Death in Paradise / Episode List
This episode list contains all episodes of the British drama series Death in Paradise , sorted by the British first broadcast . The television series currently comprises nine seasons with 72 episodes.
Overview
| Season | Number of episodes | First broadcast in UK | German-language first broadcast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | Season premiere | Season finale | ||
| 1 | 8th | October 25, 2011 | December 13, 2011 | May 24, 2012 | July 12, 2012 |
| 2 | 8th | January 8, 2013 | February 26, 2013 | 2nd of July 2013 | 23rd July 2013 |
| 3 | 8th | January 14, 2014 | 4th March 2014 | May 22, 2014 | 3rd July 2014 |
| 4th | 8th | January 8, 2015 | February 26, 2015 | May 1, 2015 | 19th June 2015 |
| 5 | 8th | January 7, 2016 | February 25, 2016 | May 27, 2016 | 15th July 2016 |
| 6th | 8th | 5th January 2017 | 23rd February 2017 | May 12, 2017 | June 30, 2017 |
| 7th | 8th | 4th January 2018 | February 22, 2018 | May 25, 2018 | 13th July 2018 |
| 8th | 8th | January 10, 2019 | February 28, 2019 | 17th May 2019 | 5th July 2019 |
| 9 | 8th | January 9, 2020 | February 27, 2020 | August 28, 2020 | October 16, 2020 |
season 1
The first broadcast of the first season was from October 25 to December 13, 2011 on the British television channel BBC One . It was first broadcast in German from May 24th to July 12th, 2012 on FOX .
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in UK | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Welcome to Paradise | Arriving in Paradise | Oct 25, 2011 | May 24, 2012 | Charles Palmer | Robert Thorogood |
| Detective Inspector (DI) Richard Pool ( Ben Miller ) is transferred to the island of Saint-Marie to solve the murder of his colleague DI Charlie Hume. It turns out that the corrupt officer Sgt. Thomson committed the murder to prevent her links to a gang of smugglers from being exposed. Guest roles (selection): Lenora Crichlow , Rupert Graves and Sean Maguire . |
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| 2 | 2 | Only the sun was witness | Wicked Wedding Night | Nov 1, 2011 | May 31, 2012 | Roger Goldby | Robert Thorogood |
| 3 | 3 | The voodoo magic | Predicting Murder | Nov 8, 2011 | June 7, 2012 | Charles Palmer | Robert Thorogood |
| 4th | 4th | Best friends | Missing A Body? | Nov 15, 2011 | June 14, 2012 | Roger Goldby | James Payne |
| 5 | 5 | Murder on board | Spot the difference | Nov 22, 2011 | June 21, 2012 | Alfred Lot | Harry Holmes |
| 6th | 6th | Tropical fever | To Unhelpful Aid | Nov 29, 2011 | June 28, 2012 | Alfred Lot | Robert Thorogood |
| 7th | 7th | Wrong notes | Music of Murder | Dec 6, 2011 | 5th July 2012 | Paul Harrison | Jack Lothian |
| 8th | 8th | Barking dogs | Amongst Us | Dec 13, 2011 | July 12, 2012 | Paul Harrison | Robert Thorogood |
season 2
The second season premiered on BBC One from January 8 through February 26, 2013 . The German free TV broadcaster ZDFneo broadcast the German - language first broadcast in double episodes from July 2 to 23, 2013.
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in UK | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | The bloody finger | A Murder on the Plantation | Jan. 8, 2013 | 2nd of July 2013 | Keith Boak | Delinda Jacobs |
| 10 | 2 | The earl of Monte Christo | To unholy death | Jan 15, 2013 | 2nd of July 2013 | Alrick Riley | Colin Bytheway |
| 11 | 3 | The 3 o'clock tea | Death in the Clinic | Jan. 22, 2013 | July 9, 2013 | David O'Neill | Dan Sefton |
| 12 | 4th | The Pirate's Curse | A deadly curse | Jan. 29, 2013 | July 9, 2013 | Alrick Riley | Robert Thorogood |
| 13 | 5 | The last song | Murder onboard | Feb 5, 2013 | July 16, 2013 | Keith Boak | Jack Lothian |
| 14th | 6th | The silk scarf | A Dash of Sunshine | Feb 12, 2013 | July 16, 2013 | Alrick Riley | Colin Bytheway |
| 15th | 7th | The eye of the hurricane | A Stormy Occurance | 19th Feb. 2013 | 23rd July 2013 | David O'Neill | James Payne |
| 16 | 8th | An (almost) perfect plan | A deadly party | Feb. 26, 2013 | 23rd July 2013 | Alrick Riley | Robert Thorogood |
season 3
The third season premiered on BBC One from January 14 through March 4, 2014. The German-language first broadcast took place between May 22nd and July 3rd, 2014 on the German pay TV channel FOX .
