<P> The Coroner is a BBC Birmingham daytime drama series of 20 episodes starring Claire Goose as Jane Kennedy, a coroner based in a fictional South Devon coastal town . Matt Bardock stars as Detective Sergeant Davey Higgins . </P> <P> The BBC announced on 2 March 2017 that there would be no further series . </P> <P> Jane Kennedy returns to Lighthaven as the local coroner . She works with Davey Higgins, a Detective Sergeant in the South Dart police; they were childhood sweethearts and he broke her heart . They investigate any sudden, violent or unexplained deaths in the South Hams district of South Devon . </P> <P> Also featuring: Beth, Kennedy's 15 - year - old daughter; Judith, Kennedy's mother; Judith's boyfriend, Mick Sturrock; Clint Holman, Coroner's Officer . </P>

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