EXCLUSIVE: Beyond Paradise returns to BBC One on March 27 with Kris Marshall discussing major changes, including one character’s departure
Kris Marshall, star of Beyond Paradise, has shared insights into his co-star’s departure from the BBC series. The spin-off from Death in Paradise is set to return on 27 March, with Humphrey and his team tackling a series of crimes in Shipton Abbott. However, one character will be conspicuously absent from the fourth series.
Detective Humphrey Goodman will face a distressing choice in the forthcoming series after being told he must release a member of his police station team. Additionally, Humphrey finds himself under new management after learning that his former superior, CS Charlie Woods (portrayed by Jade Harrison), has transferred to a different division.
Discussing his co-star’s departure and the necessity to dismiss a team member, Kris exclusively revealed to Reach PLC, “I mean, there always has to be some kind of challenge for Humphrey in terms of, because, like I said, you know, otherwise he just wanders around.
“I mean, it’s that paradox, isn’t it, about TV detectives, they’re sort of fish out of water, they don’t really like rules, and yet they exist in one of the most sort of institutional, authoritarian, hierarchies, the police force.
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“He hates any kind of authority, he hates rules, he hates being told what he has to do, and so it’s thrust upon him, and it literally comes knocking on his door as it does. You know, he really detests that, really dislikes it, and he doesn’t like the pressure,” reports the Express.
Discussing his character’s new superior, portrayed by Vincent Franklin, the Humphrey Goodman star continued, “And it’s held by the fact that, in terms of the storyline, you know, Vincent Franklin, who is just an absolute genius actor playing his sort of nemesis in this.
“It just adds to that sort of, and he does it with such beautiful greasiness. It’s sort of wonderful. It sort of adds to the pressure for Humphrey, and so it’s a real stress for Humphrey moving forward because he is a kind of, like, bury your head in the sand kind of guy, when it comes to things like that.
“Solving puzzles or crimes or, you know, he’s like a dog with a bone. But, you know, when it comes to sort of real life, he’s like, well, surely if I put my head over here, that will just go away.”
Sally Bretton, who portrays Martha Lloyd, Kris’s on-screen spouse, also revealed insights into Martha and Humphrey’s relationship, and where the current series begins. The actress explained that residing on a boat was never part of Martha and Humphrey’s original vision.
She revealed, “Martha starts reflecting on, ‘Was this a bit of an unexpected twist anyway? Going to live on the boat as it wasn’t really the plan originally’.
“And maybe now that they’re married and they want to focus a lot on settling a little bit more, and maybe it’s time to start having a look at a house, and I think they want to focus on each other and have all of the fun and everything that they always have done, but they’ve been knocked off center a lot.”
Beyond Paradise is set to return on 27 March at 8pm on BBC One.
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