Beyond Paradise – Kris Marshall (by Denis Guyenon) – DI Humphrey Goodman Makes Suprise Return To Saint Marie
The ‘Paradise’ worlds are about to collide in a cross-over ‘Death in Paradise‘ fans will adore, as the BBC reveals DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) will make a surprise visit to the sun-soaked island of Saint Marie in the emotional series finale of ‘Beyond Paradise‘.
‘Beyond Paradise’ follows DI Humphrey Goodman (Marshall) and his fiancée Martha Lloyd (Sally Bretton) after their nail-biting will-they-won’t-they romance reached its emotional finale in Saint Marie in 2017. Viewers were delighted when Humphrey took control of his destiny and followed Martha back to London to declare his undying love for her.
The couple are now settled back in the UK in Shipton Abbott, Martha’s hometown near the beautiful Devonshire coast, having left London. The duo are quickly thrown in at the deep end as Martha sets out to pursue her dream of running her own restaurant and Humphrey joins the local police force. Each week Goodman and the team, including Zahra Ahmadi as DS Esther Williams, Dylan Llewellyn as PC Kelby Hartford and Felicity Montagu as office support Margo Martins, face a new crime with a unique puzzle at its heart.
In the final episode of the hugely popular series by Red Planet Pictures, the Shipton Abbott police team are faced with a seemingly impossible case to crack. A burglary seems clear-cut at first when the thief’s unusual calling card matches that of local criminal Atticus Styles (Spencer Jones), but when the forensic evidence comes back, it all points to another suspect. The only problem is the suspect, Hayley Collins (Hannah Traylen), was locked up in a police cell by PC Kelby Hartford (Dylan Llewellyn) at the time of the crime. Meanwhile, still reeling from recent events, DI Humphrey Goodman’s mind is elsewhere as he considers his future in Shipton Abbott…
“I was honoured and delighted to return to Guadeloupe as part of Humphrey’s journey in Beyond Paradise, and to rekindle my deep passion for the island,” said Kris about his return to Saint Marie.
Founder and Executive Chairman of Red Planet Pictures, Jordan, acts as showrunner, leading a team of writers – Amy Guyler, Ian Kershaw, Chloë Mi Lin Ewart – working across the 6 episode series. Tony Jordan, Tim Key and Belinda Campbell are executive producers for Red Planet Pictures, and Diederick Santer and Tommy Bulfin are executive producers for BritBox International and BBC respectively. The series is produced by Lindsay Hughes, and directed by Sandy Johnson and Matt Carter. BBC Studios brokered the co-production deal with Britbox International and handle international distribution.
The ‘Beyond Paradise‘ Season 1 Finale will premiere next Friday, 7th April 2023 at 8pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
