It’s a Caribbean Christmas for Don Gilet as he takes over the lead role on Death in Paradise.
As St. Marie takes delivery of a new detective this Christmas, in the shape of Don Gilet’s DI Mervin Wilson, he’s going to need a case to investigate.
Fortunately, the BBC have just released details of the festive special’s guest line-up. It’s led by Ghosts’ Jim Howick, no stranger to a Christmas Special himself, alongside Angela Griffin (Waterloo Road).
Joining them are Marcus Brigstocke (The Unbelievable Truth), Steven Hartley (Happy Valley), Elizabeth Carling (Hotel Portofino), Michael Salami (Supacell) and Dex Lee (Doctors).
The regular cast are all present and correct too, that’s Don Warrington as Commissioner Selwyn Patterson, Shantol Jackson as DS Naomi Thomas, Ginny Holder as Officer Darlene Curtis, Danny John-Jules as Officer Dwayne Myers and Élizabeth Bourgine as Catherine Bordey.
Plus, the special will also see Dwayne joined again by his father, Nelson (Ram John Holder).
Here’s the synopsis for the Christmas Special:
We’re back on the beautiful island of Saint Marie, and this time with a new detective inspector in tow.
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…
Before we get back to St. Marie, there’s also a new Aussie-based Paraverse sister show. Return to Paradise launches this Friday, 22nd November at 8pm.
You can find all the previous series of Death in Paradise and spin-off Beyond Paradise on BBC iPlayer.