Beyond Paradise’s Kris Marshall makes parenting admission ‘I’m losing him’
Beyond Paradise star Kris Marshall has opened up about his family life away from filming.
Humphrey and Martha are faced with a new series of cases to solve in the fourth season (Image: BBC)
Beyond Paradise star Kris Marshall has revealed his family’s response to the BBC programme, as it returns for a fourth series, admitting his son has developed a “heartbreaking” viewing pattern.
The former Death in Paradise lead has been reprising his role as DI Humphrey Goodman in the spin-off, which now continues following his character’s wedding to Martha Lloyd (Sally Bretton).
As they adjust to married life together, the new series presents Humphrey with an “impossible decision” and fresh cases to solve.
Speaking ahead of the new series, Kris, who shares two children, Thomas and Elsie, with his wife Hannah Dodkin, revealed he’s “losing” his son’s interest in the BBC crime drama.
Kris Marshall and Sally Bretton have returned for a new series of Beyond Paradise(Image: BBC)
He confessed to Hello! Magazine: “My son, who is the eldest, is now a teenager, and he’s starting to drift away, towards things like Stranger Things,” reports the Express.
“I’m sort of losing him to the darker side of things, but he watches [Beyond Paradise] a lot when I’m away, which is kind of heartbreaking, but also I love it.”
Kris has previously discussed juggling his demanding filming commitments with family life, after relocating from Guadeloupe in the Caribbean, where Death in Paradise was shot, to Bath in 2017, enabling his children to attend school in the UK.
Kris gave a rare insight into his family life(Image: Getty)
Initially, they settled in Bath, Somerset, before the family relocated to the New Forest. Kris later revealed: “My wife and I moved back to Bath when we had kids, but we relocated to the New Forest last year, basically as a lifestyle choice.
“When I’m not working, I’m all about just enjoying myself as much as possible – I’m big into sailing, surfing and skiing… oh, and Scrabble! All the S-words, really. As much as I love Bath, there’s not much in the way of coast there! So now we’re a 10-minute drive from the beach and a five-minute drive from the forest, and I love it.”
He now finds himself spending significant portions of the year away from his family to film in Devon and Cornwall. He recently told The Daily Mail that after filming 14-hour days for five days a week, he doesn’t return home every weekend, a four-hour drive away.
Kris keeps his private life away from the spotlight, but shares two children with his wife Hannah(Image: Getty)
Kris disclosed: “My kids are growing up. They’ve got their own lives.”
He continued to express that he “loves” the balance, with the “beauty” of seeing his family every other weekend but the “solitude” of enjoying his own life after a long week of filming.
Speaking about readjusting to home life, he added: “You have to relearn each other’s ways. It’s difficult. Let’s not beat around the bush. It’s an extremely blessed job when you’ve got your own show, you’re looked after and solitude is something you turn to.
Kris left Death in Paradise to return to the UK for his children’s education(Image: BBC)
“Time on your own, not having to do school drop-offs and all the things that come with family life. But you always have to remember how to be a parent when you come back, which is difficult because to me it is all about a light touch on the tiller.”
The synopsis for the new series of Beyond Paradise teases: “Fact and folklore blur as they investigate the death of a novelist who predicted their demise, a magical night of Dark Morris that soon turns sour, a stolen treasure map that suddenly reappears, and the alleged sighting of a vengeful mermaid lurking out at sea.
“Humphrey (Kris Marshall) and Martha (Sally Bretton) launch into married life as they search for a new home, whilst Humphrey wrestles with an impossible decision that may change the lives of everyone at the station forever.”
