Claim: Death in Paradise (TV series) is a British-French crime comedy-drama series that first aired in 2016.
Evidence: Death in Paradise is a British-French crime comedy-drama television series created by Robert Thorogood , starring Ben Miller -LRB- series 1 -- 3 -RRB- , Kris Marshall -LRB- series 3 -- 6 -RRB- & Ardal O'Hanlon -LRB- series 6 -- present -RRB-.
A sixth series began broadcasting on 5 January 2017 and aired its finale on 23 February , with the subsequent DVD release occurring three days later on 27 February 2017.