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
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