Broadchurch shows how rape is not just a gratuitous plot device | Laura Bates

Unlike Poldark and Game of Thrones, the final series of the ITV drama refuses to portray a survivor’s story for cheap thrills and makes important points about sexual violence
Broadchurch is back on our screens, and the new series focuses on the aftermath of a sexual assault and the hunt for the perpetrator. Sexual violence is far from new territory for television – in fact, a litany of recent TV series and films has been accused of using rape as little more than a titillating plot de