Eve Myles

Did you watch Broadchurch when it originally went out?

Yes, I loved it. It was a bold, fantastic piece of drama which kept everybody guessing every week and what I loved most was that it was an event which is very rare these days.

Usually you wait and get the box set or get it on Netflix and watch it over a weekend but with this if you weren’t watching every week you were missing out and I was part of that.

How did you get the role?

My baby, Sienna, was about four days old when I got the call. My agent asked if I could do an audition on tape as I couldn’t get to London immediately. The taping was hilarious because I was doing the lines in between the baby’s cries and gurgles, so I had to do it as fast as I could and know the lines inside out.

What was it like joining the cast of series one?

Like an out of body experience sitting there in the read through, I remember physically shaking I was so nervous. Even hearing my voice in that space was terrifying because I was such a fan of the show.

What did you think of West Bay?

I'd never been there before - how glorious is that place and why haven’t I been there before? It’s two hours from my house door to door, I’ll be going there a lot more. I was spotting out places to take the children next summer.

It’s beautiful and the people were wonderful, so accommodating and so excited we were there.

Are you finding it hard to keep everything a secret?

I found it very hard not to tell people I’d got the part in the first instance because I was so excited, so I thought I would find the secrets hard to keep.

Andrew Buchan

What was it like coming back to film the new series?

Strange. Stepping back into the old house was very odd. It felt very empty and cold. Everywhere you looked there was a memory. How has the Broadchurch phenomenon affected you since the first series?

A lot of people on trains wanted to talk about it. Taxi drivers wanted to talk about it. Certain Grans would come up to me at airports and say ‘I knew it wasn’t you’, and squeeze my wrist.

Did you miss the character of Mark Latimer? When it was all over - how did you feel returning to the role?

Honestly? Yes and no. Mark’s quite an angry individual. Quite stubborn and hot headed. I wouldn’t say you miss crying every day, but as an actor you miss the challenge of it, you miss the other actors, you miss being involved in the tension of the story. It was always so hard to predict what might happen next.

We’d all received the new episode one and it was brilliantly written. At the same time you can’t help but feel slightly on edge - as usual with Chris Chibnall you’ve no idea what lies ahead.