What’s wrong with Anne on Beyond Paradise? Barbara Flynn’s character suffers health scare
Anne Lloyd collapsed last week on Beyond Paradise, the Death In Paradise spin-off, with fans left fearing for her health and whether Barbara Flynn will be quitting the BBC show
Beyond Paradise is back for a new series(Image: BBC)
Anne Lloyd is struggling with her health in the new series of Beyond Paradise. The Death In Paradise spin-off is back for a brand new series, with DI Humphrey Goodman and his team tackling a new case.
Asides from the police work, Humphrey and his fiancé Martha Lloyd have been busy fostering a young girl. Anne, meanwhile, played by Barbara Flynn, is struggling with her health after collapsing last week.
Opening up about the scenes, Barbara said: “At the end of the previous series, Anne was in a very tender and vulnerable place. She had experienced a terrible betrayal and a profound loss of trust. In this new series, she’s busy trying to move on with her life in a very focused and solitary way, throwing herself into tasks to keep going. Then, out of nowhere, a bombshell hits. It’s a shock.
“The issue is deeply private for her but it ends up intertwined with her charming relationship with Zoe. It’s not exactly a grandmother-granddaughter relationship, but more of a unique, evolving friendship. Instead of confiding in Martha, who Anne feels reluctant to burden, Zoe manages to draw it out of her in her direct, youthful, clumsy, yet completely adorable way.”
Anne’s health is front and centre in the new series(Image: BBC/Red Planet Pictures/Joss Barratt )
She added: “Anne is, in a way, forced to take action because of Zoe’s persistence. She likely would have done something eventually, but Zoe’s involvement gives her a push to act sooner. This strengthens their friendship, consolidating the bond between them. However, it also creates a tension – Zoe wants Anne to share her concerns with everyone but Anne, being private and fearful, resists.”
Anne doesn’t have her husband to rely on and is feeling “isolated”, not having Martha or Humphrey to rely on.
“Having lost her husband, the one person she could fully confide in, Anne feels isolated in handling such challenges. Martha is very busy with her restaurant changing premises, and Humphrey is always busy too, constantly rushing around, tripping up here and there, but somehow getting everything right in the end,” she said.
“Anne is very aware of how busy they both are and she’s mindful not to burden them … The loss of her husband, however, never goes away. Anyone who has experienced that kind of loss knows it lingers. They’ve handled this aspect of her character very well, it’s subtle but poignant. Those feelings of loss come back – you never fully escape them.”
Whatever’s wrong with Anne, could that lead to a sad exit for Barbara from the BBC series? There has been no reports of Anne leaving the show but when we learn the truth of her health scare – could she be leaving the show?
