BBC One returns to the idyllic Caribbean island of Saint Marie for a fourth season of sun-soaked crime drama Death in Paradise.
Kris Marshall is back as DI Humphrey Goodman, alongside Sara Martins as DS Camille Bordey and Danny John-Jules as Officer Dwayne Myers.
> Buy the Season 1-2 boxset on Amazon.
Episode 1
Thursday 8 January 2015, 9pm
Plantation owner and businessman, Elias Thomson, is brutally murdered during a group séance at his home. With the door to the room firmly closed, everyone in the room is a suspect, but how did the murderer go unnoticed when all participants – including Elias’ children, Daniel and Lucy – were holding hands throughout the séance?
The family are convinced that the murder is the work of a ghost, Mama Beth, who is believed to haunt the plantation, but Humphrey and the team are determined to find a more rational solution. Will they be able to find a concrete motive to pin down the culprit?
Meanwhile, Officer Dwayne Myers is striving to cope as he is left holding the fort following the departure of Sergeant Fidel Best. However, Commissioner Selwyn Patterson is keen to step in and flex his investigative muscles, much to Dwayne’s frustration!
Humphrey is also struggling as he tries to contain his growing feelings for DS Camille Bordey who, in turn, finds herself battling the dating scene thanks to her well-meaning mother. Will Camille realise that Mr. Right may be right in front of her?
Episode 2
Thursday 15 January 2015, 9pm
Surf school owner, Jake Peters, is mysteriously found shot dead in his workshop.
With Jake’s chain and watch missing, on first inspection the scene appears to be a robbery gone wrong. However, with the door locked from the inside and no other way in, Humphrey believes that there is more to the case than meets the eye.
Fingers start to point at those staying at Sandy Cove surf school: its three pupils Jess Chambers, Steve Taylor and Charlie Beckett, who are each on the island with their own agenda. Humphrey and the team dive into the investigation and immerse themselves in the surfing world. However, with grieving wife, Katie Peters, and best friend, Karl Slater, also harbouring dark secrets, will the team be able to uncover the truth?
Meanwhile, Humphrey continues to struggle with his emotions for Camille and decides to take matters into his own hands when he is faced with competition for her affections in the form of her surfer ex-lover, Nicky. Will Humph manage to catch a wave?
Episode 3
Thursday 22 January 2015, 9pm
Francis Davison, President of The Saint Marie Heritage Society, dies whilst re-enacting the French invasion of the island with other members of the society.
With the society all suffering from food poisoning after eating a homemade stew, it initially seems that Francis has experienced an extreme reaction.
However, when the lab reports prove that there was poison in the stew, the case becomes a murder investigation. With all of the society eating from the same pot, how did Francis’ results show a significantly higher level of poison?
With an ousted friend, a neglected son and scorned ex-lover, Francis has no shortage of enemies for the team to look into. Will they be able to both identify the killer and work out how they managed to fatally poison Francis without killing anyone else?
Meanwhile, Dwayne shows Humphrey his own way of celebrating the founding of Saint Marie, as the two have a night out. And is it finally the time for Humphrey to reveal his true feelings for Camille?
Episode 4
Thursday 29 January 2015, 9pm
When a bride-to-be is killed on the last night of her hen party, DI Goodman tries to unravel a seemingly impossible murder.
Meanwhile Camille has a big decision to make.
Episode 5
Thursday 5 February 2015, 9pm
Lead singer of rock band The Flowers Of Progress, Stevie Smith, is found electrocuted in the band’s swimming pool.
On the island to record their reunion album and with a major sponsorship deal hanging in the balance, tensions within The Flowers Of Progress (who split up years earlier) are running high.
The relationship between Stevie and his brother Jim is stormy, there are rifts between band members and more than one person has an axe to grind. But since all the suspects are recording in the studio at the time of the murder, pinning the crime on any one of them isn’t going to be easy.
With the arrival of new Officer JP Hooper, Dwayne is taking full advantage of the situation as his superior – by letting the new recruit do all the hard work. How long will it be until laid back Dwayne gets caught out?
Episode 6
Thursday 12 February 2015, 9pm
As Saint Marie celebrates getting through to the finals of the Inter-Island Volleyball Championships, DI Goodman and the team are under pressure to solve the murder of a player.
Commissioner Selwyn squares up to an old nemesis.
Episode 7
Thursday 19 February 2015, 9pm
Annette Burgess, CEO of a boutique travel website, is murdered in her hotel room while on an outdoor team-building getaway with her colleagues.
With everyone in the small group of employees seeming to have no obvious alibis or motives, Humphrey and the team are forced to dig a little deeper.
However, it isn’t long before the detectives discover that Annette had an affair with her sister’s husband, Stuart Howe, and tensions were high with her assistant, Sandra Kendrick, who was filing a harassment case against Annette. If that wasn’t enough, it’s also soon revealed that the company’s Senior Account Executive, Dominic Claydon, is the victim’s long-lost son.
The team realise that there are plenty of people who had an axe to grind with the fiery Annette. However, after a shock confession, is the case wrapped up as simple as that?
Meanwhile as Florence and Humphrey continue to get to grips with working alongside each other in the absence of Camille, will an unexpected call from home lead to trouble in paradise for Humphrey?
Episode 8
Thursday 26 February 2015, 9pm
Murder suspect Jack Harmer is found shot dead whilst in police custody. With tight security in the prison cell, including three locked doors and Dwayne and JP on the scene, how did a killer manage to slip through undetected?
Faced with a seemingly unsolvable case, Humphrey and the team must find the invisible killer. With no shortage of suspects – including angry wife Mae Harmer and vengeful brother Paul Harmer – the team have their work cut out finding the evidence to place the suspects at the scene of the crime.
Meanwhile, Humphrey’s father Martin Goodman pays an unexpected visit to the island to speak with his son. The hostile relationship between the two isn’t helped when Martin attempts to get his son to return home to England. Will the two be able to put aside their differences and end the reunion happily in paradise?
> Buy the Season 1-2 boxset on Amazon.
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