BritBox’s Witty 'Death In Paradise' Spinoff 'Beyond Paradise' is a Hometown Charmer
Just like 2022's The Sister Boniface Mysteries took a memorable character from Father Brown's long ago first season and spun her into habit-wearing mystery solving gold, the BBC and BritBox’s latest series, Beyond Paradise, picks up pair of characters from Death in Paradise Season 6. After taking over the series from original lead DI Richard Poole (Ben Miller) in Season 3, heartbroken DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) left the Caribbean island of Saint Marie to follow his true love Martha Lloyd (Sally Bretton) to London. The new series rejoins the now-engaged couple relocating to her hometown, the fictional Shipton Abbott in Devon.
It’s what we talked about. Making a fresh start after all the madness, you running your own cafe and me finding lost tractors and missing sheep. Starting a family.
Beyond Paradise adheres to some of the favorite characteristics of the genre –– a picturesque small town in a gorgeous setting, and plenty of local characters with endearing or otherwise personalities. It also evolves naturally from Death in Paradise, with its one mystery per episode format and its strong, quirky characters thanks to the involvement of series’ creator Robert Thorogood.
