Broadchurch Trivia
Broadchurch trivia starts with the ITV crime drama’s original run from 2013 to 2017, when the British series aired across three seasons and became one of the era’s most discussed television mysteries. Created by Chris Chibnall, who also executive produced and wrote all 24 episodes, the show was produced by Kudos in association with Imaginary Friends Productions Ltd., making it a rich subject for both casual fans and dedicated viewers.
Easy Broadchurch Trivia
13 questions
These easy Broadchurch trivia questions are great for beginners and kids around age 12 and under.
Question 1
In what year did Broadchurch first premiere on ITV?
- A.2017
- B.2013
- C.2011
- D.2015
Answer: 2013
Broadchurch first premiered on ITV in 2013.
Question 2
What year did Broadchurch end with its third series?
- A.2017
- B.2014
- C.2015
- D.2019
Answer: 2017
The series concluded in 2017 with its third series.
Question 3
Broadchurch is a TV series from which country?
- A.United States
- B.Britain
- C.Australia
- D.Canada
Answer: Britain
Broadchurch is a British crime drama television series.
Question 4
Who created Broadchurch?
- A.Andrew Buchan
- B.Arthur Darvill
- C.Chris Chibnall
- D.David Tennant
Answer: Chris Chibnall
Chris Chibnall is the creator of Broadchurch.
Question 5
How many episodes of Broadchurch were written by Chris Chibnall?
- A.18
- B.20
- C.30
- D.24 episodes
Answer: 24 episodes
Chris Chibnall wrote all 24 episodes of the series.
Question 6
How many series did Broadchurch run for?
- A.One series
- B.Two series
- C.Four series
- D.3
Answer: Three series
Broadchurch ran for three series in total.
Question 7
David Tennant plays which detective in Broadchurch?
- A.Alec Hardy
- B.Mark Latimer
- C.Paul Coates
- D.Danny Latimer
Answer: Detective Inspector Alec Hardy
David Tennant plays Detective Inspector Alec Hardy.
Question 8
Olivia Colman plays which character on Broadchurch?
- A.Beth Latimer
- B.Alec Hardy
- C.Paul Coates
- D.Ellie Miller
Answer: Detective Sergeant Ellie Miller
Olivia Colman plays Detective Sergeant Ellie Miller.
Question 9
Who is the 11-year-old murder victim in series 1 of Broadchurch?
- A.Alec Hardy
- B.Paul Coates
- C.Danny Latimer
- D.Mark Latimer
Answer: Danny Latimer
The murder victim in series 1 is 11-year-old Danny Latimer.
Question 10
Jodie Whittaker plays which member of the Latimer family?
- A.Maggie Radcliffe
- B.Beth Latimer
- C.Ellie Miller
- D.Susan Wright
Answer: Beth Latimer
Jodie Whittaker plays Beth Latimer.
Question 11
Which character is played by Andrew Buchan in Broadchurch?
- A.Danny Latimer
- B.Paul Coates
- C.Mark Latimer
- D.Alec Hardy
Answer: Mark Latimer
Andrew Buchan plays Mark Latimer.
Question 12
Arthur Darvill appears in Broadchurch as whom?
- A.Mark Latimer
- B.Alec Hardy
- C.Danny Latimer
- D.Paul Coates
Answer: Reverend Paul Coates
Arthur Darvill plays Reverend Paul Coates.
Question 13
Broadchurch is set in a fictional coastal town in which English county?
- A.Dorset
- B.Cornwall
- C.Kent
- D.Norfolk
Answer: Dorset
The fictional town in the series is located in Dorset.
Broadchurch Family Trivia
12 questions
These family Broadchurch trivia questions are built for mixed-age game nights, classrooms, and groups.
Question 1
What is the name of Danny Latimer's older sister in Broadchurch?
Answer: Chloe Latimer
Danny Latimer's older sister is Chloe Latimer.
Question 2
Which actor plays Chloe Latimer on Broadchurch?
Answer: Charlotte Beaumont
Charlotte Beaumont plays Chloe Latimer.
Question 3
In Broadchurch, what is the name of the shopkeeper played by David Bradley?
Answer: Jack Marshall
David Bradley plays shopkeeper Jack Marshall.
Question 4
Jonathan Bailey appears in Broadchurch as which newspaper reporter?
Answer: Olly Stevens
Jonathan Bailey plays newspaper reporter Olly Stevens.
Question 5
Which character is the newspaper journalist played by Vicky McClure?
Answer: Karen White
Vicky McClure plays newspaper journalist Karen White.
Question 6
Who runs the hotel in Broadchurch?
Answer: Becca Fisher
Simone McAullay plays hotel owner Becca Fisher.
Question 7
Joe Sims plays which Broadchurch character?
Answer: Nige Carter
Joe Sims plays Nige Carter.
Question 8
Carolyn Pickles plays which character in Broadchurch?
Answer: Maggie Radcliffe
Carolyn Pickles plays Maggie Radcliffe.
