It's official: Broadchurch will return to our screens in February.

ITV has teased the return of its mega popular crime drama on Twitter by sharing an image of the famous Broadchurch cliffs moving from darkness to sunlight.

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. It’s Back.#Broadchurch. February. pic.twitter.com/XQIuqM1ANk — ITV (@ITV) January 1, 2017

The clip is overlaid by the ominous words "Here we suffered grief and pain, here we meet to part again".

The tweet was accompanied by the words: "It's Back. #Broadchurch. February."

Many fans reacted with excitement, tweeting messages like: "Broadchurch is SO good" and "YES CAN'T WAIT".

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. I screamed at the announcement of #Broadchurch returning in February, more David Tennant time — Savannah Woods (@savannahwoods6) January 1, 2017

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. After what feels like 189582 years... finally #broadchurch is back pic.twitter.com/nixoonyTuI — Chedz (@harrychester98) January 1, 2017

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. The anticipation is killing me. #Broadchurch returns in Feb. https://t.co/a2M700qn09 — Jeri Yuttayong (@JeriY191) January 1, 2017

Although some weren't quite so positive, saying: "Hope it's better than the awful 2nd series!" and "let's hope it will be better than the last series. Then again it would be difficult to be any worse."

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. More #broadchurch @ITV? Did we not learn our lessons from series 2? — An Angry Gay™️ (@RaspberryCrisis) January 1, 2017

We recently got our first look at Broadchurch's third series with a seriously moody teaser trailer, which included a lot of brooding from David Tennant's detective Alec Hardy.

The series will also see the return of Olivia Colman as detective Ellie Miller, Arthur Darvill as Reverend Paul Coates and Carolyn Pickles as newspaper editor Maggie Radcliffe.

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Coronation Street's Julie Hesmondhalgh is joining the cast as the mysterious Trish Winterman.

The third series will see Hardy and Miller investigating a sexual assault in the seaside community, following the tragic Danny Latimer murder case.

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