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Death In Paradise’s Ralf Little breaks silence on Neville Parker replacement ahead of new BBC series
And he teased the tone of the show was going to carry on from last year
DEATH In Paradise star Ralf Little has spoken out about the future of his character DI Neville Parker ahead of the show’s thirteenth season, which is just days away.
He is the show’s fourth lead detective, with Neville succeeding DI Richard Poole (Ben Miller), DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) and DI Jack Mooney (Ardal O’Hanlon) and rumours of another replacement have been circulating.
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Speaking out on the subject, Ralf, 43, admitted that the future of his character is up in the air and that he has “no idea” what will happen to him.
Death In Paradise will return at the beginning of February with Ralf steering the ship.
He’ll be joined by Don Warrington as Commissioner Selwyn Patterson, Shantol Jackson as DS Naomi Thomas, Tahj Miles as Officer Marlon Pryce, Ginny Holder as Trainee Officer Darlene Curtis, and Élizabeth Bourgine as Catherine Bordey.
Actors such as Sean Maguire, Leon Herbert, Cathy Tyson, and Mensah Bediako are also set to guest star in the series.
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After series 12 ended in February 2023, fans were left wondering if the BBC drama would return.
They finally got their answer in the summer of last year when the broadcaster confirmed Death In Paradise was renewed for a further two seasons and filming on series 13 began shortly after.
In the middle of filming, Ralf opened up about Neville’s future in an Instagram Q&A.
Addressing rumours about a possible exit, Ralf explained that he has no plans to leave the series, but admitted it’s not always up to him.
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Discussing a possible replacement, he said: “I don’t know. I have no idea, I’m not gonna swerve answering the question. I don’t know. I don’t know which direction they’re gonna go in.
“I have honestly no idea and they haven’t told me. Maybe they had no idea yet.”
Ralf noted that he’s just as in the dark as viewers about the future of the show.
He said: “I like the rest of you are going to be just sitting and asking, ‘Who’s next?’ Who knows? No idea. But we’ll see what happens."
However, Ralf did some teasers about the upcoming series.
Explaining what viewers can expect, he said: “We’re going to try and pick up with the tone of the end of last year.”
He continued: “We really tried to push the boat out in series 12.
"[It was] not just a mystery every week and solving the mystery and moving on, but really trying over the course of a series really trying to find challenges for the main characters, to try and find things for them to overcome, emotional things.”
Referring to Neville being framed and going to prison, he added: “We took a bit of a leap with that last year and it worked out really well and people seemed to really enjoy it and we felt that we made a really good show, so there’s going to be more of that this year and more challenges for the characters.”
Death In Paradise will return to screens on Sunday, February 4, and the new season will kick off with an explosive episode which marks the 100th instalment of the show.
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Teasing what kind of drama to expect, the official Death In Paradise Instagram revealed: “Commissioner Selwyn Patterson (played by Don Warrington) is left fighting for his life after he’s dramatically shot by a mysterious assassin in the show’s dramatic landmark 100th episode.”
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Death In Paradise series 13 premieres on Sunday at 9pm on BBC One.
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