Former Death in Paradise star Kris Marshall will make a surprise return to the fictional island of Saint Marie during the finale of his spin-off show, Beyond Paradise, the BBC has announced.
The actor, 49, played Detective Inspector Humphrey Goodman over three series of Death in Paradise between 2014 and 2017.
Humphrey left the Caribbean island after falling in love with tourist Martha Lloyd, following her to England.
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Now engaged, the couple moved to her not-so-sleepy hometown of Shipton Abbott on the Devon coast, where Humphrey joined the police in solving crimes in the six-part Beyond Paradise, which began airing in February.
In the new show, Marshall's Humphrey and Martha, played by Not Going Out's Sally Bretton, have been trying to have a child, and their future as a couple has looked in jeopardy.
Their struggles appeared to increase in the fifth episode of the series on Friday, with the show teasing that Humphrey will consider his future.
Marshall, also known for My Family, said: "I was honoured and delighted to return to (filming on) Guadeloupe as part of Humphrey's journey in Beyond Paradise, and to rekindle my deep passion for the island."
In the final episode on Friday 7 April, the Shipton Abbott police team, which includes Derry Girls actor Dylan Llewellyn as PC Kelby Hartford, are faced with a "seemingly impossible case to crack".
Comedian Spencer Jones, known for Upstart Crow, also appears as criminal Atticus Styles, who matches a thief's unusual calling card.
However, the forensic evidence instead points to Hayley Collins, played by Boiling Point actress Hannah Traylen.
Marshall was replaced as the detective inspector in Death in Paradise by Father Ted star Ardal O'Hanlon, who then saw The Royle Family's Ralf Little take over the role.
In the last episode of the twelfth series of Death in Paradise, which aired in February, Little's Detective Inspector Neville Parker weighed up whether to stay in Saint Marie before appearing to remain on the island.
Source: Press Association
