A TEENAGE lifeguard was told to "keep saving lives" when she bumped into two television stars on a west Dorset beach.

Hope Horsfield, 17, met David Tennant and Olivia Colman, while she was on duty at the RNLI lifeguard hut at East Beach, West Bay on Friday (2).

Hope, who finishes her first season with the life-saving charity on Sunday (4), posed for a photo with the two stars.

She said: "They were doing a photo shoot just below our hut and they just said hello.

"They weren't actually filming but were having some photos taken, and then I think they went over to the other side of the harbour for another photo shoot."

Hope said both celebrities were happy to speak to lifeguards and that she would be glued to the screen when the third and final series is unveiled.

She added: "They were both really friendly and really smiley and were really supportive of the RNLI.

"David Tennant actually told us to keep saving lives.

"I have watched the previous series of it. I live in west Dorset too, so it's really nice to see the area when I watch it. I'm definitely going to watch the new series, now I have met them."

The Broadchurch crew have returned to West Bay after spending the last few weeks in Clevedon in Somerset.

Pictures printed in national newspapers of the filming in Somerset have allegedly revealed the fate of one of the show's main characters.

Sunetra Sarker, known for her previous role in Casualty, is also rumoured to have joined the Broadchurch cast after being spotted on set with Jodie Whittaker, who portrays Beth Latimer.