Warning: contains spoilers for the first episodes ofBroadchurchandGracepoint.

If you knowBroadchurch, thenGracepoints opening episode makes for an uncanny hour of deja-vu television.

I should hang him from his bollocks from the town hall spire, added Echo editor, Maggie.

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There was none of that in theGracepointopener, which was a considerably cleaner-mouthed affair.

They could have been chewing on Oregon Taffy, perhaps?

is an irascible fellow.

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Underneath all that in theBroadchurchseries opener, he doesnt seem to be a cruel or unsympathetic man.

Upon first meeting Det.

Ellie Miller, Hardy mistook her for a passer-by and attempted to have her removed from the crime scene.

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Ellie told him she was police, showed him her badge and they set about work.

HasGracepointadded male chauvinism to Tennants character?

That means Dannys paper round has been transposed to membership of said group.

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I mean, who teaches these people?, she joked to her colleague.

Beautiful weather eh?, Yeah, sunshine and showers, they reckon.

Lovely morning for it and so on.

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Chris ChibnallsBroadchurchscript accurately observed the UKs national obsession with the weather, and reflected it accordingly.

That has to contravene road safety.

Also, has Susan Wright swapped dogs?

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(see above)

Right at the end, flipping his tail, suspiciously.

So far, hes the main perp Ive got fingered.

It does say to suspect everyone.

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Apart from all that, its completely identical.

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