BBC Death in Paradise star delighted as they return to ‘wonderful’ role
A Death in Paradise star has opened up about returning to his beloved role, calling it 'wonderful'
Death in Paradise series 15 kicked off earlier this year, and Friday’s fifth episode promises plenty more intrigue.
A synopsis for the forthcoming episode reveals: “A cast member is poisoned during a performance of The Tempest after drinking from a bottle of red wine with a lethal quantity of cyanide in.
“But the team are left confused as to how two other actors drank from the same bottle and emerged unscathed.
“Mervin is informed that his half-brother Solomon is set to inherit everything from their deceased mother and he won’t answer any calls.”
Among the new faces appearing in episode five is actor Tim McMullan, portraying character Richard Dempster. Tim, 63, is perhaps best recognised for his role as Atticus Pünd in the BBC mystery series Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders.
In Death in Paradise’s series 15 episode five, he takes on the role of adventurous theatre director Richard Dempster. Discussing his character, Tim explained: “My character is an adventurous theatre director.
“An old fashioned ‘actor/manager’, very old school, and who has always wanted to stage Shakespeare’s The Tempest on a tropical Island… and his wish has finally come true.”
In a case of life mirroring art, Tim’s character Richard portrays Prospero in The Tempest, a part the actor himself performed at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in 2016.
In Death in Paradise’s series 15 episode five, he will play adventurous theatre director Richard Dempster (Image: BBC / Red Planet Pictures / Philippe Virapin)
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Reflecting on reprising the role of Prospero for the second time, Tim said: “It was wonderful revisiting a role that I played at The Globe in London, but I didn’t get to say many of Prospero’s lines this time. I was too busy being questioned by the police!”.
On the subject of joining the much-loved series Death in Paradise, he added: “Always been a big fan of Death in Paradise! And very excited to be in it.”
