Actor David Tennant is to play a detective in new drama Broadchurch, about the death of a young boy in a seaside town, ITV1 has announced.
The eight-part series has been written by Chris Chibnall.
Tennant leads a cast including Rev star Olivia Colman and Will Mellor.
Arthur Darvill, who plays current Doctor Who Matt Smith's sidekick Rory, will appear as the town priest.
Tennant will appear as out-of-town Detective Inspector Alec Hardy, who is set to clash with a local officer played by Colman.
Vicky McClure, who played Lol in This is England and recently starred with Tennant in BBC1's mainly improvised drama True Love, also features.
Writer Chibnalll called it a story of "scale and intimacy" in which the characters' lives are "laid bare".
"Broadchurch focuses on a small British community which finds itself at the eye of a storm," said writer Chibnall.
"In the wake of one boy's death, the residents come under scrutiny and suspicion."
Also joining the cast is actress Jodie Whittaker, who starred in British alien comedy Attack the Block.
The show will be filmed on location in Dorset and Portishead near Bristol later this year.