Let’s just say that this seems a very long shot to us. For a long time, Death In Paradise star Kris Marshall was the running favourite to replace Peter Capaldi in Doctor Who. As we now know, Jodie Whittaker has landed the role, and will take over the TARDIS from the end of this year’s … >
By this time tomorrow, we’ll know who the 13th Doctor is in Doctor Who, the man or woman who’ll be taking the keys to the TARDIS from Peter Capaldi this Christmas. Speculation continues to centre on Kris Marshall being the likely candidate, as he has been for several months now. But the latest odds from … >
A late contender has reportedly entered the shortlist to replace Peter Capaldi on Doctor Who. Capaldi’s final scenes as the Doctor will air this Christmas in Steven Moffat’s last episode as showrunner, but the actor playing the new Doctor is expected to be announced fairly soon. Now Fortitude actor Luke Treadaway is being tipped to replace Capaldi, … >
Following on from last week’s episode, this conclusion to the ongoing mystery provides not just a satisfying end to the central story but also has us say goodbye to one of our regular cast. “It was an apparently impossible murder.” The central mystery has a real freshness to it and helps the episode immensely. Much … >
After a few weeks of surprisingly fresh episodes in terms of the central mystery, this week’s Death in Paradise feels a bit more back to basics, with a lot more emphasis on Humphrey andMartha’s holiday romance. “It almost feels like an execution.” The murder of the week story, with a cricketer being found shot dead on … >
Death in Paradise returns to BBC One in January for a sixth season. My Family star Kris Marshall is back as DI Humphrey Goodman in eight new 60-minute episodes of the crime drama, alongside returning regulars Danny John-Jules, Don Warrington, Josephine Jobert and Tobi Bakare. Using their expert skills of deduction, the new season will follow the … >
After last week’s slightly more formulaic episode, this week’s Death in Paradise goes international as the gang relocate to London for an investigation into a British sailor’s death whose potential suspects have all fled back to the UK. “They all checked out this morning. Got the first flight home at 6am.” This is a really … >
Doomed romance seems to be the order of the day for this week’s episode of Death In Paradise as Humphrey (Kris Marshall) and Martha’s (Sally Bretton) blissful island getaway is tainted when their hotel becomes the crime scene to a fatal stabbing. There is a real sense that the production team are trying to think outside … >
We return to the island of Saint Marie tonight, with the Honore Police investigating the murder of a young girl who died from an apparent suicide, as the town celebrated the first (and presumably last) Saint Marie Literary Festival. “She wrote a novel we all studied in school, The Flame Tree.” With all the potential … >
Hit comedy drama Death in Paradise returned tonight to help us beat the blues with some sun, sand, sea… and murder. Now in its sixth season, BBC One’s detective show is the perfect antidote to a wintry January, adding a little mystery to the New Year. When a researcher at the Saint Marie Volcanic Institute is found dead … >