The programme is a joint UK and French production.
Death in Paradise star Ardal O'Hanlon discusses the reasons why he's leaving his role as DI Jack Mooney in the ninth series. Death in Paradise star Danny John-Jules reveals why he decided to leave his long-running role as loveable Dwayne Myers and teases a possible spin-off!
Death in Paradise is a British-French crime drama television series created by Robert Thorogood, starring Ben Miller (series 1–2), Kris Marshall (series 3–6), Ardal O'Hanlon (series 6–9) and Ralf Little (series 9-present).
Ben says he’s confident that Kris will be a worthy successor. Ben Miller starred as DI Richard Poole throughout the first two seasons of Death in Paradise. Death in Paradise has just finished its ninth series and is unlikely to be returning to our screens until sometime in January 2021.
In fact, far from offering him any pearls of wisdom, he reveals Kris slotted seamlessly into the cast – leaving him to enjoy the perks of being a guest star. Officer (later promoted to Sergeant) Fidel Best appears in 24 episodes of Death in Paradise (1.1 Arriving in Paradise until 3:8 Rue Morgue).
Why did fidel leave death in paradise?
He is played by Gary Carr. Best Answers. The younger investigator, Fidel has an unseen but pregnant wife, Juliette (who gives birth to a daughter, Rosie, in the first series' finale). This series saw another major change as DI Jack Mooney (played by Ardal O’Hanlon) swapped the island to return to London and forego the opportunity to travel with his new girlfriend Anna (Nina Wadia). Why did Ben Miller leave Death in Paradise?