Episode 2.3

Episode 2.3
Details
Air date	19 January 2015
Written by	Chris Chibnall
Directed by	Jessica Hobbs
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Episode 2.3 was the third episode of Series 2 of Broadchurch.

Plot

Beth Latimer gives birth to a baby girl, Alec Hardy apologises to Lee Ashworth, Ellie Miller has a night out with Claire Ashworth, and Ellie is accused in court of having an affair with Hardy.

To be expanded

Cast

David Tennant as Alec Hardy James D'Arcy as Lee Ashworth Eva Myles as Claire Ripley Olivia Colman as Ellie Miller Jodie Whittaker as Beth Latimer Charlotte Rampling as Jocelyn Knight William Andrews as Ben Haywood Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Abby Thompson Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Sharon Bishop Charlotte Beaumont as Chloe Latimer Andrew Buchan as Mark Latimer Jasper Jenkins and Milo Jenkins as Lizzie Latimer Nakay Kpaka as Jonah Bishop Daphne Neville as Margery Knight Phil Nice as Andrew Darlington

Jonathan Bailey as Olly Stevens Carolyn Pickles as Maggie Radcliffe Tanya Franks as Lucy Stevens Matthew Gravelle as Joe Miller Lucas Hare as Clerk of the Court Meera Syal as Judge Sonia Shamra Steve Bennett as PC Bob Daniels Eliza Bennett as Lisa Newbery Hollie Burgess as Pippa Gillespie Amanda Drew as Cate Gillespie Arthur Darvill as Rev. Paul Coates Adam Leese as Neil Stanley Abigail Hardingham as Madeline Stephanie Clift as Katie

Notes

• Despite the general media blackout surrounding Broadchurch, the Friday before this episode launched a segment from the opening scene was shown on The Graham Norton Show, on which David Tennant and Olivia Colman had come to promote the series.
• During that same show, host Graham Norton brought up the notion of the sexual tension between Alec Hardy and Ellie Miller, even showing a couple of examples of fan art with the two of them together. Both actors strongly denied noticing any of this tension between the characters. It is interesting to note that that was just prior to this episode where Sharon Bishop accuses the characters of having an affair, thereby bringing up the idea of sexual tension between them in-universe.