who is the attorney on broadchurch

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Jocelyn Knight Q.C was leading counsel for the prosecution on the Joe Miller case.
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Jocelyn Knight.
Jocelyn Knight Q.C
Appeared in8 Episodes
StatusAlive
OccupationBarrister (Semi retired)
LocationBroadchurch
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Who are the lawyers in the New Broadchurch?

Broadchurch (TV Series 2013–2017) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Who is the director of Broadchurch series 2?

Mar 04, 2015 · On “Broadchurch,” Jean-Baptiste plays Sharon Bishop, the attorney defending Joe Miller — who, in last season’s finale, confessed to killing …

Where does Broadchurch take place?

Aug 07, 2013 · Broadchurch: Created by Chris Chibnall. With David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buchan. The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.

Is Broadchurch series one better than Silent Witness?

Barrister (Semi retired) Location. Broadchurch. Actor. Charlotte Rampling. Jocelyn Knight Q.C was leading counsel for the prosecution on the Joe Miller case. She hadn't worked a trial for three years prior to accepting the Latimer's case.

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Broadchurch. (series 2) The second series of the British crime drama Broadchurch began airing on the ITV broadcast network in the United Kingdom on 5 January 2015. The eight-episode series focused on the continuing fallout of the murder of 11-year-old Danny Latimer in the fictional, close-knit coastal town of Broadchurch in Dorset, England.

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Who plays Joe's lawyer in Broadchurch?

On “Broadchurch,” Jean-Baptiste plays Sharon Bishop, the attorney defending Joe Miller — who, in last season's finale, confessed to killing 10-year-old Danny Latimer in the sleepy English seaside town of Broadchurch.Mar 4, 2015

Who is the black defense attorney in Broadchurch?

Just 5.15million switched on this week to follow David Tennant and Olivia Colman in the gritty drama – a further loss of nearly 500,000. Many turned to Twitter to condemn Monday's show when high-flying black lawyer Sharon Bishop, played by Oscar-nominated Marianne Jean-Baptiste, was portrayed as a single mother.Jan 20, 2015

Who is the father of Beth's baby in Broadchurch?

Mark LatimerWhen Beth was fifteen and Mark was seventeen, they welcomed their first child, a daughter called Chloe. Her mother Liz Roper lived close to the Latimers....Beth LatimerFamilyMark Latimer (ex-husband) Chloe Latimer (daughter) Daniel Latimer (son) Elizabeth Latimer (daughter) Liz Roper (mother) Unnamed mother-in-law10 more rows

Is Lee Ashworth guilty?

However, Lee Ashworth managed to not be convicted, and Claire was taken away by Alec to protect her from him. Lee left the country, but returned 3 days before Episode 2.1 takes place, when he returned and went to Broadchurch to get his wife and his life back.

Why was Joe Miller found not guilty in Broadchurch?

He was eventually found not guilty by the court but was later banished from Broadchurch by the townspeople, including the Latimer family and Ellie, as a way to secure justice for Danny's murder in spite of Joe's freedom....Joe MillerActorMatthew Gravelle11 more rows

Does Joe Miller get convicted?

The second season brought in outsiders, with a (still accidental) crime that ran alongside a not particularly justifiable courtroom drama where Danny's killer, Joe Miller (Matthew Gravelle), was exonerated by the court.Jan 27, 2022

What was Tom deleting in Broadchurch?

From the time when Ellie told him of Danny's death, Tom has been acting suspiciously. His immediate reaction was to delete phone messages and folders from his computer. Since then he has been worrying about the computer files and whether whatever they contained could still be recovered.Apr 21, 2013

What's wrong with Alec Hardy in Broadchurch?

He is known to suffer from severe heart arrhythmia, of which he did not inform his superiors, until which Ellie Miller became aware and referred him to the Chief Medical Officer.

Does Beth ever forgive Ellie?

But the biggest blow the couple endured was seeing Joe walk free at the end of the trial. The town banded together to support them and Beth eventually forgives Ellie – most likely because of promise to kill Joe one day.Feb 27, 2017

Did Alec and Claire sleep together?

