Death in Paradise to return with feature-length Christmas special on BBC One
DEATH In Paradise will return for a second Christmas special this year, The Sun can reveal.
The long-running BBC crime drama will head to Guadeloupe for a feature-length episode after its first-ever festive outing drew giant viewing figures.
Its 11th series - starring Ralf Little as DI Neville Parker - finishes on Friday.
Series 12 and the feature-length Christmas episode go into production in spring of this year with the returning cast including Ralf, Elizabeth Bourgine, Tahj Miles, Shantol Jackson and Ginny Holder.
The 2021 special, set on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie, was watched by more than 8.8million, making it the third most watched show of the festive period.
The second festive one-off will air on BBC One later this year to inject some much-needed sunshine in the winter months.
Don Warrington will star as police commissioner Selwyn Patterson.
A source said: “The Christmas special last year was a huge success and was one of the jewels of the BBC’s festive schedule, pulling in huge viewing figures.
“The team are delighted to be doing another one and hope fans will love what they come up with.”
The show’s executive producer Tim Key said: “We were overwhelmed with the fantastic response to our first Christmas special and delighted that we’ve been asked to take the viewers back to Saint Marie this Christmas.
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“We can promise something very different this year, but still with all the Death in Paradise fun, sparkle and intrigue that the viewers will expect.”
The show has been running since 2011 and has become one of the most popular series on British telly.
The main character was played by actor Ben Miller for three series before he was followed by Kris Marshall and later Ardal O’Hanlon before Ralf took over in 2020.
