This post details the spin-off of BBC’s Death in Paradise, Beyond Paradise starring Kris Marshall as DI Humphrey Goodman.
Follow him as he tackles the latest crimes as the new DI in a small local police station of a Devon seaside town.
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March 2024 Update: details of a new series 2 now included below.
Beyond Paradise BBC TV Crime Drama
Creators: Robert Thorogood and Tony Jordan.
Main cast
- Kris Marshall as DI Humphrey Goodman.
- Zahra Ahmadi as DS Esther Williams.
- Sally Bretton as Martha Lloyd.
- Dylan Llewellyn as PC Kelby Hartford.
- Felicity Montagu as Margo Martins.
- Barbara Flynn as Anne Lloyd.
Series 1
Series one includes 6 one hour weekly episodes. Episodes 1 to 6 aired on BBC One weekly, starting Friday 24 February 2023 at 8pm. They are now available in the UK to catch up on demand with BBC iPlayer. You can also watch season 1 on Prime Video or on DVD box set as detailed below. IMDb: 7.3/10 (4.3K).
Season 1 Episodes
- A new adventure await as DI Humphrery Goodman and Martha leave London for Devon. (Aired: 24/02/23).
- Humphrey investigates a mysterious disappearance, while Martha opens her cafe. (Aired: 03/03/23).
- Shipton Abbott is rocked when a beloved painting appears to vanish into thin air. (Aired: 10/03/23).
- A mystery man is found dead in the centre of a crop circle, but are aliens responsible? (Aired: 24/03/23).
- Humphrey and his team are stumped by a serial arson case with a bizarre twist. (Aired: 31/03/23).
- With Humphrey devasted by recent events, Esther must solve an impossible burglary case. (Aired: 07/04/23).
*Stream Beyond Paradise season 1 online with Prime Video on UK Amazon | US Amazon.
Also available on DVD: UK Amazon | US Amazon.
Series 2
Series two includes a Christmas Special for 2023 and 6 one hour weekly episodes. Episodes 1 to 6 are on BBC One weekly, starting Thursday 22 March 2024 at 8pm.
Season 2 episodes will be available to catch up on demand with BBC iPlayer once aired on live TV.
You can also watch season 2 on Prime Video or on DVD as detailed below.
Season 2 Episodes
- S2 E0: Christmas Special – Humphrey investigates a bizarre set of break-ins where Santa is the number one suspect (24/12/23).
- S2 E1: A murder mystery on a steam train becomes a bit too real for the man playing the corpse (22/03/24).
- S2 E2: A local psychic’s eerie predictions begin to come true, with violent consequences (29/03/24).
- S2 E3 05/04/24: A dying woman goes missing from a local fishing trawler (05/04/24).
- S2 E4: Plot coming soon (12/04/24).
- S2 E5: Plot coming soon (19/04/24).
- S2 E6: Plot coming soon (26/04/24).
*Stream Beyond Paradise series 2 online with Prime Video on UK Amazon | US Amazon.
Also available on DVD: UK Amazon | US Amazon.
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