You could just switch it off Detective Inspector! David Tennant throws his phone while filming scenes for Broadchurch with Olivia Colman and Jodie Whittaker

It seems Detective Inspector Alec Hardy was hoping to be off the grid for a while, as he was spotted launching his phone into a field.

The character, played by David Tennant, looked rather testy as Detective Sergeant Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman) and pregnant Beth Latimer (Jodie Whittaker) joined him soon after.

But there was not much more to tell of the new series of Broadchurch as the cast continued filming for the TV BAFTA Award winning show on Monday.

Must have not had any signal: David Tennant launches his phone as he films scenes for Broadchurch series two Return: David, Olivia and Jodie have come back to North Somerset to film the new series What did you do that for? Olivia and Jodie chuckle at David after his throw onTuesday

At the prestigious award ceremony, Broadchurch took home five gongs in total, including a Best Actress award for Colman who gave a tearful and heartfelt speech to the gathered crowd of television’s finest.

While Tennant busies himself with the second series of the TV drama, he’ll be hoping to put aside the criticism the American version of the show met because of his supposed dodgy accent.

Gracepoint follows the same plot as Gracepoint but is set in California and replaces Olivia Colman with Breaking Bad’s Anna Gunn.

Top secret: Nothing has been given away so far for the second series of the TV drama

Having a laugh: Olivia and Jodie have a funny moment in between scenes Touch up: The actresses get a looking over by the make-up artist while the cameras aren't rolling

Tennant plays the American version of his police character but critics are less than impressed with his attempt at a Californian accent.

According to reports, the Scottish actors’ dialect switches between Canadian and Kentuckian despite having a voice coach on set.

Back in the UK, filming for Broadchurch began over the weekend with David, Olivia and Jodie joined by Arthur Darvill at a cemetery in the seaside town of Clevedon, North Somerset.

On the chase: Looks like DI Alec Hardy is on the trail of a new criminal

Distraction: Tennant was recently criticised for his American accent in the US version of Broadchurch, Gracepoint

Whittaker was seen with Charlotte Beaumont, who plays her 15-year-old daughter Chloe, in the cemetery, fuelling rumours that the exhumation of a grave could be the focus of series two.

Beth was the mother of murdered eleven-year-old Danny and her suspicions grew throughout the series about who she could and couldn't trust.

Fans were taken on a wild rollercoaster ride as she became increasingly suspicious of her husband, Mark, played by Andrew Buchan.

The killer later transpired to be Detective Sergeant Ellie Miller's husband, Joe, played by Matthew Gravelle.

