David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buchan and Arthur Darvill are all to return for the second series of Broadchurch.
These are the first substantial details released about the highly anticipated show, which is to begin filming in Dorset in coming days and weeks.
Chris Chibnall has again written the story, which ITV Director of DRama Steve November says is "just as exciting as the first series."
“The reaction to Broadchurch from UK viewers has been incredible,” said Jane Featherstone - producing Broadchurch on behalf of Kudos.
“So we’d like viewers to enjoy the new series knowing as little as possible about what’s to come and for the story to unfold in real time.”
The first series of Broadchurch is to be repeated on ITV Encore at launch, stripped across the channel's first week of transmission.
ITV Encore is ITV's first new channel in eight years and launches on SKY Channel 123 on 9th June 2014.
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