Death in Paradise (TV series) Richard Poole (Ben Miller) is assigned to investigate the murder of a British police officer on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie. After he successfully finds the murderer, he is reluctantly required by his supervisors to replace the victim and stay on as the detective inspector (DI) of the island, solving new cases as they appear, and being the object of many fish-out-of-water jokes. At the start of Series 3, Poole is killed and uncoordinated London detective Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) arrives to investigate the death of his strait-laced predecessor. He then stays in the job as chief investigator
The Paradise (TV series) on 20 October 2013 on BBC One. On 12 February 2014, the BBC confirmed that "The Paradise" would not return for a third series. They cited that the programme had lower figures than other relatively new dramas such as "Death in Paradise", "Sherlock" and "Silk". Furthermore, its ITV rival "Mr Selfridge" was performing better. The BBC also commented that the show was enjoyable: "However, in order to make room for new dramas to come through, "The Paradise" won't be returning." Series 1 begins in 1875, and portrays the lives and loves of the people who work, shop and trade, in