A New Detective for 'Death in Paradise'
No doubt many PBS viewers are familiar with the charming BBC mystery/dramedy Death in Paradise. Every episode provides a not-so-gruesome murder or two, a display board full of suspects, a few red herrings and a conundrum. Our hero suddenly has a eureka moment – and gathers everybody together to explain exactly how the murder went down, Agatha Christie style. And all this in a breathtaking island setting no less.
But now the popular series seems to be taking a page from The Doctor Who playbook. After a few seasons of six month location shoots and time away from family, the lead actors have made the difficult but necessary decision to move on to other pastures only to be replaced by another Brit with a comedy background. And it would appear the DI torch has been passed yet again and right in the middle of Season 6 which just finished airing on BBC1 last week. More on that in a moment, but let's just take a moment to review.
The original chief, you’ll recall, was DI Richard Poole (Ben Miller). Well, to be entirely accurate, Poole was there to investigate the murder of and then replace DI Charlie Hulme played briefly by Hugo Speer.
