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TV hit Broadchurch tops critics' poll | TV hit Broadchurch tops critics' poll |
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Broadchurch, starring David Tennant and Olivia Colman, has been named the best television programme of 2013. | |
The annual poll of Radio Times critics chose the ITV drama, about a detective investigating the murder of a child in small-town England over hit US series Breaking Bad and Homeland. | The annual poll of Radio Times critics chose the ITV drama, about a detective investigating the murder of a child in small-town England over hit US series Breaking Bad and Homeland. |
Radio Times' Tim Glanfield called it "a brilliant piece of home-grown drama with an exquisite cast of actors". | Radio Times' Tim Glanfield called it "a brilliant piece of home-grown drama with an exquisite cast of actors". |
"Broadchurch is a fantastic example of British TV at its very best." | "Broadchurch is a fantastic example of British TV at its very best." |
The murder mystery drew around nine million viewers each week during its eight-episode run earlier this year. | The murder mystery drew around nine million viewers each week during its eight-episode run earlier this year. |
The filming of a US version, also starring Tennant, will begin in January and is expected to be broadcast there later in the year. | The filming of a US version, also starring Tennant, will begin in January and is expected to be broadcast there later in the year. |
A second series is also expected this year on ITV. | A second series is also expected this year on ITV. |
French thriller The Returned, which aired on Channel 4, took second place in the poll, ahead of C4's own fly-on-the-wall documentary Educating Yorkshire. | French thriller The Returned, which aired on Channel 4, took second place in the poll, ahead of C4's own fly-on-the-wall documentary Educating Yorkshire. |
BBC's Top of the Lake, which recently picked up a string of Golden Globe nominations, was voted fourth, just ahead of James Corden's BBC Two comedy The Wrong Mans. | BBC's Top of the Lake, which recently picked up a string of Golden Globe nominations, was voted fourth, just ahead of James Corden's BBC Two comedy The Wrong Mans. |
Audience favourite The Great British Bake Off, C4 comedy Toast of London and BBC drama Peaky Blinders also made the cut. | Audience favourite The Great British Bake Off, C4 comedy Toast of London and BBC drama Peaky Blinders also made the cut. |
Breaking Bad was the only show not to have been screened in full on British TV to make the top 10. | Breaking Bad was the only show not to have been screened in full on British TV to make the top 10. |
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