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in UK | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17th | 1 | Ticking clocks | Death of a Detective | Jan. 14, 2014 | May 22, 2014 | Cilla goods | Robert Thorogood |
| DI Poole (last appearance by Ben Miller ) is murdered. DI Goodman (First Appearance by Kris Marshall ) is sent to the island to solve the murder. After initial reservations, he was accepted by the other officers and from then on took on the role of lead investigator. | |||||||
| 18th | 2 | Deadly chocolate | The Wrong Man | Jan. 21, 2014 | May 29, 2014 | Cilla goods | Daisy Coulam |
| 19th | 3 | Truth and falsification | To Artistic Murder | Jan. 28, 2014 | 5th June 2014 | Dusan Lazarevic | Paul Logue |
| 20th | 4th | Delayed murder | Ye of Little Faith | Feb. 4, 2014 | June 12, 2014 | Dusan Lazarevic | Ian Kershaw |
| 21st | 5 | Family ties | Political suicide | Feb 11, 2014 | 19th June 2014 | Robert Quinn | Robert Thorogood |
| 22nd | 6th | The call of the wild | The early bird | Feb. 18, 2014 | June 26, 2014 | Robert Quinn | JC Wilsher & Simon Winstone |
| 23 | 7th | The storm | The Man With The Golden Gun | Feb 25, 2014 | 3rd July 2014 | Richard Signy | Jack Lothian |
| 24 | 8th | Love affairs | Rue Morgue | 4th March 2014 | 3rd July 2014 | Richard Signy | Robert Thorogood |
| Last appearance by Gary Carr (Sergeant Fidel Best). | |||||||
Season 4
The first broadcast of the fourth season was from January 8 to February 26, 2015 on the British broadcaster BBC One . The German-language premiere broadcast of the German pay-TV transmitter FOX from May 1 to June 19, 2015.
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in UK | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25th | 1 | The man who didn't exist | Rod in the Dark | Jan. 8, 2015 | May 1, 2015 | Richard Signy | Robert Thorogood |
| First appearance by Joséphine Jobert (Sergeant Florence Cassell). | |||||||
| 26th | 2 | Murder against love | Hidden Secrets | Jan 15, 2015 | May 8, 2015 | Richard Signy | Simon Winstone |
| 27 | 3 | A bitter aftertaste | Damned If You Do ... | Jan. 22, 2015 | May 15, 2015 | David O'Neill | Tom Higgins |
| 28 | 4th | In the light of the candle | Until Death Do You Part | Jan. 29, 2015 | May 22, 2015 | David O'Neill | Rebecca Wojciechowski |
| Last appearance by Sara Martins (DS Camille Bordey). | |||||||
| 29 | 5 | A long journey | Swimming in Murder | Feb 5, 2015 | May 29, 2015 | Paul Murphy | Ian Kershaw |
| First appearance by Tobi Bakare (Officer JP Hooper). | |||||||
| 30th | 6th | Wrong ambition | The Perfect Murder | Feb 12, 2015 | 5th June 2015 | Paul Murphy | Mark Brotherhood |
| 31 | 7th | Another kind of double murder | She Was Murdered Twice | 19th Feb. 2015 | June 12, 2015 | Richard Signy | Dana Fainaru |
| 32 | 8th | Visiting hours | Unlike Father, Unlike Son | Feb 26, 2015 | 19th June 2015 | Richard Signy | Matthew Barry |
Season 5
The fifth season premiered on BBC One from January 7 to February 25, 2016 . The German-language premiere broadcast of the German pay-TV transmitter FOX from 27 May to 15 July 2016th
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in UK | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 1 | A silent witness | The Complex Murder | Jan. 7, 2016 | May 27, 2016 | Edward Bennett | Robert Thorogood |
| 34 | 2 | The emerald island | One for the Road | Jan. 14, 2016 | 3rd June 2016 | Edward Bennett | Dan Muirden |
| 35 | 3 | Dead chic | Posing in Murder | Jan. 21, 2016 | June 10, 2016 | Audrey Cooke | Tom Higgins |
