Broadchurch: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Broadchurch Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Feb 27, 2017
DI Alec Hardy and DS Ellie Miller are called to investigate a serious sexual assault.
Episode 2
Mar 6, 2017
Shockwaves reverberate through Broadchurch as news of the attack spreads.
Episode 3
Mar 13, 2017
Hardy and Ellie appeal to Trish to be more open. The officers of Broadchurch CID start to uncover inconsistencies and lies.
Episode 4
Mar 20, 2017
Trish returns to the scene of the crime in the hope it will prompt her to remember something more about the attack, while DC Katie Harford thinks she has a strong lead when she dis
Episode 5
Mar 27, 2017
The crime drama continues. New information forces Hardy and Ellie to re-evaluate the case.
Episode 7
Apr 10, 2017
Important pieces of evidence come to light against all the key suspects in the case – Ellie and Hardy can feel the vice tightening and know that soon, the case will crack open...
Episode 8
Apr 17, 2017
Hardy and Ellie uncover the truth behind the rape of Trish Winterman, and lives in Broadchurch are changed forever. Series Finale.