Saint Marie (fictional island) Saint Marie (fictional island) Saint Marie is a fictional island in the Lesser Antilles which serves as the setting for the BBC crime drama television series "Death in Paradise". Saint Marie is described in Episode 3.3 as a "pretty island" that is "situated in the Eastern Caribbean Sea" and "one-tenth the size of its north-west neighbour Guadeloupe", which would make Saint Marie about in size. It is described in Episode 4.5 as being 70 miles from Martinique. The island is a British Overseas Territory, but was handed over to the British from the French only in the 1970s, so that
Laughter in Paradise Laughter in Paradise Laughter in Paradise is a British comedy film released in 1951. The film stars Alastair Sim, Fay Compton, George Cole and Guy Middleton. The film was remade in 1970 as "Some Will, Some Won't". The will of well-known practical joker Henry Russell leaves a fortune of £50,000 on his death to each of his four surviving relatives, all unmarried, provided they first perform prescribed tasks that are completely contrary to their natures. Law-abiding retired army officer Deniston Russell, who writes lurid crime novels under several fictional names, has within a week to get himself arrested and jailed