Bernard Black is owner of small old-fashioned bookshop that barely breaks even, mostly thanks to Bernard’s customer service skills... that he has none. He hires Manny to help around the shop, but his happy-go-lucky attitude really gets on Bernard’s nerves.
Mark works in an office of insurance company. He is responsible, reliable and dull. Jeremy is kind of unemployed musician, who is nothing like Mark. But they share a flat and kind of complete each other.
Dr. Caroline Todd is about to start a job in hospital, but everything goes wrong for her - she has to sleep in the car, all the people she meet treat her brusquely and she has doubts if she is in the right place. But her problems comparing to rest of the staff are actually quite trivial.
London policeman Nicholas Angel is transferred to a small village of Sandford, where his special skills will be wasted on petty thief cases or jaywalking. Unless there is some hidden agenda in Sandford.
What did you do during the war, daddy? I was sitting in a hut, I can’t tell you where, I can’t tell you what I was doing, but it was vital for the war effort...
Broadchurch, a small coastal town in England, is shook to the core when body of a young boy is found on the beach. DS Ellie Miller, returning from her maternal leave, has to begin investigation into her own neighbours.