OK for kids?
- It is a TV-MA, with some strong language. Keep it for adults.
Cast and crew
Created byChris Chibnall
StarringDavid Tennant, Olivia Colman, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Mark Bazeley, Lenny Henry, Sebastian Armesto
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