Andrew Buchan: 'Broadchurch fans prodded me in supermarkets asking me questions!'

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Andrew Buchan still can't believe how successful the ITV murder mystery Broadchurch became.

The actor, who stars in ITV's new four-part period drama The Great Fire on Thursday, October 16, told TV & Satellite Week that he could never have imagined how popular the 2013 whodunit would be, and that he was plagued by fans of the show asking whether his character, the father of a murdered boy, was the killer.

"It just got so much coverage with people in supermarket checkouts prodding me and saying, 'Is it you?'" said Andrew. "Anyone and everyone was just asking questions. It was exciting, but it took us all a bit by surprise really. We knew it was a great script and cast, but you can never really predict what kind of thing is going to catch fire, so it was a really nice one to be part of."

Andy, who has been filming the second series ofBroadchurch, said: "It'll be interesting to see where they go with it."

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Caren has been a journalist specializing in TV for almost two decades and is a Senior Features Writer for TV Times, TV & Satellite Week and What’s On TV magazines and she also writes for What to Watch.

Over the years, she has spent many a day in a muddy field or an on-set catering bus chatting to numerous stars on location including the likes of Olivia Colman, David Tennant, Suranne Jones, Jamie Dornan, Dame Judi Dench and Sir Derek Jacobi as well as Hollywood actors such as Glenn Close and Kiefer Sutherland.

Caren will happily sit down and watch any kind of telly (well, maybe not sci-fi!), but she particularly loves period dramas like Call the Midwife, Downton Abbey and The Crown and she’s also a big fan of juicy crime thrillers from Line of Duty to Poirot.

In her spare time, Caren enjoys going to the cinema and theatre or curling up with a good book.