For many U.S. viewers, this may have been one of the first times that Olivia Colman, who plays DS Ellie Miller, made a distinct impression.
A small seaside village in Dorset is the seemingly idyllic setting for this three-season series about how a child’s murder affects a close-knit community. For many U.S. viewers, this may have been one of the first times that Olivia Colman, who plays DS Ellie Miller, made a distinct impression. David Tennant had just wrapped his stint as The Doctor in “Doctor Who” when he came on to play DI Alec Hardy, while grieving mother Beth Latimer is played by Jodie Whittaker, who is coincidentally the current Doctor. Everybody is all tangled up in each other’s business, as happens in small towns, and though the child’s death is devastatingly sad, this series has a lower quota of blood and mayhem than some other British police shows.