| 36 | 4th | Late repentance | A personal murder | Jan. 28, 2016 | 17th June 2016 | Audrey Cooke | Emma Goodwin |
| 37 | 5 | The last visit | Lost Identity | Feb. 4, 2016 | June 24, 2016 | Roger Simonsz | Robert Thorogood |
| 38 | 6th | Ice cold murder | Dishing up murder | Feb 11, 2016 | July 1, 2016 | Roger Simonsz | Dana Fainaru |
| 39 | 7th | The silver treasure | The Blood Red Sea | Feb. 18, 2016 | July 8, 2016 | Richard Signy | Will Fisher |
| 40 | 8th | Of love and death | Flames of Love | Feb 25, 2016 | 15th July 2016 | Richard Signy | Matthew Barry |
Season 6
The sixth season premiered on BBC One from January 5 to February 23, 2017 . The German-language premiere broadcast of the German pay-TV transmitter FOX from 12 May to 30 June 2017th
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in UK | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 1 | Tremors | Erupting in Murder | Jan. 5, 2017 | May 12, 2017 | Claire Winyard | Dana Fainaru |
| 42 | 2 | Over the cliffs | The Secret of the Flame Tree | Jan. 12, 2017 | 19th May 2017 | Jermain Julien | Kelly Jones |
| 43 | 3 | The lonely island | The Impossible Murder | Jan. 19, 2017 | May 26, 2017 | Claire Winyard | Alex Walker |
| 44 | 4th | Cricket in the blood | Stumped in Murder | Jan. 26, 2017 | 2nd June 2017 | Jermain Julian | Dan Muirden |
| 45 | 5 | Death on board (1) | Man Overboard (Part One) | Feb. 2, 2017 | June 9, 2017 | Richard Signy | Robert Thorogood |
| DI Mooney (Ardal O'Hanlon) first performed alongside DI Goodman (Kris Marshall) together in London. | |||||||
| 46 | 6th | Death on board (2) | Man Overboard (Part Two) | Feb 9, 2017 | June 16, 2017 | Richard Signy | Robert Thorogood |
| Last episode with DI Goodman. After the investigation in London, he stays there to be able to live with his new girlfriend Martha. | |||||||
| 47 | 7th | Saint Ursula | In the Footsteps of a Killer | 16 Feb 2017 | 23rd June 2017 | Richard Signy | Dana Fainaru |
| DI Mooney moves in exchange with DI Goodman together with his daughter Siobhan (Grace Stone) to Saint Marie and takes over the investigation there. | |||||||
| 48 | 8th | Late revenge | Murder in the Polls | 23 Feb 2017 | June 30, 2017 | Simon Delaney | Will Fisher |
Season 7
The seventh season premiered on BBC One from January 4 to February 22, 2018 . The German-language premiere broadcast of the German pay-TV transmitter FOX from May 25 to July 13 2018th
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in UK | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | 1 | The dead bride | Murder from Above | Jan. 4, 2018 | May 25, 2018 | Jonathan Gershfield | Robert Thorogood |
| 50 | 2 | The last game | The stakes are high | Jan. 11, 2018 | June 1, 2018 | Stewart Svaasand | Jake Riddell |
| 51 | 3 | The art of writing | Written in Murder | Jan. 18, 2018 | June 8, 2018 | Jonathan Gershfield | Justin Young |
| 52 | 4th | The faith healer | The Healer | Jan. 25, 2018 | June 15, 2018 | Stewart Svaasand | Tom Higgins |
| 53 | 5 | Greed | Murder on the Day of the Dead | Feb. 1, 2018 | June 22, 2018 | Ian Barnes | Robert Thorogood |
| 54 | 6th | Death in the Refuge | Meditated in Murder | Feb. 8, 2018 | June 29, 2018 | Ian Barnes | Damian Wayling |
| 55 | 7th | greed | Dark Memories | Feb. 15, 2018 | 6th July 2018 | Sarah Walker | James Hall |
| 56 | 8th | Murder from the past | Melodies of Murder | Feb. 22, 2018 | 13th July 2018 | Sarah Walker | Will Fisher |
Season 8
The eighth season premiered on BBC One from January 10 to February 28, 2019 . The German-language premiere broadcast of the German pay-TV transmitter FOX on 17 May to 5 July of 2019.
