David Tennant’s Broadchurch is leaving Netflix in the United States on November 1, 2026. However, the exit covers all three seasons, so viewers face one deadline for the whole story.
Meanwhile, the crime drama holds a 92% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes. Its audience score sits at 91%, showing that its appeal reaches beyond reviewers.
What makes David Tennant’s Broadchurch different?
Initially, creator Chris Chibnall builds the story around the death of an 11-year-old boy, Danny Latimer. Afterward, detectives Alec Hardy and Ellie Miller investigate the killing in a small seaside town in Dorset.
Here, Tennant plays Hardy, while Olivia Colman plays Miller. Together, they follow clues as grief, suspicion, and press attention shake a community where people know one another.
Rather than treating the murder as a puzzle alone, the series follows the damage it leaves behind. Alongside the detectives, Andrew Buchan and Jodie Whittaker play Danny’s parents, Mark and Beth Latimer.
Why David Tennant accepted Broadchurch’s ending
Later, the drama explores the fallout from its first case before turning to a new investigation in its final season. Across its run from 2013 to 2017, the show delivered 24 episodes.
Still, Tennant explained that nobody planned such a long stay. In a 2017 IndieWire interview, he said, “When we first got involved, it was a one-season deal.”
Then, he added, “There was no notion that we were going to make any more.” Ultimately, he felt that too many terrible events in one small town would strain belief.
While the show will be leaving the US library on Netflix, American subscribers can still find it on Peacock, which Rotten Tomatoes lists as a streaming option.
