Death in Paradise

2011
4.8
295 reviews
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Season 5 episodes (8)

1 Episode 1
1/6/16
DI Goodman and his team are tested when a millionaire philanthropist is murdered on his boat, and the only suspects were all underwater at the time. Meanwhile, DI Goodman's new hobby raises a few eyebrows...
2 Episode 2
1/14/16
The team enter the shady world of island politics when the outgoing governor of Saint Marie is poisoned at her leaving party. Meanwhile, DI Goodman dives into the even murkier world of online dating.
3 Episode 3
1/20/15
A young model is strangled straight after coming from the catwalk at a fashion show. The team try to work out how the killer gained access to the backstage area - and how he was able to strangle the victim and just escape in 47 seconds. During their investigation, some of the team try to get close with the other models.
4 Episode 4
1/28/15
Dwayne attends his mentor's funeral. After the cremation is over though, he is shocked to receive a text from his old friend - telling Dwayne that his friend was murdered. At first the team is reluctant to look further than the coroner's report of death by natural causes, but soon new evidence kicks them into gears.
5 Episode 5
2/4/15
Humprey's Aunt Mary visits the island and becomes the only witness to the murder of John Green, a holidaying salesman. Finding suspects proves difficult as a motive cannot be found, and meanwhile Aunt Mary is pursuing her own investigation - into Humphrey's secrets. Luckily for Humphrey, he finds he can distract Mary by getting her involved with the case and her insights soon prove invaluable.
6 Episode 6
2/10/15
Top London chef, Robert Holt, is set to open a new restaurant - Le Calmar Saint Marie. That is until he is found dead in the walk-in freezer with a knife in his back. The scene looks like a botched burglary but Humphrey thinks it was a premeditated murder. However when he goes looking for possible enemies, he soon finds too many people with a motive for the murder.
7 Episode 7
2/17/15
A tip off for a murder comes in - but no trace of victim or perpetrator can be found, until the next day a body washes up on shore. Dwayne and Newton head of to arrest Newton, the suspect, but they are thrown when Catherine provides him with an alibi. The hunt for a new suspect leads the team to discover a long-lost chest of treasure. Could this be connected? And who was it who provided the anonymous tip-off?
8 Episode 8
2/24/15
A young backpacker is found dead from a gunshot wound in her hostel bathroom. It seems like a suicide - but Humphrey can't work out why anyone would bring a wash bag into a room where they planned to kill themselves. Suspicion falls on the only people near the hostel at the time of the gunshot. The investigation leads Humphrey to discover an old crush fronm London is on the island - and that life at the hostel is even murkier than anyone wants him to believe. When Sian's phone is recovered, it seems like she might have had some secrets of her own.

About this show

This warm, light-hearted detective drama is a fish-out-of-water story about a quintessential English policeman posted to the Caribbean island of Saint-Marie. To anyone else it would be paradise, but for Detective Inspector Richard Poole it's hell! Totally unsuited to the Caribbean way of life, Richard hates the sun, sea and sand and isn't used to their style of policing. But he finds his brilliant detective skills combine well with the local police to help solve a series of mysterious murders. Will Richard ever come to see the beauty of his surroundings? Perhaps not, but he might one day loosen his tie.

Ratings and reviews

4.8
295 reviews
D W
March 18, 2021
Always thought it was awful that the newly married sergeants would go to have drinks after work and leave their wives behind. It happened so often and they would stay out late. It's just poor writing in that part.
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Iris Gross
May 4, 2015
I love this show! I do wish they hadn't killed Richard, but Humphrey is OK I suppose. I hate that Camille is gone now as well, but the Brits have that 3 year contract just like w/Downton Abbey, and actors get bored! Maybe one day the lead DI will be played by a black actor, but I understand the whole "fish out of water" premise. I try to never miss it every Thursday night on PBS, but if I do I'm glad I can find them all here. Nothing wrong with formula dramas. Makes it fun to guess whodunit.
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Sasha
April 6, 2015
I needed a show to watch while waiting for the new sherlock holmes season, and while this isn't as tense and mind twisting, it is a delightfully fun show. With my wife and her family being from the Caribbean it hits home for me. I hope they don't cancel this show anytime soon.
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