Death in Paradise legend confirms big career move with star-studded thriller
A Death in Paradise star has given fans a major career update.
A Death in Paradise favourite is teaming up with a Strictly star for a sinister mystery drama.
Ralf Little joined BBC‘s Death in Paradise in January 2020 as the anxious DI Neville Parker, whose romantic life was rather unlucky.
However, when he bid farewell in 2024, Neville departed hand-in-hand with DS Florence Cassell (Josephine Jobert), sailing towards a happy ending.
Two years following his exit, Little is preparing to feature in Channel 4‘s forthcoming psychological thriller, Hunting Alice Bell, described as a “whodunnit with shades of family drama and social satire”.
Based on its official synopsis, the six-episode drama promises to be considerably darker than what Death in Paradise viewers have come to expect from Little.
Actress Amanda Abbington will star in Channel 4’s Hunting Alice Bell.(Image: GETTY)
Hunting Alice Bell centres on the eponymous character, a former nurse and the romantic partner and accomplice of a “notorious anesthetist serial killer”.
She now resides in the UK under a fresh identity, but when Fran Da Silva is accused online of being Alice Bell, “her happy family life implodes into a wave of mob hate”.
The synopsis adds: “Then she discovers she’s not the only woman to suffer this fate. Fran and the other accused women band together to fight back and clear their names.
Death in Paradise star Ralf Little as DI Neville Parker.(Image: BBC)
“But as they battle to prove their innocence, what if one of the group is lying – and is the real Alice Bell?”
Few details are known about Graham Hunter, the character Little will play, with additional information about his involvement in the Channel 4 series remaining under wraps.
He’ll be accompanied by Nightsleeper’s Alexandra Roach as Fran, Sherlock and Strictly Come Dancing favourite Amanda Abbington as Julie, Mobland’s Emily Barber as Vanessa, and Shaun of the Dead legend Simon Pegg as Dr Jason Nash.
Actor Simon Pegg will star in Channel 4’s Hunting Alice Bell.(Image: GETTY)
Hunting Alice Bell, which will explore the “devastating effects” of rumours, is scheduled to broadcast later this year, though no specific release date has been announced.
Co-creator David Baddiel remarked, “Technology has created a whole new spin on the idea of mistaken identity.
“We are told that in the present culture, anyone can be who they want to be. But that also means that anyone can have who they are taken away from them: the hive mind can decide who you are.
“This happens to the five women in Hunting Alice Bell: in a world where identity is very fluid, they have lost control of theirs.”
