Written by Robert Thorogood, the crime drama will return to BBC One for eight new one-hour episodes next year.

Currently airing at 9pm on Tuesday nights, the second series of Death in Paradise is averaging almost 8 million consolidated viewers per episode.

Series 3 will once again be filmed on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe.

> Buy Series 1 on DVD on Amazon.

> Order Series 2 on DVD on Amazon.

Starring Ben Miller (Primeval), Sara Martins and Danny John-Jules (Red Dwarf), Series 1 launched on BBC One in October 2011.

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