The Beyond Paradise<\/a> Christmas special will see many much-loved characters return, as well as a few guest stars. Now, there are some extra pictures of the festive episode that\u2019ll have fans counting down the days until Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n You can see all of the first look images below.<\/p>\n James Fleet (The Vicar of Dibley) will make an appearance in the Christmas special, alongside Isaac Vincent-Norgate (Sanditon), Amalia Vitale (Endeavour), Kulvinder Ghir (Still Open All Hours), Sheila Reid (Benidorm) and folk group Bellowhead.<\/p>\n And, of course, those returning include Zahra Ahmadi (DS Esther Williams), Dylan Llewellyn (PC Kelby Hartford), Barbara Flynn (Anne Lloyd) and Felicity Montagu (Margo Martins).<\/p>\n Chris Jenks will make a return in the festive special as Josh Woods, a local who has a fair few run-ins with the police in Shipton Abbott. Has he gone back to his old ways?<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n While no photos have been released of Dylan Llewellyn as Kelby this Christmas, the police officer has his hands full with a \u201ccheeky young shoplifter\u201d.<\/p>\n And just when you though the drama with subside, a \u201cchance encounter gives Martha food for thought about the future\u201d.<\/p>\n Elsewhere in the festive special, fans will see Esther\u2019s teenage daughter Zoe (Melina Sinadinou) made to work in Santa\u2019s Grotto, and it\u2019s safe to say she is less than impressed.<\/p>\n As the Shipton Abbott residents prepare for the Christmas festivities, will Humphrey solve the case of the mysterious burglaries?<\/p> The Beyond Paradise Christmas special will air on BBC One on Christmas Eve, and season 1 is available to stream on BBC iPlayer. <\/strong><\/p>\n Check out more of our Drama<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what else is on.<\/strong><\/p>\n Want to visit Death in Paradise locations in Guadeloupe at a discount? <\/strong>Radio Times is offering savings of up to 7% for registered users booking their next holiday with travel website Expedia. <\/strong>Claim your exclusive Radio Times Expedia holiday discount now<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013 <\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to <\/strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n What mystery will the Shipton Abbott team solve this time? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":41596,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/beyond-paradise-gets-first-look-at-christmas-special-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/beyond-paradise-gets-first-look-at-christmas-special-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/beyond-paradise-gets-first-look-at-christmas-special-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/beyond-paradise-gets-first-look-at-christmas-special-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/beyond-paradise-gets-first-look-at-christmas-special-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/beyond-paradise-gets-first-look-at-christmas-special-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/beyond-paradise-gets-first-look-at-christmas-special-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"What mystery will the Shipton Abbott team solve this time?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/41595"}],"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\/41596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"James](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/454574-086ef22.jpg?quality=90&resize=619%2C413\" "\\"454574,Beyond")
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