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I love this serial, I can't wait to see it next, GBU

Not sure about the series, but the location is lovely and has given my fiancee and I another idea for our honeymoon!!

I love this series. It is delightful, a bit like a combination of Midsomer Murders and Doc Martin. My wife and I look forward to each episode. Thoroughly entertaining!

I absolutely love this series. I lived in the Caribbean for two and a half years. The heat was one thing that took me awhile to get used to, and the cast are walking around in suits and uniforms, wow. The lizard living in the detective's house reminds me of how things were. No kidding. Made me feel quite homesick actually. Great stuff Ö÷²¥´óÐã!

Fun and relaxing to watch.

Excellent series & a good blog, well done!

Excellent! Thoroughly love the humour, the eccentricity and the lizard. IT is the star.

really good just watched epi 2 reserved englishman wanting to be free, sherlock homes with comedy please do a second season

Excellent. Really good to have such a beautifully produced and set programme. Love the tongue in cheek humour and makes me want another holiday in the Caribbean. Thanks Ö÷²¥´óÐã. Takes a lot to get me away from CSI.

I love the combination used in this series: a warm and sunny location with cold and dark murders, with an sprinkle of the british stiff upper lip. Brilliant! Please keep the chapters coming...

Death in Paradise ,what a breath of fresh air this series has turned out to be, Ben Miller and the team have made Tuesday nights TV viewing an absolute delight.
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I find this programme entertaining but so lightweight, like a modern day Agatha Christie. When I think of the cost of filming in some exotic location I think the cost would be better spent on a really good drama/mystery such as Zen which the Ö÷²¥´óÐã scrapped after one series. Such a pity Zen was top class and worth another series at least.

This programme is great entertainment. It's funny, as the characters are well drawn and played brilliantly by the cast, it has real feel-good factors due to location ... more please Ö÷²¥´óÐã!! And I couldn't agree more with Purple Sunbird about Zen being scrapped - that was a great pity. Costs can be a problem of course, but the Ö÷²¥´óÐã has done deals with overseas broadcasters in the past - let's see some more of that thinking so we can enjoy programmes like this more often.

Message for Gary Carr
Gary, I do enjoy whodunnits and watched Death in Paradise with great enjoyment. I spent some time staring at you (on screen) because I recalled that I was your teacher at your secondary school in C*. So very very pleased to see you doing so well. I have contacted Ms Brennan to tell her about this but really wanted to say well done! This has really cheered me up! From Mrs Guest
PS I expect you can get my email details from this website somehow. (?) Do reply if you wish (doesn't matter if you don't).

Love the series, but there was one thing missing from this week's episode - the gecko! Have really looked forward to seeing the little chap. More gecko please!

16. At 09.40 16th Nov 2011 mfj wrote;

My husband and I love the series, watch it every week. Please let`s have a second series.

Love the idea and the plot. The location is great, but WHY does the Ö÷²¥´óÐã think that every Caribbean speaks with a Jamaican accent and that the only music they listen to is reggae? On a "French" island (and others) they listen to zouk and cassav and there a so many accents to choose from. Wish it was a bit more real!!!! Otherwise thumbs up!

Was watching this programme again last night and then discussing it this morning with my partner who was watching from his house last night... He is Brit and (as some may have guessed - I am Caribbean). It was the first time he had seen it and having been to the Caribbean and met several of my Caribbean friends and family (from various islands) both here and there, his comment to me this morning was "darling, the programme is insulting to Caribbean people" (something I have been reluctant to say till now). Not only do all the "Caribbean" actors in it have different accents (which, incidentally, change from scene to scene) but it really DOES NOT represent Caribbean life. I am sure that the Ö÷²¥´óÐã has access to the right sort of research and experts on several themes, subject areas, locations, etc, but I am beginning to think that this programme is only a spoof, not a serious drama. I will keep watching, cause I do like the plot, and all the sun and sand make me long for home...but catch on Beeb... either consult some Caribbean people next time, even hire some local actors while you're down there - there are plenty great theatre companies in the islands, and I'd be happy to recommend some. Last resort (or first, depending on how you view it) please, please, don't tell people the progarmme is based in/on in the Caribbean - that is unless you're suggesting that Jamaica is the Caribbean or that we are all phonetically challenged down there!

For No. 15, Tom: so agree with you! David and I watch the programme mainly for the gecko. Where was he last week, lots more of him, please! (No, actually, we love the programme altogether -- civilised, colourful, wonderful characters.)

PS to my comment above: Note to the Ö÷²¥´óÐã -- there is very little family viewing programmes these days and this would be ideal. So, how about putting the next series (and there has to be one) on befor 9 p.m. any evening or a Sunday afternoon?

