BBC Death in Paradise spin-off Beyond Paradise has wrapped up its fourth series, and Anne Lloyd star Barbara Flynn has paid tribute to co-star Vincent Franklin, describing the actor as ‘funny’
Beyond Paradise star Barbara Flynn, who portrays Anne Lloyd, has praised a guest performer following their departure from the BBC programme.
The fourth series of Beyond Paradise concluded earlier this year and featured Anne Lloyd stepping in to prevent Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) from being dismissed from his position.
The instalment also witnessed Zoe Williams departing Shipton Abbott to embark on her travels. Newcomer Mr James Smith (Vincent Franklin) was additionally exposed by Anne for conducting an affair with a DI from Heston Morley station.
Anne, who featured on a repeat of Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh today, also said she feared she’d lose her job after a week of filming.
During the repeat instalment, Anne spoke with Alan about the series and how she considers it “a joy” to go to work.
“It is lovely,” Barbara remarked before commending the programme’s writers, “Tony Jordan and Tim Key are an amazing pair. Death in Paradise has such a huge following around the world, and I think it is just something pleasant.
“I said to Sally (Bretton) once, because most of my scenes are with her, who I absolutely adore, I said, ‘Look, Sal, here we are sitting on a bench on a beach’.
“We are at work, and we were doing yoga on a beach, and it was a complete delight.”
She continued by revealing that she fractured her ankle following a week of shooting, which made filming scenes difficult. She added, “The rest of it was filmed of me from wheelchairs and crutches. I thought I’d lost a job after the first week, but they said, ‘No, no Barbara, we will wheel you up and down’.”
Anne also previously discussed what it was like to film alongside newcomer Vincent in series four, characterising the performer as “funny”.
She told Reach PLC, “We got on incredibly well. He’s a funny man, and we had enormous fun off-screen as well as on. He was a lovely addition and a bit of a mystery, and that it’s going to all end in…not tears, but chaos or something.
“And, of course, because Anne decides to get much more involved than that, then there’s a real, there’s a real kind of shift,” reports the Express.
When addressing what collaborating with Kris Marshall’s character more closely was like, Barbara continued, “Well, they all find it difficult having Anne in the station.
“I mean, Humphrey is as polite as he could be. He was never rude, but he’s so in his head, and so Anne is constantly bemused by him, but at the same time, very fond.”
Kris also expressed his enjoyment working with Vincent, who portrayed his adversary, describing him as a “genius actor”.
Beyond Paradise is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
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