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Beyond Paradise’s Anne flustered about “delicate” Mr Smith news

Beyond Paradise’s Anne flustered about “delicate” Mr Smith news

Published by Daniella Wilson

It’s safe to say Humphrey has been under rather a lot of stress in the latest season of Beyond Paradise. After being unexpectedly pulled into The Hub, where he was introduced to his new boss, the deeply unpleasant Mr Smith, two concerning pieces of news were laid before him: Chief Superintendent Woods, who was Shipton Abbott police’s only real ally at the top, had left, and Humphrey would need to lose a member of his team due to funding cuts. But who to let go? Asking Humphrey to layoff Esther, Kelby and Margo is like asking him to banish one of his children. Not only are they a solid team professionally – “I think everyone’s so important, and everyone plays their part. And if you remove just one person, you really feel it,” actor Zahra Ahmadi told Radio Times – their relationships extend beyond the professional. “They are genuinely like a family unit,” she added. “They get along as friends, sure, but I do think it is more familiar than anything else. They’ve all got …

Beyond Paradise’s Humphrey stunned as dilemma grows more complicated

Beyond Paradise’s Humphrey stunned as dilemma grows more complicated

Published by Daniella Wilson

Humphrey’s relationship with his mother-in-law Anne mostly consists of her chiding him for getting under her feet as they navigate living under the same roof in Beyond Paradise. After the detective and Martha moved back onto the boat, having paused their fostering journey, the small matter of them drifting out to sea while they were tucked up in bed in the season 4 premiere saw them swiftly move back into Anne’s house. But as close as Martha and her mum are – and there is also love between Humphrey and Anne, given how important each of them are to Martha – it has become increasingly clear that the newly married couple need their own space, regardless of whether it’s just the two of them, or if they welcome another child into their lives. So, they committed to house hunting and after a fairly breezy search and some gentle deliberation, they’ve landed themselves a fixer-upper. But as they were toasting the next chapter of their lives in their new backyard – which looks out onto a …

Death in Paradise’s Selwyn faces one of his most daunting challenges

Death in Paradise’s Selwyn faces one of his most daunting challenges

Published by Daniella Wilson

There’s Commissioner chaos in season 15 of Death in Paradise as Patterson struts back into power, but has Saint Marie moved on? After returning to the island and stepping back into his role, he quickly learns it’s not business as usual. Following a run-in with tabloid journalist Anton Busette outside the yacht club – where Selwyn is shown a draft article about him – he later meets with Catherine, who doesn’t hold back when he questions the community’s sudden change of heart towards him. “After everything I’ve done for this island, this is the thanks I receive?” he sighs, before noticing his friend has gone quiet. “This island petitioned to get you your job back, and you walked away without any explanation – like you didn’t care,” she says. “And now, months later, you come back as if nothing happened.” Selwyn is quick to insist he still cares about Saint Marie, and that Catherine knows that – but she’s blunt in return. “But others don’t. All they know is you abandoned them… and it’s up …

Death in Paradise’s Selwyn makes a huge decision about his future

Death in Paradise’s Selwyn makes a huge decision about his future

Published by Daniella Wilson

When season 14 of Death in Paradise wrapped up earlier this year, there was a giant question mark hanging over Selwyn’s future – and, in turn, Don Warrington’s place on the BBC murder mystery. After Selwyn was initially replaced by the unbearably smug Sterling Fox, the powers that be realised they’d made a grave error and asked him to return as commissioner — but he refused. “It felt wrong to say yes, too much has happened,” he told Catherine. “And right now, I can’t see a way to get back to how things were.” So off he went, out into the world, unshackled for the first time in five decades, to take some time for himself. And at the beginning of this year’s Death in Paradise Christmas special, Selwyn was still doing just that when he was called into action once more. Mervin and the team were hard at work in Saint Marie investigating the murder of a man found dead in the pool of a villa being rented by UK colleagues from a company …