My husband and I love this programme and never like it to end, Will there be another series, please say there is :)

Great series, The Ö÷²¥´óÐã have a hit. Nicely balance humour and drama. Well done, I do hopea second series has been commisioned.

I love this programme, please let there be more....and No.1 Ladies Detective Agency too!

It seems a bit cheap (for Ö÷²¥´óÐã) not to get the spelling right, while using a French name. I know it's a ficticious island, but as the story and accents seem to be related to a French-speaking Carribean place, Saint-Marie really sounds silly!
Marie (bless her) is a girl !! so please, Sainte - Marie :)

lovely series just the thing for a dark winters night hope the beeb do another series. thassosjohn

Love it. Lots more please. Is this going to be a very long running regular series, because I would seriously miss it now if it wasn't?

i'm from Canada Quebec so i watch the serie on the net .
i watched the first episode i cant stop i watched 6 episodes none stop :-)
Death in Paradise is now on my top 3 best serie keep on the awsome work !

Love the series and so agree with NatCat and introduce some real French-Caribbean island music, i.e. Zouk, Kassav even a bit of soca. It's not Jamaica!! We of the Saint-Marie type islands have deep French and African roots, so we don't only listen to reggae!!

Also loving the series; the setting, the casting, the plots - makes for a programme that I look forward to each week. Please make sure there are many more series.

I agree with Mosie this is the best programme I have watched in a long time, after the 8th episode please don't let it disappear. This is pure entertainment well done all the cast.
thank you jojomega

What a Gem. This program can be watched by all the family and strikes just the right tone, its light but intelligent with an excellent cast. Just what we need at the moment. Please, Please commission another series.

This is such a refreshing programme to watch, beautiful location that takes me away from a cold scottish winter! Love the bar that Ben Stiller gets his cup of tea in - just love the whole feel of this programme - the characters are great to watch - with their own wee character traits - oh Aunty beeb you definitely need to make another series of this its brilliant!

Excellent easy going series where the British stiff upper lip tends to wilt amusingly in the hot sun.

By the way does anyone know where I can get the listings of the music for each episodes as some of the tracks are really good??

My wife and I love this series - it is admittedly light but we look forward to each episode and it makes us smile. We love the characters and the interplay between them. We watched and enjoyed the final episode tonight and hoped there would be an announcement afterwards about a follow up series - sadly there wasn't. If anyone from the Ö÷²¥´óÐã reads this - please make another series - this is good entertainment and worth the license fee.

I have really enjoyed this series and hope there will be another. I agree with the last comments and trust the writers can come up with new plots. The characters make up an interesting team and you really feel at home with them. The plots are also ingenious, as are the solutions and it is a programme I have looked forward to, more than Midsomer Murders.

We've just watched the last in series and really hope that the Ö÷²¥´óÐã make another. With a great cast, fantastic setting and really catchy theme tune, all wrapped up in a light hearted script, what better better way to relax on a wet and cold winters night :D

I quite enjoyed all 8 episodes and is hoping that Ö÷²¥´óÐã will continue this series in the New Year.

I enjoyed the series. I wouldn't go a far as saying it was insulting to Caribbean people but at the same time I don't think it was truly representative of Caribbean culuture, a least not in my experience.

I also found the number of white actors in each programme gave the impression that this fictitious island had quite a population of white people. However I guess this may be so because the series is aimed at a white audience and lets face it no one can afford to be picky when it comes to economics.

I thought the first few episodes were the best, I loved the subtle play of language and piss taking that went on eg when a finger print chart was produced that I felt was sending up the genre lol.

So as a poster said, the best way to view the series is as a spoof and enjoy the scenery and the lightweight plots. Richard the detective really made me mad at places so that was good characterisation.

Thanks Gary for a great, well written blog. I love your easy style and crystal clear communication which made it a pleasure to read and something for other bloggers to emulate.

Brilliant series. Great cast. Great location. Lets have many more of them. Preferably in our British winter.

Loved the series! I really hope there's a second season. On a side note, if the producers need an authentic looking map of Ste. Marie to use in promos or the DVD then I'm your man as I'm a professional map artist (shameless plug!).

Once again, great work by everyone and thanks for your contribution as loyal police companion!

Thoroughly love this program, escapism at its best. Great cast, fast episodes, beautiful locations.....please lets have more...lots more

This series is full of caricatures and stereotypes (Richard Poole and the English female sergeant replacing him when he had a fever ) That was the most shocking piece of overacting on her part I think I've ever seen. English = eccentric and grumpy. Islanders = laid back and not as clever.The clues are so obvious that a child could work out 'whodunnit'. Having said that that I still love it. It's very entertaining and the scenery is beautiful and I enjoy the not-so-challenging pastime of working out the motive, opportunity and guilty party before Poole, which is way too easy. I mean 'Nadia Selim' As soon as I saw the name I'd read it backwards, so I was on the lookout for Aidan Miles before we knew he existed, and it was obvious too that the dog had the info. In this respect it is a bit of an insult to the intelligence, but it does have a certain charm, mainly due to the location and music.

