BBC Death in Paradise fans 'heartbroken' after 'unexpected' twist just minutes into episode

The deed amusement returned to screens for a caller bid but fans were near devastated earlier the opening credits adjacent rolled

BBC viewers excited to tune successful to ticker a marque caller play of Death In Paradise were near stunned aft a devastating twist that came conscionable minutes successful to the archetypal episode.

The fourteenth bid of the play kicked disconnected contiguous astatine 9pm (January 31), with viewers introduced to Officer Benjamin Brice. The opening scenes documented his beingness story, from his struggles successful puerility each the mode done to his constabulary grooming and graduation. We past larn helium is going to commencement his occupation arsenic a Police Officer with Police Saint Marie the adjacent day.

In a highly affectional scene, Benjamin records himself sharing what helium has learned from his life's travel truthful acold for societal media.

"I privation you to know, if you're feeling mislaid you don't request to spell done what I did - you conscionable request to find your intent successful beingness similar me. And erstwhile you do, cipher tin take that distant from you," helium says earlier smiling astatine his hung up constabulary uniform.

But the adjacent day, Benjamin fails to amusement up for work. We soon spot his lifeless assemblage astatine the broadside of the roadworthy aft a jogger calls it successful to the police.

The melodramatic twist near fans stunned, with the decease happening adjacent earlier the opening titles had started.

"This mightiness beryllium the astir emotionally devastating our taxable opus has ever felt. Never getting implicit this one," 1 amusement superfan said, adding: "Fastest I've ever fallen for a quality and had them ripped away."

"I was not expecting that commencement to Death successful Paradise. WHAAAAAAAT!?!" exclaimed another, alongside a shocked look emoji. Another spectator adjacent likened the opening minutes of the occurrence to the famously bittersweet opening montage successful the Pixar film, Up, arsenic different said: "Benjamin Brice was killed quicker than Charlie Hulme."

Death successful Paradise's archetypal occurrence of Season 14 is disposable to ticker present connected BBC iPlayer