Return to Paradise (2024 TV series)

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Return to Paradise
Genre
Created by
Based on Death in Paradise
by Robert Thorogood
Starring
Composers
  • Antony Partos
  • Jackson Milas
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • Australia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
  • Rachel Okine
  • Brett Sleigh
  • Belinda Campbell
  • James Hall
  • Tim Key
  • Robert Thorogood
  • Warren Clark
  • Peter Mattessi
  • Kylie Washington
ProducerDiane Haddon
Production location New South Wales
Running time60 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network ABC
Release8 September (2024-09-08) –
27 September 2024 (2024-09-27)
Network BBC One [1]
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Return to Paradise is an Australian-British crime comedy drama television series which aired from 8 to 27 September 2024 in Australia and is set to air on 22 November 2024 in the UK. It is the second spin-off series of long-running crime series Death in Paradise and is led by Anna Samson as DI Mackenzie Clarke. [2]

Contents

Premise

Australian-born Detective Inspector Mackenzie Clarke works for the London's Metropolitan Police as the series starts. She returns to her home town of Dolphin Cove to help fix up her mother's house, but ends up temporarily re-joining the local police team to help them solve a murder. When her return to London is delayed by allegations of evidence tampering, she is forced to remain indefinitely. Complicating her new position is that one of her co-workers is her former fiancé whom she left at the altar years earlier, and her boss is her would-be mother-in-law. [3]

Cast

Main characters

Crossover characters from Death in Paradise

Episodes

No.Title  [5] Directed byWritten byUK
air date		Australian
air date		 Viewers
(millions)
1"R.I.P. Tide"Mat KingPeter Mattessi22 November 20248 September 2024838,000 [6]
DI Mackenzie Clarke returns to her Australian hometown of Dolphin Cove in disgrace after being accused of falsifying evidence in London, where she faces scorn from her old acquaintances as well, due to her career change leading her to abandon her fiancé Glenn Strong at the altar. Meanwhile, realtor Stuart Grainger is found stabbed to death on the beach during a surfing competition, when he was last seen with a prospective client at a vacant house miles away, with security footage showing no one else who could have been able to kill him. Mackenzie must swallow her pride and work with Glenn, a forensic pathologist, and her other old colleagues to solve this impossible crime.
2"Dead Last"Mat KingPeter Mattessi29 November 202415 September 2024799,000 [7]
Just before he participates in the Dolphin Cove fun run, entrepreneur Curtis Faleafar calls Mackenzie to warn her that many lives are in danger. At the end of the race, Curtis collapses and dies from poisoning, and Mackenzie is convinced his warning had some connection to his death. The problem is that the poison was only found in the cup that Curtis drank from at the drink station and none of the others, leaving Mackenzie puzzled: if the killer wanted to kill many people, why not poison all the cups, and if Curtis was targeted specifically, how did the killer ensure he drank the poisoned cup?
3"Curl Up and Dye"Mat KingElizabeth Coleman6 December 202422 September 2024745,000 [8]
Hairdresser Bianca Bailey is found strangled to death in her locked beauty salon, with no evidence of a break-in. All of Bianca’s colleagues have keys, but they each have a rock-solid alibi, and two of them saw Bianca alive before they left. Mackenzie is faced with a classic locked-room murder, but discovers that someone she knows may have the key to solving the case.
4"Killer Climate"Tenika SmithAlexandra Collier13 December 202429 September 2024740,000 [9]
Activist Byron Jones is mysteriously bludgeoned to death whilst chained to an excavator with his group as part of a protest. Mackenzie’s investigation soon finds her in a dilemma; of the four suspects, three of them were chained to the excavator with the victim and were unable to kill him, while the one person who was able to commit the murder has no motive to do so.
5"Dead Bowl"Tenika SmithKodie Bedford20 December 20246 October 2024551,000 [10]
During the Bushranger’s Bowl, pariah Artie O’Farrell accuses home team captain Ted Haddon of cheating, causing a suspended game, and Artie is later found shot to death on the green, with a gun that was on display in the club. There are four people who could have done the deed; Ted, his wife Helen, their son Garth, and Rita, Helen’s elderly mother and the club president. However, superintendent Philomena Strong was also present and confirms all the suspects were far away from the green when the gunshot went off and thus none of them had time to kill Artie, and what’s more, the murder weapon was still on the wall. Despite this, Mackenzie discovers the family all had the same 40-year-old motive to want Artie dead, but must now figure out how both the killer and the weapon could have been in two places at once.
6"Oh Mine Papa"Tenika SmithPeter Mattessi27 December 202413 October 2024697,000 [11]
Vincent Ogden is found dead in his warehouse, and all signs point to suicide; the door was bolted from the inside, and everyone who might have wanted him dead has a solid alibi. However, Mackenzie uncovers some dirty family secrets that put a new spin on the case, and soon suspects she’s looking for magical killer rather than a motive for suicide.

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References

  1. ↑ "Cameras roll Down Under on new drama Return To Paradise". www.bbc.co.uk. 26 April 2024. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "Australian Death in Paradise spin-off Return to Paradise to premiere on ABC and i-view in 2024". www.bbc.co.uk. 9 November 2023. Archived from the original on 6 June 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
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