Kris Marshall To Star In ‘Beyond Paradise,’ A ‘Death In Paradise’ Spinoff

When Robert Thorogood's British–French crime drama Death in Paradise debuted in 2011, Ben Miller, best known for Primeval, starred as the primary detective Detective Inspector Richard Poole. Poole arrived on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie to investigate the murder of a British police officer and decided he liked it so much he'll stay. Well, he didn't like it that much, and Miller left after three seasons, replaced first by Kris Marshall as DI Humphrey Goodman, then Ardal O'Hanlon as DI Jack Mooney. Currently, the series stars Ralf Little as DI Neville Parker; however, one of these former leads returning is always possible. (Miller did a guest stint in Season 10, for example.)

Considering the show's continued popularity as it rounds into Season 11, it's not surprising that the BBC and BritBox are commissioning a spinoff starring the most popular lineup, Kris Marshall. The series took off under him (especially in America). Though Marshall has gone on to do other things like Sanditon, where he plays Tom Parker, he's not landed a significant lead since leaving. (He was rumored to be the 13th Doctor in Doctor Who before Jodie Whittaker was announced, but that's it.) So back to Paradise, it is, in a new spinoff series entitled Beyond Paradise.

Rumors of a spinoff for Death In Paradise have come around every couple of years, but it seems the success of BritBox's The Sister Boniface Mysteries is what clinched it. The streaming service announced it would be partnering with the BBC to launch the new show, centered around Marshall's Humphrey Goodman character. As fans of the show will remember, Goodman left the series because he couldn't handle island life any longer and longed to return to the U.K. The new series will follow him there, making it a London-based detective series.