Question 9
What is the name of the character played by Adam Wilson?
Answer: Tom Miller
Adam Wilson plays Tom Miller.
Question 10
Pauline Quirke plays which Broadchurch character?
Answer: Susan Wright
Susan Wright is played by Pauline Quirke.
Question 11
What is the name of Broadchurch's local newspaper?
Answer: Broadchurch Echo
The local newspaper in Broadchurch is the Broadchurch Echo.
Question 12
At the Broadchurch Echo, what job does Maggie Radcliffe hold?
Answer: Editor
Maggie Radcliffe is the editor of the Broadchurch Echo.
Fun Broadchurch Trivia
13 questions
These fun Broadchurch trivia questions highlight surprising moments and playful facts for game-night groups.
Question 1
If you wanted to stand where Broadchurch was actually filmed, which Dorset town should you head to?
Answer: West Bay
Broadchurch was filmed in the Dorset town of West Bay.
Question 2
Those dramatic cliffs basically deserve their own agent. They sit on what famous coastline?
Answer: The Jurassic Coast
The towering cliffs seen in Broadchurch are at West Bay on the Jurassic Coast.
Question 3
The show's police station exterior wasn't a real station at all. In which town was that exterior filmed at a former Methodist church?
Answer: Clevedon
The in-story police station exterior was filmed at a former Methodist church in Clevedon.
Question 4
When Miller and Hardy are having office scenes, what Bristol building was used for filming?
Answer: Vision House
Miller and Hardy's office scenes were shot at Vision House in Bristol.
Question 5
Who composed Broadchurch's haunting music?
Answer: Ólafur Arnalds
Ólafur Arnalds composed the music for Broadchurch.
Question 6
Broadchurch's score didn't just give viewers chills—it won Ólafur Arnalds which BAFTA honor?
Answer: A BAFTA Craft Award
Ólafur Arnalds won a BAFTA Craft Award for the Broadchurch music.
Question 7
Broadchurch crossed the Atlantic under what new title in the United States?
Answer: Gracepoint
Broadchurch was remade in the United States is Gracepoint.
Question 8
Which Broadchurch star also appeared in the American remake Gracepoint?
Answer: David Tennant
David Tennant also starred in the American remake Gracepoint.
Question 9
In Gracepoint, Alec Hardy got a name change. What was David Tennant's character called there?
Answer: Emmett Carver
In Gracepoint, David Tennant's character is named Emmett Carver instead of Alec Hardy.
Question 10
Courtroom drama took center stage in series 2 with the trial of whom?
Answer: Joe Miller
The second series includes the trial of Joe Miller.
Question 11
Series 3 shifts into a new investigation involving which character?
Answer: Trish Winterman
The third series focuses on the rape investigation involving Trish Winterman.
Question 12
Who plays Trish Winterman in Broadchurch series 3?
Answer: Julie Hesmondhalgh
Julie Hesmondhalgh plays Trish Winterman in series 3.
Question 13
Which character is played by Sarah Parish?
Answer: Jocelyn Knight
Sarah Parish plays barrister Jocelyn Knight.
Funny Broadchurch Trivia
13 questions
These funny Broadchurch trivia questions highlight playful moments, odd facts, and inside jokes.
Question 1
What one-word alarm bell does Alec Hardy practically turn into a ringtone whenever he wants Ellie’s attention?
Answer: Miller!
Alec Hardy is known for repeatedly saying "Miller!" to Ellie Miller.
Question 2
Despite sounding like it ought to have stained glass and a vicar, Broadchurch is actually the name of what?
- A.The town.
- B.A church building
- C.A police station
- D.A newspaper
Answer: The town.
The title refers to the town itself, not a church building.
Question 3
When David Tennant crossed over to Gracepoint, what accent did he keep instead of swapping into a new one?
- A.An American accent
- B.A Welsh accent
- C.Scottish accent
- D.A Dorset accent
Answer: His natural Scottish accent.
In the U.S. remake Gracepoint, Tennant kept his natural Scottish accent.
Question 4
Alec’s last name is a tiny joke from the universe: what surname sounds sturdier than his often frail heart condition?
Answer: Hardy.
His surname is Hardy, which contrasts with his often frail heart condition.
Question 5
The fictional local paper is the Broadchurch what—a title that conveniently matches loads of real local papers?
- A.Herald
- B.Echo
- C.Gazette
- D.Chronicle
Answer: Echo.
The paper is the Broadchurch Echo, a naming pattern shared by many real local papers.
Question 6
What did many viewers start calling West Bay’s cliffs after the show made them instantly recognizable?
Answer: The "Broadchurch cliffs."
The series made West Bay's cliffs so recognizable that many viewers nicknamed them the "Broadchurch cliffs.".
Question 7
Series 1 kicks off with a grim discovery. Where is the boy found: by the sea, in the town center, or inside the police station?
- A.In the town center
- B.Inside the police station
- C.At the newspaper office
- D.sea
Answer: By the sea.
The mystery begins with a boy found by the sea, not in the town center.
