DEATH IN Paradise's spin-off show, Beyond Paradise, is set to air its first-ever Christmas special on the BBC this year. Lead actor Kris Marshall has opened up about a nightmare situation behind the scenes while filming the detective drama.
Filming a Christmas special in the summer
Kris Marshall, the man behind DI Humphrey Goodman, revealed that the Christmas episode was filmed in the middle of summer, leaving some of his co-stars hot and bothered. Marshall cleverly insisted that his character would wear t-shirts and shorts regardless of the weather. He said, "It was hot. I know a lot of the other cast had to wear Christmassy, wintery clothing – like mittens and Christmas jumpers – but I maintained that Humphrey, as is his character, wouldn’t wear coats or jumpers. He just wears the same thing all the time. So, I got away with it a bit! Although I had to act cold because not wearing warm clothing meant I had to pretend that it was chilly and I wasn’t wearing adequate clothing for it."
Filming in Looe's Christmas market
Marshall also shared his experience filming in Looe, where a Christmas market scene was shot. Despite the heat, fake snow and jingle bells were used to create a festive atmosphere. Marshall said, "We were filming with fake snow and lots of jingle bells, while literally twenty feet away there were people on the beach in their budgie smugglers filming us. It made for an interesting dichotomy. Because it stays lighter longer in the summer and gets darker earlier in the winter, a lot of our scenes were at night and we had to film very late, but you had this kind of weirdly brilliant thing where, once you’ve finished filming the Christmas episode, you could then go to the beach!"
A privileged Christmas special
Beyond Paradise follows Detective Humphrey as he retires from the limelight in Saint-Marie and retreats to Devon. Despite only airing one season, the show has already been granted a Christmas special, which Kris Marshall feels privileged about. He said, "It’s a great honour to be granted a Christmas special for what was, this year, a new show. I really feel privileged – as I think we all do, because usually it takes two or three series to bed in and to be granted a Christmas special. To get that at the end of our first series was a real boon for us."
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