Kris Marshall has officially returned to our screens as the lead in ‘Death in Paradise’ spin-off ‘Beyond Paradise’. This time his character, DI Goodman, is solving crimes on UK shores.
The new location has some pretty big boots to fill if it hopes to measure up to the dreamy tropical scenery of the original show. This time around, the Caribbean has been replaced by the fictional seaside town of Shipton Abbot. Here’s everything we know about where the spin-off was filmed.
Where is Shipton Abbot in the show?
Shipton Abbot is a fictional town on the Devon coast.
Where is ‘Beyond Paradise’ season 2 filmed?
Tim Key, the show’s executive producer, told The i: ‘There were lots of conversations about where we take it but we settled quite quickly on the West Country as we felt that Devon hadn’t had a huge amount of exposure in TV drama, Cornwall often nabs the glory.’
However, despite being set in Devon, the show was actually mostly filmed in Looe, Cornwall. According to Key, the Cornish town met all their criteria after they had searched the West Country looking for a place with a real community feel.
The producer added: ‘It was a beautiful tourist town, but also a thriving community with fishing businesses, so we felt we had found our home.’
The show was also spotted filming in the Tamar Valley in Cornwall and Bere Ferrers and Weir Quay in Devon.
What about the Devon Railway?
The scenic South Devon Railway takes a starring role in season two, when the rehearsal for a murder-mystery play takes a bloody turn and ends in an actual murder aboard one of its carriages. Cue DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) and DS Esther Williams (Zahra Ahmadi) hopping aboard to find the culprit.
The real South Devon Railway does offer murder-mystery experiences, albeit with an unblemished record when it comes to fatalities. You’ll find it close to Buckfastleigh in Devon, where its old-school locomotives travel along the picturesque Great Western Railway branch line as far as Totnes Riverside. Head to the official site for all the info.
What is ‘Beyond Paradise’ about?
The series follows DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) and fiancée Martha Lloyd (Sally Bretton) in the years following their will-they-won’t-they romance in 2017. Having left the luscious shores of Saint-Marie for London in season six of the show, the central characters now find themselves relocating to the town where Martha grew up.
Episodes follow the pair as Humphrey begins his new role as a police officer and Martha opens her own cafe. Of course, there will be plenty of crime taking place too. So far viewers have watched Goodman grapple a with suspect from the 17th century, an entire family vanishing from their home and a stolen painting.
Who is in the Beyond Paradise cast?
By Detective Goodman’s side will be Felicity Montagu (‘Alan Partridge’s Lynn) as tough-nut police support worker Margo Martins, ‘Derry Girls’ Dylan Llewellyn as PC Kelby Hartford and ‘Dr Who’s Zahra Ahmadi as tenacious detective sergeant Esther Williams.
When is Beyond Paradise season 2 released?
Series 2’s curtain raiser aired on March 22, with ensuing episodes on BBC One every Friday until April 19. You can catch up on previously aired episodes on BBC iPlayer now.
Is there a trailer for season 2?
There is, and you can watch it below.
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