How will ITV's small-town whodunit justify a second series, considering the murder was solved last time? It's still vague, although the first 60-second trailer for BROADCHURCH series 2 suggests the story will concern the disappearance of two little girls. It feels like we're just going to have to buy into the idea this town's cursed when it comes to bad shit happening. Maybe the disappearances will tie into last year's storyline, somehow? Who knows. But if it's ultimately a different crime being investigated in the same coastal community, I'd say the chances of a third series are slim. Unless audiences are happy to buy into the idea of picturesque Broadchurch being some kind of nexus for murder and kidnapping...
Broadchurch returns to ITV on 5 January 2015.
