Robert Thorogood
Director
Death in Paradise (2011)
Specials
A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie.
Released Oct. 25, 2011
Episode 59 min
14+
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Watch Providers: BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Britbox Apple TV Channel
Production Companies: Red Planet Pictures, Atlantique Productions, Kudos, BBC
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
9.0
S0E1 - Christmas Special
A wealthy shipping magnate is found dead at a Christmas party. Things get stranger when a man in London receives a mysterious Christmas card connected to the victim’s death.
Dec. 26, 2021, midnight
9.0
S0E2 - Christmas Special 2022: The Death Ghost
Christmas in Saint Marie takes a spooky turn this year when an old case of Selwyn's comes back to haunt him following the murder of a true crime podcaster on the hunt for a missing child. Marlon is forced to spend the night in a haunted house and Darlene takes a hard look at her life choices. And after a chance encounter in an airport car park, could love finally be in the air for Neville Parker?
Dec. 26, 2022, midnight
7.7
S0E3 - Christmas Special 2023: It's Behind You
When a CEO falls to his death one night, things take an even stranger turn when his house guest mysteriously vanishes, prompting her fiancé to fly out on a rescue mission.
Dec. 26, 2023, midnight
8.3
S0E5 - Christmas Special 2024
Londoner Mervin Wilson ruffles some feathers as he clashes with the island’s way of life. But he quickly sinks his teeth into one of the team's most puzzling murder cases yet: three men, all unconnected apart from the fact that they’re dressed as Santa Claus, and seemingly all shot with the exact same gun at the exact same time. As Mervin wrangles this impossible murder, his colleagues struggle with their new boss’s unusual working methods. And Dwayne’s Christmas with his father doesn’t exactly go to plan…
Dec. 22, 2024, midnight
S0E4 - Remember... Death in Paradise
Don Warrington and Tony Jordan Remember... Death in Paradise:
For over ten years and more than 100 episodes, Death in Paradise has delivered fans an irresistible cocktail of sun, sea and sin - demonstrating through a succession of murder mysteries that the ugly side of human nature is ever present, even in the beautiful setting of the Caribbean. Watching over events from the very start and overseeing the activities of the show’s changing cast of leading detective inspectors has been Police Commissioner Selwyn Patterson, played by the much-loved actor Don Warrington. Here, Don joins forces with acclaimed TV writer and producer of Death in Paradise Tony Jordan to look back on the show’s origins, share some stories from behind the scenes and discuss what it is - beside the beaches and blue skies - that has made the series such an enduring hit.
June 12, 2024, midnight
S0E6 - Christmas Special 2025
The office Christmas party of a lifetime takes a dark turn when four co-workers wake up to find a stranger dead in the pool of their Caribbean villa. DI Mervin Wilson and the team identify the murder weapon, but they’re left baffled when they find that it was locked in a drawer when the murder took place... thousands of miles away from the crime scene, in Swindon!
Stuck in Saint Marie, the team calls on the help of a familiar face to crack the case. Meanwhile, Mervin’s anxiously waiting to hear back from his newly discovered brother, which prevents him from embracing Saint Marie's Christmas celebrations. Can Mervin resolve his family situation and get into the festive spirit – for the sake of his team and the island?
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 59 min.
Season Runtime: 6667 min.
Released: Oct. 25, 2011
Last Air Date: March 28, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-14 / 14+
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