DS Miller's back! Olivia Colman confirms she has signed up for the second series of Broadchurch

Olivia Colman has confirmed she'll return to Broadchurch.

The 39-year-old actress will reprise her role as DS Ellie Miller in the popular murder mystery drama, when it returns to screens next year for series two, but she won't make an appearance in an upcoming US remake featuring David Tennant.

At the screening of new BBC One two-part drama The 7.39, she said: 'I don't want to get myself in trouble but I think it's set in stone.'

The brunette beauty - who won two TV BAFTA awards for her roles in comedy Twenty Twelve and drama The Accused earlier this year - enjoyed taking the summer off and spending time with her family after a jam-packed year of working.

She said: 'I was nervous I wouldn't know what to do with myself but it turns out I am more than brilliant at doing nothing.'

However, Olivia previously said she has been forced to put off going to the shops to buy milk since starring in Broadchurch in case people recognise her.

She said: 'It's a bit peculiar and I'm sure I'll get better at it. But if I need a pint of milk, I'll wait until I really need to go.

'Where I live, everybody knows me so that's fine, but away from home it's slightly daunting - and I'm a bit of a chicken.'

Broadchurch was a huge hit for ITV when it aired to critical acclaim and incredible ratings figures earlier this year - becoming the most-watched new drama of 2013.

Huge success: Broadchurch, in which Olivia starred alongside David Tennant, became the most watched TV drama of 2013

Source: dailymail.co.uk

Lost Doctor Who episodes featuring William Hartnell found in Africa

Actor William Hartnell in a scene from the sci-fi TV show "Doctor Who". Long-lost episodes featuring Hartness were discovered in Ethiopia.

A GROUP of diehard Doctor Who fans has discovered more than 100 long-lost episodes of the popular BBC program gathering dust in Africa.

The episodes from the 1960s, which feature the first two doctors William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton, were feared vanished after the British broadcaster sold a stack of its old tapes and lost or wiped the originals.

But after months of sleuthing the tapes have turned up at the Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency, which purchased them years ago, according to the UK’s Daily Mirror newspaper.

Insiders say the BBC, which still owns the copyright on the episodes, could make a fortune by digitally remastering the tapes and releasing them on DVD.

If the tapes are returned in time the BBC hopes to announce the news during celebrations to mark Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary next month, the Mirror reports.

British actor Peter Capaldi was named the twelfth Time Lord earlier this year. He takes over from Matt Smith in December.

Source: news.com.au