{"id":42528,"date":"2023-12-25T22:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T21:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1950131"},"modified":"2023-12-25T22:51:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T21:51:35","slug":"death-in-paradises-neville-confused-by-odd-detail-in-christmas-teaser","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/death-in-paradises-neville-confused-by-odd-detail-in-christmas-teaser\/","title":{"rendered":"Death in Paradise\u2019s Neville confused by odd detail in Christmas teaser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> &#8220;Any idea what he might have meant?&#8221; <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Abby Robinson\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 25 December 2023 at 21:00 PM<\/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>Death in Paradise returns to our screens on Boxing Day (Tuesday 26th December) for its second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/death-in-paradise-christmas-special-2023-release-date\/\">Christmas special<\/a>, in which DI Neville Parker (Ralf Little) and the team are looking into the death of entrepreneur Gerry Stableforth (Geoff Bell).<\/p>\n<p>His body was first discovered by two people, one of whom was his niece Riley, played by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/heartstopper-season-3-release-date\/\">Heartstopper<\/a>\u2018s Leila Khan.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive clip for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/\">RadioTimes.com<\/a>, she passes on some key information to Neville, the commissioner (Don Warrington) and o<span class=\"s1\">fficer Marlon Pryce (Tahj Miles) about her uncle\u2019s death, including a peculiar \u2013 and seasonal \u2013 detail about Gerry\u2019s final moments alive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Watch the teaser below.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div class=\"embed__intrinsic\"> <div class=\"brightcove__player vjs-playlist-player-container\"> <video data-video-id=\"6343667780112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"video-js\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js\"\/> <p>\u201cAny idea what he might have meant, it\u2019s behind you?\u201d asked a perplexed Neville. But Riley was none the wiser.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps there\u2019s a murderous pantomime actor on the loose in Saint Marie, or perhaps Gerry\u2019s digital marketing guru, Debbie (Bronagh Waugh), who has disappeared, has got something to do with it.<\/p>\n<p>Other guest stars for the festive episode include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/emmerdale\/sadie-king-emmerdale-patsy-kensit-explained\/\">Emmerdale<\/a>\u2018s Patsy Kensit as Gerry\u2019s wife Bella, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/shadow-bone-season-3-release-date\/\">Shadow and Bone<\/a> star Freddy Carter as his son Benjamin and The Last Kingdom\u2019s Amelia Clarkson as his daughter Mariana.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/return-to-paradise-bbc-confirmed-newsupdate\/\">BBC confirms new Death in Paradise spin-off set in Australia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/death-in-paradise-neville-stay-comment\/\">Why Death in Paradise\u2019s Neville had to stay on the island<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Elsewhere, Neville\u2019s \u201clarger-than-life mum\u201d Melanie (Doon Mackichan) is spending Christmas on the island, Naomi (Shantol Jackson) attempts to \u201cloosen up and focus on herself outside of work\u201d, and Selwyn is convinced that Neville is \u201cresponsible for putting an awkward stop\u201d to the big Christmas lights switch-on.<\/p> <p><strong>Death in Paradise\u2019s 2023 Christmas special will air on Boxing Day at 9pm on BBC One and iPlayer. 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