Troubles in “Paradise”

Brilliant but bungling Humphrey Goodman is back, and not a moment too soon! Viewers in the States haven’t seen him or the rest of the Beyond Paradise cast since that lighthearted TV mystery series aired its latest Christmas special here in early 2026. But the show, spun off in 2023 from BBC One’s Death in Paradise, returns to Britbox with its fourth-season opener this coming Tuesday, June 9.

As we rejoin Detective Inspector Goodman (played by Kris Marshall) and his extraordinarily patient restaurateur wife, Martha (Sally Bretton), we find that problems with their houseboat are driving them to locate fresh digs in Shipton Abbott, their small fictional town on England’s Devon coast. Meanwhile, Goodman’s police colleague, Detective Sergeant Esther Williams (Zahra Ahmadi), faces shifts in her own domestic situation, which may finally overcome her tendency to push people away, and lead her to reunite with local vineyard owner Archie Hughes (Jamie Bamber). And Goodman’s new boss, Chief Superintendent James Smith (Vincent Franklin), is demanding budget cuts be made in the Shipton Abbott squad room that might only be satisfied by cutting someone from the team—an eventuality over which Goodman is destined to agonize throughout the season.

Amidst it all, Goodman, Williams, and the other members of their team (Dylan Llewellyn’s earnest Constable Kelby Hartford and Felicity Montagu’s habitually cranky Margo Martins) must contend with unusual cases involving mermaids, a missing treasure map, and more. Goodman’s mother in law, Anne Lloyd (Barbara Flynn), even gets to demonstrate her amateur sleuthing skills along the way.

There will be half a dozen weekly episodes in Season 4, which ran on British TV earlier this spring. Click here to watch a preview.