'Beyond Paradise's Season 4 Trailer Is Ready to Move House
They won't pave Beyond Paradise or put up a parking lot, but harder times are coming to Devon.
They won't pave Beyond Paradise or put up a parking lot, but harder times are coming to Devon. Despite Death in Paradise and its bevy of spinoffs being the ultimate escapist fare, the first trailer for the Kris Marshall/Sally Bretton-led spinoff acknowledges a reality few in the U.K. (or the U.S.) have been immune to: budget cuts and layoffs.
The trailer for Season 4 is once again bright and sunny, but apparently at least one guest star for the new season isn't there for a vacation. We don't learn the name of the character Vincent Franklin (The War Between the Land & the Sea) is playing, but he's the harbinger of an RIF (Reduction in Force), informing Marshall's DI Humphrey Goodman that he's being given the boss's version of Sophie's Choice. One of his employees has to go: DS Esther Williams (Zahra Ahmadi), PC Kelby Hartford (Dylan Llewellyn), or Margo Martins (Felicity Montagu).
While we're sure that DI Goodman will live up to his name and find a way for everyone to stay employed – as long as the actor isn't exiting the show, at any rate – it's still looking like it will be a stressful time for the department this season. Thankfully, Bretton's Martha has a solution: moving house.
Here's the Season 4 synopsis:
New mysteries and puzzling cases await DI Humphrey Goodman and the team in Shipton Abbott. Fact and folklore blur as they investigate the death of a novelist who predicted their demise, a magical night of Dark Morris that soon turns sour, a stolen treasure map that suddenly reappears, and the alleged sighting of a vengeful mermaid lurking out at sea. DI Humphrey Goodman and Martha launch into married life as they search for a new home, whilst Humphrey wrestles with an impossible decision that may change the lives of everyone at the station forever.
Marshall (Sanditon), Bretton (Lewis), Ahmadi (The Beast Must Die), Llewellyn (Derry Girls) and Montagu (Tom Jones) are once again joined by series regulars Barbara Flynn (The Durrells in Corfu) as Martha's mother, Anne Lloyd; Jamie Bamber (Cannes Confidential) as Archie Hughes; Eva Feiler (The Crown) as Nurse Lucy; Phil Daniels (Endeavour) as Marvelous Harris; and Melina Sinadinou (The Terminal List: Dark Wolf) as Ester's daughter, Zoe Williams.
Every season of Beyond Paradise ships in a bevy of guest stars to visit the seaside town (and accidentally get involved with the case of the week). While Franklin may not be one of them, he will be joined by many familiar faces across Season 4's episodes: Kenneth Collard (Funny Woman), Rachel Cassidy (Downton Abbey), Colin McFarlane (Outlander), Melanie Walters (Gavin & Stacey), Tristan Sturrock (Poldark), Andrea Lowe (Sherwood), Michael Cochrane (Call the Midwife), Rina Mahoney (Happy Valley), Emily Stott (Riot Women), Alex Macqueen (Agatha Christie's Seven Dials), Narinda Samra (The Wheel of Time), James Clay (MobLand), Susan George (Clue), and Susan Penhaligon (The Dead Room).
Series creators Robert Thorogood and Tony Jordan return for Beyond Paradise Season 4 as the show's creative force, with Lindsay Hughes serving as producer. Jordan also executive produces with Tim Key for Red Planet Pictures, Robert Schildhouse & Stephen Nye for BritBox, and Danielle Scott-Haughton for the BBC.
Beyond Paradise Season 4 will debut on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Friday, March 27, 2026. It is not expected to debut on BritBox until after both Death in Paradise Season 15 and Return to Paradise Season 2 have concluded their runs stateside.
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