{"id":30589,"date":"2023-02-24T14:10:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T13:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1791590"},"modified":"2023-02-24T17:04:01","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T16:04:01","slug":"beyond-paradises-humphrey-delves-into-peculiar-case-in-first-look","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/beyond-paradises-humphrey-delves-into-peculiar-case-in-first-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Paradise\u2019s Humphrey delves into peculiar case in first look"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Strange things are happening in the town of Shipton Abbott. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By David Craig\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 24 February 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Crime drama fans can look forward to a double helping tonight, as <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/beyond-paradise-release-date-bbc\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Beyond Paradise<\/a> makes its much-anticipated debut on the same night as <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/death-in-paradise-season-12-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Death in Paradise<\/a> season 12\u2019s high-stakes finale.<\/p>\n<p>The spin-off series follows former Saint Marie detective Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) following his relocation to Devon, UK, where he\u2019s busy taking on fresh cases with the support of a brand new team.<\/p>\n<p>The first one is particularly perplexing as a local woman believes she was attacked by a 17th century witch, although Humphrey\u2019s colleague Esther Williams (Zahra Ahmadi) is reluctant to take the claim seriously.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Humphrey is keeping an open mind, as seen in the clip below where he advises Esther not to take CCTV footage \u2013 which seems to disprove the victim\u2019s account \u2013 at face value. Watch below:<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"6321114269112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/> <p>It\u2019s hard to believe it took so long for a Death in Paradise spin-off to arrive on our screens, given the enormous popularity of the original show, which currently has fans fretting about the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/death-in-paradise-neville-leaving-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">fate of DI Neville Parker<\/a> (played by Ralf Little).<\/p>\n<p>Beyond Paradise looks to be a slightly more light-hearted watch, with Humphrey having an air of mischief about him as he drags his partner along on what could be a wild goose chase.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/beyond-paradise-kris-marshall-utterly-standalone-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">an interview for RadioTimes.com with Jo Berry<\/a>, Marshall explained: \u201cIt\u2019s based on the quirkiness of the southwest, its ruggedness, its windswept folklore. Our crimes are different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo our first one is a lady who has been seriously injured and she\u2019s convinced she was pushed by a witch. So very sort of Celtic, pagan. And then our second one is a kidnapping. A family have just literally disappeared. Nobody knows where they\u2019ve gone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur third one is an art theft, so it\u2019s a proper caper, very Banksy meets Raiders of the Lost Ark. Our fourth one is about farming and crop circles.\u201d<\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Marshall continued: \u201cThey\u2019re all different. Some are more fun, some downright sad actually. Thought-provoking is a better way of saying it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had to change the show but it remains the same for the audience who loved where Humphrey came from. It\u2019s still there, there\u2019s lots of comedy\u2026 It\u2019s got that tongue-in-cheek tone still because that\u2019s what people want.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not going to turn Humphrey from quirky cop in the Caribbean to gritty back street cop in downtown Plymouth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/beyond-paradise-review\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Beyond Paradise review: How does it compare to Death in Paradise?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/beyond-paradise-guest-stars-teased-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Beyond Paradise boss teases guest stars for spin-off<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/beyond-paradise-kris-marshall-harry-lizard-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Beyond Paradise\u2019s Kris Marshall teases spin-off\u2019s \u201cnew Harry the lizard\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Though the two shows will remain separate for now \u2013 and their respective settings are geographically distant \u2013 Marshall has teased that they could <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/beyond-paradise-death-in-paradise-crossover-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">cross over at some point in the future<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His new series also chronicles the relationship between Humphrey and fianc\u00e9 Martha Lloyd (Sally Bretton), who is looking to achieve a life-long dream of running her own restaurant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beyond Paradise premieres tonight at 8pm on BBC One. 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For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-safelink=\"&quot;true&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;1&quot;\"><b>Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Strange things are happening in the town of Shipton Abbott. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":30590,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/02\/beyond-paradises-humphrey-delves-into-peculiar-case-in-first-look.jpg",2000,1333,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/02\/beyond-paradises-humphrey-delves-into-peculiar-case-in-first-look-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/02\/beyond-paradises-humphrey-delves-into-peculiar-case-in-first-look-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/02\/beyond-paradises-humphrey-delves-into-peculiar-case-in-first-look-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/02\/beyond-paradises-humphrey-delves-into-peculiar-case-in-first-look-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/02\/beyond-paradises-humphrey-delves-into-peculiar-case-in-first-look-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/02\/beyond-paradises-humphrey-delves-into-peculiar-case-in-first-look.jpg",2000,1333,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Strange things are happening in the town of Shipton Abbott.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/30589"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}