A huge update has been issued on Death in Paradise – and fans will be delighted. Although it’s been just over one month since series 15 concluded, filming for the next instalment is already underway. But not only that fans can expect series 16 and another Christmas special, the show has also been commissioned for a series 17. This means viewers can look forward to getting their Death in Paradise fix for at least another two years.
Lindsay Salt, director of BBC Drama, said: “Death in Paradise is a global phenomenon and we are incredibly proud to have it on the BBC, where it goes from strength to strength. It’s with great pleasure that we share the news that we’ll be returning to Saint Marie for two more sun-soaked series and Christmas specials.”
Tim Key, Executive Producer, Red Planet Pictures added: “We remain incredibly proud of the show and the team that makes it, and delighted that the audience continue to love it as much as we do. The response to our latest series has been wonderful and we can’t wait to get started again – we’ve got something very special lined up to kick off our 16th season, with a big surprise setting it up in our Christmas special. Watch this space…”
Along with the return of Don Gilet as DI Mervin Wilson, Don Warrington will also reprise his role as Commissioner Selwyn Patterson as well as Shantol Jackson as DS Naomi Thomas and Shaquille Ali-Yebuah as Officer Sebastian Rose.
Catherine Garton, who stars as Sergeant Mattie Fletcher and Élizabeth Bourgine, who plays Catherine Bordey, will also be back.
Death in Paradise has been commissioned for two more series (Image: CREDIT LINE:BBC / Red Planet Pictures / Philippe Virapin)
Discussing the prospect of another series ahead of season 15, Don told Express.co.uk and other press: “It’s been very much a fish out of water for me as an actor, to come in and step into something that’s already got this… It’s a juggernaut of a show.
“And to step into something like that and have that responsibility, it very much is daunting, and it continues to be daunting, because I never want to just rest on my laurels.
“It’s coming back into, as I’ve always called it, the notorious second album, which was a great album. ‘Can you come back and make the second album better?’ Don’t rest on your laurels.”
He added: “So it’s still very much a fun thing to come back and do, and as long as they want me to do it and I don’t pass out in the heat, I’ll do it.”
