'Beyond Paradise' Season 3 Sets an October Premiere as 'Return to Paradise' Debuts on BritBox

Summer may be drawing to a close, but September will kick off three months of BritBox's Tuesday Night run of cozy crimes in a beach town programming, as Return to Paradise Season 1 and Beyond Paradise Season 3 will debut in back-to-back runs this fall.

Fans of the Death in Paradise series and spinoff shows (which we are steadfastly refusing to refer to as "the para-verse") were surprised in May 2025 when Return to Paradise, the newest variation of the series, was announced as debuting in the U.S. Not because it was crossing the pond, that was practically a given, considering that both the parent show and first spinoff Beyond Paradise are substantial hits for BritBox. But it was where the series debuted that was surprising: Ovation. The cable network, which divested itself of its streaming ability in the past year, is also the home of Murdoch Mysteries, airing episodes months before they arrive on Acorn TV. But Return to Paradise was also a bit of an odd duck. Technically a British-produced show, it's set in Australia, with only the slimmest of tie-ins to St. Marie, making it awkward for the U.K.-focused BritBox, but also not suited for Acorn TV, which tends to pick up Oceania-based shows, since BritBox is a direct competitor.

Ovation's lack of streaming service, however, made it an ideal testing ground to see how much pull the title had, and also left streaming rights available to anyone who liked what they saw. It must have been pretty good, because BritBox has gotten over the Oz of it all and will debut Return to Paradise starting in September 2025. The six-episode series will air weekly through mid-October, directly followed by the debut of Beyond Paradise Season 3, which BritBox has been holding since April as part of its plan to create a better year-round service.