Trailer and first-look images revealed for Death in Paradise Australia spin-off

The BBC, Red Planet Pictures and BBC Studios Australia Productions have released a trailer and first-look images for Death in Paradise spin-off Return to Paradise.

The show follows Anna Samson (Wake in Fright) as DI Mackenzie Clarke, an Australian ex-pat working for the London Metropolitan Police. When she gets accused of evidence tampering, the detective makes a return down under to her hometown, Dolphin Cove.

Lloyd Griffith and Anna Sampson stand in character on a beach, with the sea behind them. They are stood in front of a man who has his back to the camera and wears a navy tank top with curly hair. Griffith is in his early 40s and has dark hair and a beard. He wears a stripey shirt and tie, and khaki green trousers. Sampson wears a black waist coat and blue shirt and has curled brown hair. Both have a light skin tone. — Lloyd Griffith as Detective S.C. Colin Cartwright and Anna Samson as DI Mackenzie Clarke (credit: Red Planet/BBC Studios)

Clarke didn’t leave Australia all those years ago so much as flee, having left her fiancé Glenn (Tai Hara, Colin from Accounts) at the altar. Going back home won’t be easy: will Clarke’s knack for solving crimes be enough to win over her new colleagues?

Lloyd Griffith leans down to stroke a golden lab on the beach, in character. He is in his early 40s and has dark hair and a beard. He wears a stripey shirt and tie, and khaki green trousers. A surfer runs towards him holding his board. He is smiling and wears long blue swim shorts. He has a medium skin tone and is in his mid 30s. This is Tai Hara. — Tai Hara as Glenn Strong and Lloyd Griffith as Detective SC Colin Cartwright (credit: Red Planet/BBC Studios)

Lloyd Griffith (Ted Lasso) also appears as Detective S.C. Colin Cartwright, alongside Celia Ireland (Total Control) as police volunteer Reggie Rocco and Aaron McGrath (Gold Diggers) as PX Felix Wilkinson. Cartwright and Clarke don’t initially see eye to eye: putting murderers behind bars seems to be lightwork compared to office politics.