Whodunnit? He did: Joe Miller, played by actor Matthew Gravelle, was revealed as the killer of 11-year-old schoolboy Danny Latimer on the television programme Almost 9million armchair sleuths tuned in to see Broadchurch’s dramatic final episode. But while the show started with 8.8million viewers, it tailed off to 7.9million after 15 minutes once Joe Miller was revealed as the killer of 11-year-old schoolboy Danny Latimer. The average figure for Monday’s show was 8.4million – more than a million up from last week’s 6.9million viewers. Even though his character was an unlikely suspect, actor Matthew Gravelle, who played Miller, says he was stopped on the school run yesterday morning by parents claiming they knew it was him all along.
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Drama  starring David Tennant became biggest 'whodunnit' of the year
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Nation gripped as identity of killer was finally revealed as Joe Miller
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Only 29 people knew who the murderer was before final episode
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Peak of 9.3million tuned in, the highest of the series by more than 1m
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ITV confirms there will be second series, but details kept under wraps
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Actor Matthew Gravelle who played murderer told by parents at his children's school today: 'We always knew you were the killer'
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