Kris Marshall has appeared to rule out any crossover with Death In Paradise ahead of a new season of Beyond Paradise.
The finale of the first season of Beyond Paradise featured some elements of a crossover between the two BBC dramas, as Detective Inspector Humphrey Goodman – played by Kris – returned to the island of Saint Marie and even reunited with his old friend Harry the lizard.
However, there are no signs of any more interlinking between the two series occurring in the future, after Kris seemingly dismissed any possibility of this happening in season two.
Death in Paradise bosses Tony Jordan and Tim Key said in February 2023 that the difference between the two shows is that Humphrey has to solve a mystery that is not a murder in the first episode of the spin-off.
Furthermore, Beyond Paradise is set in the Devonshire town of Shipton Abbott, while the former takes place on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie.
Kris Marshall has appeared to rule out any crossover with Death in Paradise ahead of a new season of Beyond Paradise
The finale of the first season featured some elements of a crossover between the two BBC dramas, as Detective Inspector Humphrey Goodman – played by Kris
Speaking to Digital Spy, Kris said it was ‘not [something that would happen] in the immediate future, I don’t think, but it’s definitely something to be considered in the future, and I would absolutely love for certain characters to come and see us at Shipton Abbott. Specifically, someone like Don’s character’.
Praising fellow actor Don Warrington, who plays Commissioner Selwyn Patterson on Death In Paradise, he said: ‘Don Warrington – I mean, he is the Don. I’m in thrall to him. I absolutely love him. He’s the most charming man on Earth.
‘To have Don and Don’s character, Selwyn Patterson, come and pay us a visit, would be the dream, really.
‘And Danny John-Jules as well. I love Danny. I’m great friends with Danny. Many, many characters. But not in the immediate future, I don’t think.’
Kris’s comments on a potential crossover come after he reprimanded critics of Beyond Paradise, insisting that the show serves an important purpose.
He told Radio Times: ‘I have a theory – not a theory, actually, it’s a fact – that to make a show like Death In Paradise or Beyond Paradise, that has a broad demographic, that you can sit down and watch with your kids, that bonds all family members in the room, is incredibly hard to do.
‘And to have people scorn it… I’m fine with it now but it bothered me a bit in the past. These shows are hard to make and they bring people together – that’s got to be lauded a little bit, right?’
‘It’s a show that harks back to a world that we still wish Britain was, a place where the world doesn’t take itself quite so seriously. The world has got too binary. It’s less nuanced. The world today takes itself so f***ing seriously,’ he added.
Season two of Beyond Paradise promises ‘to keep DI Humphrey Goodman and his team busy, with a baffling new crime each episode’, per the programme’s synopsis.
‘From a death on a steam train to a missing teacher, the team have their work cut out. Even more so with Police HQ’s threat of the local station house closure hanging over them – the pressure is on to get results.
It continues: ‘Meanwhile, Humphrey and Martha’s journey to find their own version of a family continues as they explore the possibility of fostering. Martha’s mother Anne throws herself into the world of online dating, and a well-meant gesture from Esther’s daughter Zoe threatens to uncover a long-held secret…’
Beyond Paradise returns on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Friday March 22.