I really love this series, it just makes you happy,sun,sand and Caribbean music. Murder rate a bit high, but then there wouldn`t be a series without the murders. Any chance you could fly me out to play a victim ? Hope you repeat the series.

Excellent series. Please re-commission. Can someone from the Ö÷²¥´óÐã please explain how they use their computers in the Police Station - none of the monitors have ever had a power cable in them in any episode!

It's so great to see that so many people are enjoying this series.. I really have, and while I have my concerns, I would love to see another one. Ö÷²¥´óÐã, don't let it die, please.

Gary, thanks for writing in. I am sure we all appreciate it. I'm aware that some of the cast are themselves Caribbean (or have Caribbean heritage) and I also appreciate poetic and artistic license as you say. I still have to stress that while all of this is good fun, there are a considerable number of Caribbean views (or at least people with Caribbean knowledge) who would notice the little things (and let's face it, it's always the little things). Plus, I hate it when "white" screenwriters and producers feel the need to portray Caribbean people as voodoo-men/women who hang around drinking all day and partying all night (the latter, however can be true in some cases) and are all thick! When will this divide end and when will my fellow black, mixed-race, etc. people (and sensible white ones) stand up against these ridiculous stereotypes, waving them out to "artistic license" ..

Now I suppose I should not be so fussy and controversial, after all it is meant to be a lighthearted drama, but I fear at times that if we keep letting these things slide, they will continue to happen.

All that said.... LONG LIVE death in paradise!!! Gary, you're brilliant in it!

There's a lot to be said for a witty, well-written, entertaining series where you know your senses are not going to brutally assaulted by some 'gritty', urban, 'real-life' scenes. Yes, it's pure escapism but frankly, life is hard enough as it is, so long live some escaping. Another series, please.

Great escapism TV which we found very entertaining. The series quickly laid down a bunch of interesting characters; Ben Miller's characterisation of DI Poole reminds me so much of the late Leonard Rossiter's delivery. His relationship and interplay with Sara Martins is delightfully funny; just as the relationship between Fidel and Dwayne developed over the episodes. I just hope, Gary, that we'll have the pleasure of seeing you once again - in the second series!!

Being that I live and work in and around the Caribbean, I think the series has really picked up the atmosphere and character, besides the wonderful French/English (even German) jibes and the intriguing crime investigations - but I wonder..... so many murders on such a small island ?

I have watched every episode of this series and like the comment made above by Foz Regalo I agree about the Leonard Rossiter's delivery. I heard on the radio that Ben Miller did find it rather hot in Guadlope but can we please have a second series.

just for the people getting all bent out of shape about this isn`t or that isn`t right. i don`t think many english detectives would walk about in a suit with a briefcase all the time, please allow for artistic licence. it is an excellent show and the characters have great chemistry....just enjoy it...please

I absolutely loved this series, best thing on since Ashes to Ashes. I really hope there is a second series and that all the regulars (including the gecko) will be there. Bravo!

I love this show. It's better than Sherlock Holmes! I don't quite like Holmes because he's so logical and reasonable while being less "human". However, in this show the detective inspector is logical, reasonable and human. He was so lovely when he escaped from work and asked for a cup of tea. Please do the second season!

I loved it straight out of the 'box'.

The charm of "Death In Paradise is a lot lighter with its humour and the fun dynamic" is what appeals to me.

I am glad to see such a series after the endging of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.

I of course 'hate' the Ö÷²¥´óÐã for scheduling it during winter time!!!

I am also VERY pleased to see Mr Danny John-Jules get a part like this worthy of his talents. I was saddened to see him end up doing chidren's programmes or bit parts in various tv and film productions after the ending of Red Dwarf.

Of course I hope there will follow more serieses with more than just 8 episodes (understandable as it is new venture) - minimum of 12 please Ö÷²¥´óÐã.

Well done to all.

really love this serial light hearted but still holds your attention - each character is spot on! we actually make sure to watch this (its the only thing at the moment on tv we don't miss). - well written, entertaining and great characters (all the cast)!!!

Help were can i get the theme music ot death in paradise i would like to purchse the music if there is an album as it sounds happy

Love this programme, light hearted, easy watching...great characters, camille ( sara Martins ) is gorgeous :)

keep em coming !

Agree with most of the comments i.e it is all done in an easy thinking way-excellent please make another series for next winter. I think the actors are very good at portraying what they are meant to-wonderful!