Kris Marshall will reprise his role as Humphrey Goodman in the starring role of Beyond Paradise, the spinoff of the BBC television series Death in Paradise. 2011 saw the premiere of the British-French crime drama Death in Paradise on BBC One.
In the first three seasons of the show, Ben Miller’s Richard Poole, a detective for the London Metropolitan Police, investigates the death of a British police officer on the Caribbean island of Saint Marie. He assumes the role of the island’s official detective inspector after solving the crime. But in this detective show, things don’t last, and the remaining seasons follow a succession of cops who take over the duty on the island. Neville Parker, the current DI officer, takes some time to get used to island life.
After agent, Richard Poole’s passing in season three, DI agent Humphrey Goodman assumed command in Beyond Paradise. After leaving his employment on the island, Goodman returned to London to start a family with his lover, Martha Loyd. The uncomfortable and clumsy persona was a change from his poker-faced, opaque predecessor. This show will focus on his detective activities in London.
Over the past few years, there have been numerous discussions about a spinoff. Diederick Santer, Chief Creative Officer of BritBox, said that approving the spinoff for Death in Paradise was a “no brainer” and continued by stating that “familiarity is so key and that comes with well-known IP, spin-offs, talent, and location” as reasons why the series would have a successful spinoff series. In order to produce the spinoff, BritBox partnered with the parent company BBC, and it also plans to work with ITV to produce a number of other shows.
ITV’s Crime Season 2, Three Little Birds, Karen Pirie, BBC’s The Cleaner Season 2, Make it at Market, and other shows are among the ones set to go into production. These shows will air on the paid video-on-demand service accessible in the United States, the Nordic countries, Australia, and South Africa. According to Santer and Reemah Sakaan, CEO of BritBox International, the lineup was created to “push the creators a little bit.” In any case, the collection of commissions seems to be appealing; it will be interesting to see what happens to them.