Question 8
Broadchurch did the impossible: it made fans book trips inspired by a murder mystery. What did its location become?
Answer: A tourist draw.
The show's location became a tourist draw for fans.
Question 9
Instead of passing scripts around a writers’ room like hot potatoes, Chris Chibnall wrote how much of Broadchurch himself?
- A.every single episode
- B.Just the pilot
- C.Only series 1
- D.Half the episodes
Answer: Every single episode.
Chris Chibnall wrote every episode of the series himself.
Question 10
Broadchurch’s haunting music came from Ólafur Arnalds, who is from which country rather than Britain?
Answer: Iceland.
Composer Ólafur Arnalds is Icelandic, not British.
Question 11
Ellie Miller starts out expecting one career boost, only for Alec Hardy to stroll in and ruin breakfast. What does she lose?
Answer: A promotion.
Ellie Miller loses the promotion she expected when Alec Hardy arrives.
Question 12
What rank does Alec Hardy arrive with when he takes the top investigative job in Broadchurch?
Answer: DI.
Alec Hardy arrives is Broadchurch's new DI.
Question 13
Broadchurch specializes in visual whiplash: pretty coastal scenery smashed up against what kind of views?
Answer: Seaside views.
The series mixes postcard-pretty seaside views with grim crime scenes.
Hard Broadchurch Trivia
14 questions
These hard Broadchurch trivia questions are for expert fans who want a real challenge.
Question 1
How many episodes are in each individual series of Broadchurch?
- A.Six episodes
- B.Ten episodes
- C.Twelve episodes
- D.Eight episodes
Answer: Each series contains eight episodes.
All three series of Broadchurch run to eight episodes each.
Question 2
If you watched one complete series of Broadchurch from start to finish, how many episodes would you have seen?
- A.Nine
- B.Eleven
- C.Eight episodes.
- D.Seven
Answer: Eight episodes.
Any single series of Broadchurch consists of eight episodes.
Question 3
Which director is credited with episodes in Broadchurch's first series: James Strong, Jessica Hobbs, or Lewis Arnold?
- A.Jessica Hobbs
- B.Lewis Arnold
- C.Daniel Nettheim
- D.James Strong directed episodes in the first series.
Answer: James Strong directed episodes in the first series.
James Strong is one of the directors associated with series 1.
Question 4
Name one director who worked on episodes in the first series of Broadchurch: the answer is the filmmaker James _____.?
Answer: James Strong.
The missing surname is Strong, one of the first-series directors.
Question 5
Besides James Strong, which other director handled episodes in Broadchurch series 1?
- A.Daniel Nettheim
- B.Euros Lyn
- C.Lewis Arnold
- D.Paul Andrew Williams
Answer: Euros Lyn.
Euros Lyn also directed episodes in the first series.
Question 6
In the first series directing lineup, which surname follows the given name Euros?
Answer: Lyn.
The first-series director named Euros is Euros Lyn.
Question 7
Which director is associated with episodes in Broadchurch's second series: Jessica Hobbs, Euros Lyn, or Lewis Arnold?
- A.Euros Lyn
- B.Lewis Arnold
- C.James Strong
- D.Jessica Hobbs directed episodes in the second series.
Answer: Jessica Hobbs directed episodes in the second series.
Jessica Hobbs is one of the directors for series 2.
Question 8
Fill in the directing credit for series 2: Jessica _____.?
Answer: Hobbs.
The second-series director is Jessica Hobbs.
Question 9
Which director with a three-part name worked on Broadchurch series 2 episodes?
- A.Paul Andrew Williams
- B.Daniel Nettheim
- C.Andrew Woodall
- D.James Strong
Answer: Paul Andrew Williams.
Paul Andrew Williams directed episodes in the second series.
Question 10
Series 2 had a director whose surname was Williams. What was his full credited name?
Answer: Paul Andrew Williams.
The full directing credit is Paul Andrew Williams.
Question 11
For series 3, which director shares his first name with Lewis rather than James or Daniel?
- A.Euros Lyn
- B.Lewis Arnold
- C.James Strong
- D.Daniel Nettheim
Answer: Lewis Arnold.
Lewis Arnold directed episodes in the third series.
Question 12
Who is the other director credited on Broadchurch series 3 alongside Lewis Arnold?
- A.James Strong
- B.Jessica Hobbs
- C.Daniel Nettheim
- D.Paul Andrew Williams
Answer: Daniel Nettheim.
Daniel Nettheim also directed episodes in the third series.
Question 13
Finish this series 3 directing credit: Daniel _____.?
Answer: Nettheim.
The surname of the third-series director Daniel is Nettheim.
Question 14
Which actress plays Jocelyn Knight's formidable colleague in series 2?
- A.Meera Syal
- B.Georgina Campbell
- C.Olivia Colman
- D.Charlotte Rampling
Answer: Charlotte Rampling.
Charlotte Rampling appears in series 2 is Jocelyn Knight's formidable colleague.
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