Death In Paradise will hit our screens on Tuesday 25th October at 9pm on BBC One.

Impossible murders on a beautiful Caribbean island. DI Richard Poole is the perfect man to solve them — if only he didn’t just hate sun, sea and sand...

Sent to the tiny island of Saint-Marie to solve a mysterious murder Detective Inspector Richard Poole (Ben Miller) is a total fish out of water. A quintessentially British cop, he would much prefer the London drizzle and a freshly pressed shirt to blue seas, sparkling sands and gorgeous tropical weather. What Richard finds is a ramshackle station and a very different type of policing. His new partner, feisty DS Camille Bordey (Sara Martins) is instinctive and brilliant in her own way.
Officer Dwayne Myers (Danny John-Jules) is a little too cosy with criminals for Richard’s liking, but he has his uses. And Fidel Best (Garry Carr) is honest as the day is long — at times frustrating, at times the key to an impenetrable mystery. Richard can get through his ordeal, if only he could find a decent cup of tea…

Though Richard would never admit it, they make the perfect team, and bring heart and humour to mind boggling murders in the most beautiful of settings, with a new mystery to solve every episode.
Will Richard ever come to see the beauty of his surroundings? perhaps not, but he might one day loosen his tie…

The first episode kicks off when a British Cop is found murdered in a locked room on the tiny paradise island of Saint-Marie, Detective Inspector Richard Poole is sent to investigate whodunnit.

Death in Paradise has been produced with Altantique Productions, for BBC One and France Télévisions with the support of the Region of Guadeloupe.