Miller, who took on the role for the BBC drama\u2019s first two seasons, has revealed that he does \u201creally miss\u201d playing the detective.<\/p>\n
Speaking to RadioTimes.com<\/a> in an exclusive interview, Miller said that he feels a sense of \u201csadness\u201d over never playing the character again.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve loved every character that I\u2019ve played. I really miss Richard Poole from Death in Paradise,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s a wonderful, wonderful character. And inevitably there\u2019s a sort of sadness in me that I\u2019m not going to get to play him again. You miss them.\u201d<\/p>\n While Poole was killed off at the start of season three, perhaps Death in Paradise isn\u2019t the last we\u2019ll see of him \u2013 particular since his successor Humphrey Goodman is starring in his own spin-off, Beyond Paradise<\/a>.<\/p> \u201cI just think it\u2019s a brilliant idea. I think it\u2019s a fantastic idea,\u201d Miller said. \u201cAnd I think everyone misses the character of Humphrey and I think it\u2019s a great idea to bring him back. It\u2019s only right that Death in Paradise should get a spin off series as well.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been so successful, so popular for over 10 seasons now. And it\u2019s a world we want to explore a little more, isn\u2019t it? I think people really underestimate how hard it is to write and create Paradise because it\u2019s such an easy watch, you think it would be maybe easy to make, but it\u2019s not.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cThe easier something is to watch, the harder it is to make. It\u2019s very light in tone, they use the expression cosy crime, and everyone talks about cosy crime as if it was a thing that everyone knows about, but before Death in Paradise, it didn\u2019t really exist.\u201d<\/p>\n Miller, who now stars in ITV\u2019s Professor T<\/a>, previously said that he would \u201clove\u201d to join the Death in Paradise spin-off after briefly reprising the role of Richard Poole on the show last year.<\/p>\n Additional reporting by Abby Robinson.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Death in Paradise is available to watch on\u00a0<\/strong>BBC iPlayer.<\/strong><\/a> Professor T is on ITV on Friday 16th September at 9pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n Visit our\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0hub for more news, interviews and features, or take a look at our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Lauren Morris Published: Friday, 16 September 2022 at 12:00 am Fans of Death in Paradise who\u2019ve been with the show since the beginning will remember Richard Poole, Ben Miller\u2019s island detective, very fondly \u2013 and they\u2019re not the only ones. 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