The pair have passionate sex and far from being scared of Lee, Claire is instructing him to tie her up in bed. After Alec questions Claire about the night of the murders again she confesses to him that Lee was round at the cottage while he was away and that they slept together.Feb 12, 2015

Who is the sandbrook killer?

Claire Ripley (formerly Gwen Pooper) was a former hairdresser in Sandbrook and wife of Lee Ashworth, the man Alec Hardy strongly suspected was responsible for the Sandbrook kidnappings and murders. She originally provided her husband an alibi for the night of the kidnapping, saying he was home at night.

Who killed Danny in Broadchurch season 2?

Joe MillerIt was the biggest 'whodunnit' of 2013, but viewers found out Joe Miller was Danny Latimer's murderer during the final episode of Broadchurch. Detective Sergeant Ellie Miller's husband made the shock confession to the murder, claiming it was an accident and saying he had been in love with the 11-year-old boy.Jun 22, 2020

Development

  • Conception
    Broadchurch creator and writer Chris Chibnall described the project as a labour of love. He conceived Broadchurch in about 2003 while working on his first series, Born and Bred. The concept was for Broadchurchto explore how a child's murder affects a small, close-knit local co…
  • Writing
    Chibnall wrote the script for Broadchurch on spec after his work on Camelot ended. He began using whiteboards in May 2011 to create backgrounds for each character and craft the plot of the series—which he envisioned as being a trilogy. Series one was written to work both as the first o…
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Series 2

  • After the first series ended, ITV announced that Broadchurch would return for a second series. The show's creator, Chris Chibnall, told The Daily Mirror in the summer of 2013 that "the focus of the next series will be on how the shattered community rebuilds itself after the grisly events" of series one. Series one actor Will Mellor, who does not appear in series two, strongly implied in a…
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Series 3

  • On 1 December 2014, a number of media outlets reported that ITV had commissioned a third series of Broadchurch.Later that day, ITV denied that a third series had yet been commissioned. ITV confirmed that Broadchurch, as well as Tennant and Colman, would return for a third series immediately after the series two finale on 23 February 2015, repeating the use of "Broadchurchw…
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Critical Reception

  • Series one of Broadchurch won critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the first series has an approval rating of 94% based on 35 reviews, with an average rating of 8.73/10. The site's critical consensus reads "Well written and beautifully shot, Broadchurch is a deliberate, slowly unfolding mystery procedural with terrific performances from a fine cast." Metacritic gives the first series …
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Ratings

  • The first episode of Broadchurch series one was seen by an average of 9.1 million viewers (31 percent audience share). This included 6.15 million live viewers (25.2 percent audience share), with another 716,000 viewers (4.4 percent) on time-delayed viewing via digital video recorder, timeshifted channels (+1), and similar media and technologies. This was the best premiere epis…
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Awards

  • Broadchurch series one was nominated for seven BAFTA awards. Olivia Colman won Best Actress, David Bradley won Best Supporting Actor, and the show was named Best Drama Series. The show competed for the BAFTA Audience Award, but lost to "The Day of the Doctor" (Doctor Who), which Tennant also starred in.At the BAFTA Craft Awards, Ólafur Arnalds won Best Origin…
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Adaptations

  • In early 2014, the Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States announced it had licensed the rights to Broadchurch and would produce a U.S. version of the series, named Gracepoint. The Fox series also starred David Tennant, was created and written by Chris Chibnall and directed by James Strong. Fox specifically said Gracepoint would have a different ending from Broadchurch…
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Bibliography

  1. ITV (6 February 2013). "Broadchurch: A new drama for ITV" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  2. Millerson, Gerald; Owens, Jim (2012). Television Production. New York: CRC Press. ISBN 9781136038907.
  3. West Dorset District Council (2013). The Official Broadchurch Guide (PDF) (Report). Archive…
  1. ITV (6 February 2013). "Broadchurch: A new drama for ITV" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  2. Millerson, Gerald; Owens, Jim (2012). Television Production. New York: CRC Press. ISBN 9781136038907.
  3. West Dorset District Council (2013). The Official Broadchurch Guide (PDF) (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.

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