List of Death in Paradise episodes
"Death in Paradise" is a British and French crime drama created by Robert Thorogood. The show is set in the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie, and is filmed in Guadeloupe. The series focuses on a detective inspector (DI) from the UK (United Kingdom) and his police team solving murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island. The programme's main character has been portrayed by Ben Miller as DI Richard Poole from series 1-3 (2011 to 2014), Kris Marshall as DI Humphrey Goodman from series 3-6 (2014 to 2017), Ardal O'Hanlon as  DI Jack Mooney from series 6-9 (2017 to 2020) and Ralf Little who plays DI Neville Parker as of series 9 (2020–present). Don Warrington portrays police commissioner Selwyn Patterson and Élizabeth Bourgine portrays bar-owner and, later, Mayor Catherine Bordey. Both actors have portrayed these characters since the first series and have appeared in almost every episode since. The main cast of high-ranking police team members, past and present, include: Sara Martins as detective sergeant (DS) Camille Bordey (Catherine's daughter) in series 1-4 (2011 to 2015), Joséphine Jobert as DS Florence Cassell in series 4 -8 (2015 to 2019) and series 10-11 (2021 to 2022), Aude Lagastelois-Bidé portrayed DS Madeleine Dumas during series 8-9 (2019 to 2020) and Shantol Jackson who plays DS (formerly Sergeant) Naomi Thomas as of series 11 (2022–present). The team members of lower-rank include and have included; Danny John-Jules as officer Dwayne Myers from series 1-7 (2011 to 2018), Gary Carr who portrayed sergeant Fidel Best in series 1-3 (2011 to 2014), Tobi Bakare portrayed officer/sergeant JP Hooper from series 4–10 (2015 to 2021) and Shyko Amos who portrayed officer Ruby Patterson  (niece of Commissioner Patterson) in series 8-9 (2019 to 2020). As of series 10 (2021) Tahj Miles portrays trainee officer Marlon Pryce. "Death in Paradise" was first announced on 9 December 2010 by the BBC; commissioned by controller of BBC Drama Commissioning Ben Stephenson. It was revealed that the show would be produced by Red Planet Pictures and Atlantique Productions, in association with BBC Worldwide and Kudos Film and Television for BBC One and France Télévisions. The idea for "Death in Paradise" came from Robert Thorogood, whose idea was formed after reading a report of a suspected murder in  the Caribbean during the Cricket World Cup. Filming for the first series began in spring 2011, with the first series airing between October and December 2011. On 11 January 2012, Stephenson announced that a second series comprising eight episodes had been commissioned. The second series ran from January to February 2013. Since then, "Death in Paradise" has been recommissioned each year, and aired in January of each following year. A ninth and tenth series were announced at the conclusion of series eight on 28 February 2019. With the show's popularity, the BBC renewed it for series 11 and 12  Series overview. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Episodes. Christmas Special (2022). </onlyinclude>