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in UK | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | 1 | The dead man on the bus | Murder on the Honore Express | Jan. 10, 2019 | 17th May 2019 | Stewart Svaasand | Paul Logue |
| 58 | 2 | Animal revenge | The Poison Dart Gun | Jan. 17, 2019 | May 24, 2019 | Stewart Svaasand | Justin Young |
| 59 | 3 | hot spots | Caught Off Camera | Jan. 24, 2019 | May 31, 2019 | Sarah O'Gorman | James Hall |
| 60 | 4th | Bitter beans | A different story | Jan. 31, 2019 | June 7, 2019 | Sarah O'Gorman | Tom Nash |
| 61 | 5 | Mysterious Depths (1) | Beyond the Shining Sea (Part One) | Feb. 7, 2019 | June 14, 2019 | Jermain Julien | Sally Abbott |
| 62 | 6th | Mysterious Depths (2) | Beyond the Shining Sea (Part Two) | Feb. 14, 2019 | June 21, 2019 | Jermain Julien | Roger Enstone |
| Last appearance by Joséphine Jobert (DS Florence Casell) after her serious wound. | |||||||
| 63 | 7th | Sun, beach and murder | Murder on the Airwaves | Feb. 21, 2019 | June 28, 2019 | Richard Signy | Robert Thorogood |
| First appearance by Aude Legastelois (DS Madeleine Dumas), who is checking for the Paris Internal Investigation Service whether DI Mooney is responsible for DS Cassell's injury. | |||||||
| 64 | 8th | The last trump card | Murder Begins at Home | 28 Feb 2019 | 5th July 2019 | Richard Signy | James Hall |
Season 9
The ninth season premiered on BBC One from January 9 to February 27, 2020 . The German-language premiere sends the German pay-TV transmitter FOX from Aug. 28 to Oct. 16 2020th
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in UK | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | 1 | Double homicide | La Murder Le Diablé | Jan. 9, 2020 | August 28, 2020 | Ian Barber | James Hall |
| 66 | 2 | A Murder in Portrait | Jan. 16, 2020 | Ian Barber | Tom Nash | ||
| 67 | 3 | Tour De Murder | Jan. 23, 2020 | Paulette Randall | Oriane Messina & Fay Rusling | ||
| 68 | 4th | Pirates of the Murder Scene | Jan. 30, 2020 | Paulette Randall | Will Fisher | ||
| 69 | 5 | Switcharoo | Feb 6, 2020 | Richard Signy | Robert Thorogood | ||
| 70 | 6th | Murder on Mosquito Island | Feb 13, 2020 | Richard Signy | Tom Nash & Kefi Chadwick | ||
| 71 | 7th | Death in the Salon | Feb 20, 2020 | Jennie Darnell | James Hall & Victoria Asare-Archer | ||
| 72 | 8th | Now You See Him, Now You Don't | Feb. 27, 2020 | Jennie Darnell | James Hall |
Web links
- Episode list in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- List of episodes at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Death in Paradise: Broadcasting dates for the television series on FOX . In: Fernsehserien.de . Retrieved May 26, 2013.
- ↑ Death in Paradise: broadcast dates for the television series on ZDFneo . In: Fernsehserien.de . Retrieved May 26, 2013.
- ↑ Axel Schmitt: Death In Paradise: BBC announces the start date of season 3 . In: Serienjunkies.de . December 20, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013.