BBC confirm Return to Paradise
TRAILER: Anna Samson heads the cast of Return to Paradise, the Australian spin-off from murder-mystery series Death in Paradise. The series debuts in the UK on November 22 after its debut down under earlier this year.
Return to Paradise follows DI Mackenzie Clarke (Samson), an Australian ex-pat who’s made a name for herself in London’s Metropolitan Police for cracking uncrackable murder cases.
When she is accused of tampering with evidence, Mackenzie returns to Australia, back to the last place she ever wanted to be – her hometown of Dolphin Cove. Having fled the town six years ago, infamously leaving her ex- fiancée Glenn at the altar, Mackenzie is not welcome here.
But with no other job options, and a unique talent for solving a mystery, no matter how challenging, a reluctant Mack joins the team at Dolphin Cove Police Station. Once a case lands on her desk, she can’t rest until she’s figured it out, and the killer is in handcuffs. It’s that tenacity and work ethic that might just, over time, help Mackenzie win over her new colleagues, and the people of Dolphin Cove.
Set in the picturesque Dolphin Cove, Lloyd Griffith (Ted Lasso, Nolly) also stars as Detective SC Colin Cartwright, Tai Hara (Home and Away, Colin from Accounts) as Glenn Strong, alongside Celia Ireland (Wentworth, Total Control) and Aaron McGrath (Gold Diggers, Preppers) as police volunteer Reggie Rocco and PC Felix Wilkinson, the unlikely double act key to the team’s coastal investigations. The series also stars Catherine McClements (Total Control, Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries) and Andrea Demetriades (Mother and Son, The Artful Dodger).
Return to Paradise is produced by BBC Studios Productions Australia and Red Planet Pictures. The series is co-created and executive produced by Peter Mattessi, James Hall and Robert Thorogood. Di Haddon is producer.
Executive producers for BBC Studios Productions Australia are Kylie Washington and Warren Clarke, for Red Planet Pictures are Belinda Campbell and Tim Key and for ABC are Rachel Okine and Brett Sleigh.
Internationally distributed by BBC Studios, all six episodes of Return to Paradise will be available on BBC iPlayer from 6am on Friday, November 22, with the series airing weekly on BBC One from 8pm that night.
The show debuted on ABC in Australia in September.
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