Rent Death in Paradise: Series 1 (2011)
4.0 of 5 from 21 ratings
7h 46min
- General info
- Available formats
- All series
- Synopsis:
- DI Richard Poole is sent to the paradise island of Saint-Marie in the Caribbean to solve an impossible murder. He hates sun, sea and sand, but no matter - once he's solved the murder he'll be heading back to wonderful, cold, drizzly London. He does so, with brilliance and tenacity - only to discover his boss back home has conspired to keep him there. He's trapped on an island he hates and people just keep getting murdered.
- Actors:
- Sean Maguire, Danny John-Jules, Lenora Crichlow, Gary Carr, Hugo Speer, Sara Martins, Karl Collins, Coralie Audret, Rupert Graves, Ben Miller, Laurence Joseph, Don Warrington, Dominik Bernard, Matt Di Angelo, Charlotte Salt, Robert Pugh, Aminata Toure, Frances Barber, Alice Henley, Luke Allen-Gale
- Directors:
- Charlie Palmer, Roger Goldby, Alfred Lot, Paul Harrison, Keith Boak, Alrick Riley, David O'Neill
- Producers:
- Tim Key, Tony Jordan, Polly Hill, Sophie Gigon, Ben Donal
- Creators:
- Robert Thorogood
- Writers:
- Robert Thorogood, James Payne, Harry Holmes, Jack Lothian, Delinda Jacobs, Colin Bytheway, Dan Sefton
- Studio:
- BBC
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Comedies, TV Crimes, TV Dramas, TV Mysteries
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Reviews (1) of Death in Paradise: Series 1
Like Doc Martin but set in a much more exotic location - Death in Paradise: Series 1 review by RunDeckardRun
There are similarities between Death in Paradise and ITV's Doc Martin that can't be denied: the stiff Englishman dispatched to a location that's unfamiliar, always dressed in a suit, speaks to people abruptly, verbal jousting with the main female character... In Doc Martin there was a dog that liked to hang around the central character, in Death in Paradise it's a lizard. Not criticisms as I really liked this programme.
The content and tone is fairly light and humorous - even though the stories are about murders. The location looks great and it's really encouraging to see a far more diverse cast than is normal (although the lead character is white). Ben Miller does a great job and he appears to only feature in the first two series so I don't think I'll be watching series 3. Good to see Red Dwarf's Danny John Jules (the Cat) in this as well!
If you want something fairly light and a bit funny, with lots of sunshine and some nice music, I highly recommend it.
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