Beyond Paradise gives fans the scoop on season three

March 06, 2025
Beyond Paradise gives fans the scoop on season three

The Death in Paradise spin-off show Beyond Paradise - fronted by My Family actor Kris Marshall as DI Humphrey Goodman and Sally Bretton as his life partner Martha Lloyd - is returning for a third series.

Sitcom stars Hugh Dennis and Caroline Quentin are among the new guest stars in the hit show, which is set in the fictional town of Shipton Abbott on the Devonshire coast,

Kris Marshall as DI Humphrey Goodman and Hugh Dennis as Arthur Donelan

Outnumbered and Fleabag star Dennis will play a local councillor, Arthur Donelan, in an upcoming storyline.

Zahra Ahmadi as DS Esther Williams

Men Behaving Badly and Jonathan Creek star Quentin portrays Lotty Lewes, a farming rival to George Ellis, played by Pirates of the Caribbean actor Kevin McNally.

Kevin McNally as George Ellis and Caroline Quentin as Lotty Lewes

The first-look images also show Sightseers actor Steve Oram and Changing Ends actress Gabby Best as DI Jacob Tremayne and DS Fenella Foster - Humphrey and colleague DS Esther Williams's (Zahra Ahmadi) Cornish policing counterparts.

Steve Oram as DI Jacob Tremayne and Gabby Best as DS Fenella Foster

Holby City actress Chizzy Akudolu also returns as Reverend Kate Beccles, and Humphrey and Martha get a new foster placement, Rosie (Bella Rei Blue Stevenson).

Chizzy Akudolu as Reverend Kate Beccles and Dylan Llewellyn as PC Kelby Hartford

Derry Girls and Big Boys star Dylan Llewellyn continues as PC Kelby Hartford, while Battlestar Galactica actor Jamie Bamber comes back as Martha's former flame Archie Hughes and Cranford actress Barbara Flynn as her mother Anne Lloyd.

Jamie Bamber as Archie Hughes

The second series' finale saw Humphrey and Martha very nearly tie the knot following their struggles with conceiving a child and them going through a fostering journey.

Bella Rei Blue Stevenson as Rosie and Kris Marshall as Humphrey

The upcoming season also sees a host of detective stories including a "body discovered in a river on the county border, a perplexing chocolate box poisoning, a long-standing farming feud, and a spiking incident at sea".

(L-R) Zahra Ahmadi as Esther Williams, Barbara Flynn as Anne Lloyd, Sally Bretton as Martha Lloyd, Bella Rei Blue Stevenson as Rosie, Kris Marshall as Humphrey Goodman, and Felicity Montagu as Margo Martins

There will also be "unexpected hurdles" for the couple as foster parents, "while the reappearance of Martha's old flame Archie presents an unexpected challenge", and Anne will be seen confronting "painful memories following a health scare".

Beyond Paradise will return to BBC One soon.

Source: Press Association

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