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TALKING POINTS Clockwise from below: David Tennant. should fi lm something here.’ Then I realised, stupidly, that someone Charlotte Rampling, who joins the cast for could be me. series two. Leading Once this landscape gets into you, it doesn’t let go. The cliffs, the lady Olivia Colman endless sea, the fi elds that roll right up to the beach. This is Thomas Hardy country: he understood and wrote about this savage, beautiful scenery better than anyone. Broadchurch is peppered with references to his work, from the name of David Tennant’s character, Alec Hardy, to the name of the local police force, Wessex Police. There are more embedded in the second series too. Then there’s the cast, headed by Olivia Colman and Tennant. I wrote the part of Ellie for Olivia – I’m not sure what we’d have done if she’d turned us down. Thankfully, she didn’t, and it has been a privilege to write for TELEVISION an actress who’s capable of anything you throw at her. She’s also a wonderful person to have on set: funny and relaxed when the cameras aren’t rolling; incredibly serious WATCHING about her work the second shooting starts. In David Tennant, we found the perfect male counterpart: an extra ordinary actor, THE DETECTIVES also capable of the switch from emotion to ITV’s atmospheric crime dramaBroadchurch humour in the blink of an eye. They both possess such humanity, empathy and returns for a second series in January.warmth, as actors and as people. And I The show’s creator and writer CHRIS CHIBNALL haven’t even got to Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buchan, Arthur Darvill, Carolyn Pickles, explains the chemistry that made it a cult hit Jonathan Bailey – a cast of strength in depth. Finally, I think the emotionally sweeping There are two questions people ask me about soundtrack by Olafur Arnalds also makes a big impact. It’s no Broadchurch. The fi rst, when the series went out in coincidence that our teaser trailers for the new series are just images 2013, was always: ‘Tell me who did it.’ Swiftly of the landscape accompanied by his haunting piano refrain – his followed up by: ‘No, don’t tell me. I don’t want to music is a central component of the show’s identity. know, really.’ I loved that – people didn’t want it All these elements are in place for series two. Hardy and Miller to be spoiled. are back. Some of the other characters will return and we’ve added It was an extraordinary few weeks – millions of to our cast: Charlotte Rampling, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, James people speculating about Who Really Did It. The D’Arcy, Eve Myles and Meera Syal are now part of the team. audience response took us all by surprise. Nearly The second question I get asked about Broadchurch is: ‘What two years on, it’s still humbling to think about. happens in series two?’ Didn’t we end with an emotional cataclysm What gave the show such impact? Firstly, Broadchurch is a for Ellie Miller? Didn’t DI Alec Hardy get ‘medicalled’ out of duty? massive team effort. The collision of people’s talents is what makes Wasn’t the killer locked up? Yes, to all of these. So what’s left to tell? the show fi re. The landscapes are also undeniably part of the appeal. We’re going on a new journey, different from the fi rst. I hope you I live in Bridport, about a mile from West Bay, where That Beach fi nd it as compelling, mysterious and involving. I wish I could tell sits under Those Cliffs. Broadchurch is my love letter to the you more. No, hang on, I don’t wish that. Would you mind waiting landscapes. A great playwriting tutor once told me to ‘take a problem for a cold night, soon to come, when it’s dark outside and we can out for a walk’, and it was while walking beneath the honeycomb welcome you – and everyone else – back to Broadchurch? cliffs in 2012 that I thought: ‘These are extraordinary. Someone ‘Broadchurch’ series two will be broadcast on ITV in January. Pieces from Andy EXHIBITION COLLECTOR’S EDITION Warhol’s cookie-jar collection Examine the trinkets and curiosities hoarded by post-war and contemporary artists at the Barbican’s ‘Magnifi cent Obsessions’ exhibition. From Peter Blake’s herd of tiny toy elephants to Andy Warhol’s cookie jars and Damien Hirst’s taxidermy collection, the show allows a privileged glimpse of artistic inspiration. EMMA ZACHARIA ‘Magnifi cent Obsessions: The Artist as Collector’ is at the Barbican Art Gallery, Silk Street, London EC2 (020 7638 8891; www.barbican.org.uk), from 12 February. document1391484376748322646.indd 88 10/12/2014 12:13 Scarf, £191 Cristian Zuzunaga Pouf, £526 FLUX Zuzunaga Cristian Cristian Zuzunaga Exquisite craftsmanship from a collective of CRISTIAN designers using ZUZUNAGA Throw, £210 quintessentially English Optical illusion and fi ne bone china from pixel digital print Stoke-on-Trent (www. designs have led to fl uxstokeontrent.com). fêted collaborations with Moroso and DESIGN Ligne Roset Plates, (www.cristian PHOTOGRAPHY from £39 zuzunaga.com). Flux BRIGHT EASTERN EXPOSURE Cushion, SPARKS £66 Cristian Among the wonders of the vast The brands to watch out Zuzunaga Goodwood estate in West Sussex is E for at the Maison & Objet fair, E L a collection of towering 18th-century A trees. Cedars of Lebanon stand which takes place in Paris N E magisterially on the lawns, and the L from 23 to 27 January. E H beech forest encircles much of the y Visit www.maison-objet.com b d 12,000 acres. ‘Trees were among the le for details pi fi rst things ever to be photographed,’ m Co says Charles March, the current owner of the estate. ‘They are a pure, almost divine representation of nature.’ A photographer himself, March is known for his impressionistic landscapes. This month at Hamiltons Gallery in Mayfair he is exhibiting a series of images taken in St Petersburg. ‘I was in Russia for Throw, £210 Cristian Zuzunaga a week last winter,’ he says. ‘It was -25 degrees and wonderfully sunny. I took pictures on my morning walk through the glorious parks.’ The resultant images – crystal-bright and vivid with colour – represent a new chapter in March’s work. ‘I’m trying to challenge the traditional photograph,’ he says, ‘to add emotion and movement.’ VIOLET HUDSON d l Charles March will be exhibiting at Hamiltons o g n PHOTOGRAPHS: CAMERA PRESS, © JASON ALDEN/EYEVINE, © CHARLES MARCH/COURTESY OF HAMILTONS, COURTESY OF MOVADO GROUP Gallery, 13 Carlos Place, London W1 A h (020 7499 9493), from 2 to 6 February. a r a Lampshade, S 0 £190 5 75 Sarah Angold £ , e d a h s p SARAH ANGOLD m a Colourful, geometric L lighting made with acrylic resin by the east-London designer, who started her career with Hussein Chalayan (www.sarahangold.com). document1391484376748322646.indd 89 10/12/2014 12:13.