FilminghascommencedonthefirstChristmasspecialandsecondseriesoftheBBC'shugelysuccessfulcrimedramaBeyondParadise.Co-commissionedwithBritBoxInternationalandcomingtoBBCOneandiPlayer,fanswillbeeagertoseewhat’snextforHumphreyandMarthafollowingtheirmake-or-breaktriptoSaintMarieattheendofthelastseries.
SeriesoneofBeyondParadisebecametheUK’smostsuccessfulnewdramalaunchoftheyearsofar,averaging8millionviewers,whenitmadeitsdebutonBBCOneandiPlayerearlierthisyear.
TheChristmasspecialepisodeandsecondserieswillseethereturnofKrisMarshallasDIHumphreyGoodman,SallyBrettonasMarthaLloyd,ZahraAhmadiasDSEstherWilliams,DylanLlewellynasPCKelbyHartford,BarbaraFlynnasAnneLloydandFelicityMontaguasMargoMartins.
FilmedinpicturesquelocationsaroundSouth-WestEnglandinDevonandCornwall,thenewseriesfeaturesthesamejoyfulescapism,humourandmind-bogglingcasesfanshavecometoadoresinceseriesone.ShiptonAbbott’snewdetectiveinspectorwillbetaskedwithsolvingashockingcrimeonasteamtrain,anarsonattackpredictedbyamediumandthebafflingdisappearanceofthelocalfishinglegend.