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Death in Paradise is a British–French crime comedy drama created by Robert Thorogood. The show is set in the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie (filmed in Guadeloupe) and focuses on a detective inspector (DI) from the UK and his police team solving murder mysteries on the island.

The programme's lead character has been portrayed by Ben Miller as DI Richard Poole (Series 1–3), Kris Marshall as DI Humphrey Goodman (Series 3–6), Ardal O'Hanlon as DI Jack Mooney (Series 6–9) and Ralf Little as DI Neville Parker (Series 9–13).

The secondary lead character, a female detective sergeant (DS), has been portrayed by Sara Martins as DS Camille Bordey (Series 1–4), Joséphine Jobert as DS Florence Cassell (Series 4–8, 10–11), Aude Lagastelois-Bidé as DS Madeleine Dumas (Series 8–9) and Shantol Jackson as DS Naomi Thomas (Series 11–). Both Jobert's and Jackson's characters were initially sergeants before being promoted to DSs.

The team members of lower-rank have included Danny John-Jules as officer Dwayne Myers (Series 1–7, 13–), Gary Carr as sergeant Fidel Best (Series 1–3), Tobi Bakare as officer/later sergeant JP Hooper (Series 4–10), Shyko Amos as officer Ruby Patterson (Series 8–9), Tahj Miles as trainee officer/later officer Marlon Pryce (Series 10–13) and Ginny Holder as trainee officer Darlene Curtis (Series 11–). Holder's character previously featured in Series 7 as a civilian.

Additionally, Don Warrington portrays police commissioner Selwyn Patterson (Series 1–) and Élizabeth Bourgine portrays bar-owner, and later Mayor, Catherine Bordey, Camille Bordey's mother (Series 1–). Both have appeared in almost every episode since the programme's inception.

Death in Paradise was first announced on 9 December 2010 by the BBC, commissioned by Ben Stephenson. Red Planet Pictures and Atlantique Productions were confirmed as producers, in association with BBC Worldwide and Kudos Film and Television for BBC One and France Télévisions. The idea for Death in Paradise came from Robert Thorogood after he read a report of a suspected murder in the Caribbean during the Cricket World Cup. Filming for the first series began in spring 2011, and aired between October and December 2011. On 11 January 2012, a second series was commissioned and ran from January to February 2013. Since then, Death in Paradise has been recommissioned each year. Starting in 2021, Christmas specials began being commissioned annually.

Following the conclusion of Series 12, two further series, along with two Christmas specials, were announced. The first episode of Series 13 in February 2024 marked the 100th episode of the programme.