{"id":51478,"date":"2024-05-15T13:10:44","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T11:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2040591"},"modified":"2024-05-15T14:27:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:27:04","slug":"death-in-paradise-star-shares-filming-pics-as-they-return-with-new-di","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/death-in-paradise-star-shares-filming-pics-as-they-return-with-new-di\/","title":{"rendered":"Death in Paradise star shares filming pics as they return with new DI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fans are excited to meet Don Gilet’s DI Mervin Wilson. <\/p>

By David Craig\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 15 May 2024 at 11:10 AM<\/p>

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The next season of Death in Paradise has commenced filming, with Don Warrington sharing a number of photos from the set of the BBC\u2019s hit crime drama.<\/p>\n

The next edition of the show is particularly anticipated<\/a> as it introduces a brand new Detective Inspector Mervin Wilson, played by former EastEnders<\/a> and Shetland<\/a> star Don Gilet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Little is known about the character at this stage, but he\u2019s sure to bring his own problems and eccentricities to Saint Marie, like Richard Poole (Ben Miller), Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall), Jack Mooney (Ardal O\u2019Hanlon) and Neville Parker (Ralf Little) before him.<\/p>\n

In photos shared to Instagram<\/a> by Warrington, who is returning as Commissioner Selwyn Patterson after the character\u2019s near-death experience, we appear to catch a slight glimpse of Gilet in action.<\/p>

One image shows Warrington in character as Patterson, gesturing with his hat towards a building, as if explaining something to the man stood next to him, who is quite possibly Gilet\u2019s DI Wilson (alas, only the back of his head is visible).<\/p>\n

Another photo sees the Commissioner stepping out of a yellow police car parked up outside a basketball court, to have a conversation with Ginny Holder\u2019s character, officer Darlene Curtis.<\/p>\n

A third image sees him on the court itself, suggesting this could be a relevant location to a case, while a final snap shows a yellow news van on the set \u2013 but what calamity could they be reporting on?<\/p>\n