{"id":45230,"date":"2024-02-05T18:10:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T17:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1986677"},"modified":"2024-02-05T18:25:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T17:25:09","slug":"death-in-paradise-star-don-warrington-didnt-fear-being-killed-off","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/death-in-paradise-star-don-warrington-didnt-fear-being-killed-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Death in Paradise star Don Warrington didn\u2019t fear being killed off"},"content":{"rendered":"

Commissioner Selwyn Patterson’s fate was left in the balance in the show’s 100th episode. <\/p>

By Molly Moss\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 05 February 2024 at 17:05 PM<\/p>

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Death in Paradise actor Don Warrington has said he never believed his character Commissioner Selwyn Patterson<\/a> would be killed off, after his life was left hanging in the balance in a recent episode.<\/span><\/p>\n

The BBC drama returned with its 100th episode<\/a> on Sunday night (4th February), but viewers were soon left worried when Selwyn was shot by a mystery assailant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The character, who has been a part of the Saint Marie police drama since season 1, had been celebrating 50 years of police service when he stepped outside to catch his breath and was attacked by a mysterious figure<\/span><\/p>\n

Thankfully, Selwyn survived his ordeal, a<\/span>nd the person responsible for the shooting was caught by his trusty team, led by DI Neville Parker.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking to RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press, Warrington was asked if he feared being killed off when he read the script, to which he replied: <\/span>\u201cNo, I thought it was a very smart thing to do on their part really. It kind of encompasses the whole series.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the beginning, it had elements of everything \u2013 that was the celebration really. So I didn\u2019t think \u2026 and I read very quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Don Warrington as Commissioner Selwyn Patterson<\/span>\u00a0in Death in Paradise.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/Red Planet Pictures\/Denis Guyenon<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Warrington previously said of the 100th episode:<\/span>\u00a0\u201cIt was exciting to shoot, because I think it\u2019s an episode where we move away from the sort of conventional case, as it is a crime that involves everybody.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody is emotionally involved in solving it, given the victim is somebody they know. They have an emotional response that is different, because normally we don\u2019t know the victims, so there\u2019s a detachment when dealing with them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He added: \u201cThere\u2019s a sense of jeopardy about this case, which I think hopefully makes it exciting to watch. I suppose the big question is, will he make it or not?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n