Beyond Paradise (TV series)
| Beyond Paradise | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | |
| Based on | Characters created from Death in Paradise by Robert Thorogood |
| Starring | |
| Ending theme | Bellowhead |
| Composer | Magnus Fiennes |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Lindsay Hughes |
| Production company | Red Planet Pictures |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 24 February 2023 – present |
| Related | |
| Death in Paradise | |
Beyond Paradise is a BBC crime drama television series that first aired in 2023. It is a spin-off of Death in Paradise[1] and stars Kris Marshall.
Main Cast
- Kris Marshall as DI Humphrey Goodman
- Sally Bretton as Martha Lloyd, Humphrey’s fiancée
- Zahra Ahmadi as DS Esther Williams
- Dylan Llewellyn as PC Kelby Hartford
- Felicity Montagu as Margo Martins, office support worker
- Barbara Flynn as Anne Lloyd, Martha’s mother
Synopsis
Beyond Paradise follows Detective Inspector Humphrey Goodman who left Saint Marie to be with Martha Lloyd when she returned to London; he continued as a detective with the Metropolitan police. Becoming engaged, they move to Martha's hometown of Shipton Abbott, near the beautiful Devonshire coast. Martha has a dream of running her own restaurant and Humphrey joins the local police force. He quickly makes an impression on the local officers: Detective Sergeant Esther Williams, PC Kelby Hartford and office support worker Margo Martins, bringing a whole new approach to police work. Martha's father had also recently died and she wished to support her mother Anne. [2]
Production
Casting
Kris Marshall was one of the most popular detectives to feature on Death in Paradise and the producers knew he resonated with audiences around the world. He has an on screen presence and is an amazing actor and the producers felt audiences wanted to know what happened to Humphrey and Martha.[2] Sally Bretton also reprised her role from Death in Paradise.
Zahra Ahmadi and Barbara Flynn had both previously appeared in episodes of Death in Paradise playing different characters.
Location
The series is set in the fictional town of Shipton Abbott, South Devon. A number of locations were considered, but the producers settled on the West Country as they felt that Devon hadn’t been used very often in TV drama. They decided to film in the Cornish town of Looe[3] because it had a thriving community with fishing businesses. The fictional town is set slightly back from the coast so different storylines could be developed.[2]
Episodes
Series overview
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | Ave. UK viewers (millions)[4] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 6 | 24 February 2023 | TBA | TBA | |
Series 1 (2023)
| No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [4] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Episode 1" | Sandy Johnson | Tony Jordan | 24 February 2023 | N/A | |
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Humphrey literally drops in to his new position as DI of Shipton Abbott police station and a mysterious case of a woman convinced she was pushed by a seventeenth-century witch of local legend who steals children, dealing with a petty thief who's in love, and the theft of a number of red cars. Humphrey and his fiancée, Martha, who is pregnant by IVF treatment, are staying with her mother while Martha looks for premises to open a restaurant. Humphrey solves the crimes but he and Martha are struck by personal tragedy. | ||||||
| 2 | "Episode 2" | Sandy Johnson | Tony Jordan | 3 March 2023 | N/A | |
| 3 | "Episode 3" | Matt Carter | Amy Guyler | 10 March 2023 | N/A | |
References
- ^ Jack Seale (24 February 2023). "Beyond Paradise review – Kris Marshall's detective spinoff swaps sunshine for awful fart gags". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ a b c "Beyond Paradise". BBC Media Centre. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ Aplin, Lucy (15 February 2023). "Beyond Paradise filming location in Cornwall for the BBC's Death in Paradise spin-off series". inews.co.uk.
- ^ a b "Most Viewed Programmes (See relevant week(s))". BARB.
External links
- Beyond Paradise at BBC
- Beyond Paradise at IMDb
