Death in Paradise fans react over major Richard Poole crossover in spin-off as character returns

Death successful Paradise fans person spotted a large crossover betwixt the series' first-ever detective Richard Poole and the show's archetypal pistillate lead, Mackenzie Clarke

Death successful Paradise fans are convinced the show's premier pistillate protagonist, Mackenzie Clarke (portrayed by Anna Samson), resembles DI Richard Poole (Ben Miller) - the archetypal investigative lead.

Tonight's airing of the caller spin-off, Return to Paradise, marking its 2nd episode, had viewers flooding societal media with their observations.

DI Richard Poole, Ben Miller's much-loved character, met a grim extremity astatine the commencement of the 3rd play of Death successful Paradise aft an ice-pick murder.

But sharp-eyed followers spotted important parallels betwixt these 2 pivotal characters.

Devotees swarmed a Facebook instrumentality leafage to speech views connected Mackenzie and Richard, with 1 saying, "I liked it! The pb quality seems to beryllium similar a pistillate Richard Poole oregon Neville Parker. I anticipation we spot much of Jack successful the future."

Concurring, different wrote: "Yes, you're right, precise Richard Poole-ish."

A 3rd chimed in: "Just erstwhile I thought DI Richard Poole was not a people-friendly person, up pops DI Mackenzie Clarke."

Alluding to a country wherever Mackenzie heaved her suitcase crossed the formation - an enactment reminiscent of Richard Poole's akin country successful Death successful Paradise - a instrumentality said: "The DIP DNA is there, a pb quality with baggage, quirky supports, cute animal."

Anna Samson, who embodies Mackenzie, has antecedently shed airy connected Return to Paradise and however her relation mirrors detective Richard Poole's.

The prima of the amusement revealed, "So the show, without being a c transcript of the original, has tons of tips of the chapeau to the original, not conscionable with the characters but adjacent definite shots are paying homage to the original, similar connected the formation with the suitcase and not [wearing] an due outfit for the weather. That is surely a wink and a motion to the original."

She went connected to speech astir the comeback of fan-favourite detective Jack Mooney (portrayed by Ardal O'Hanlon).

Anna shared her disappointment astatine not gathering Ardal: "I didn't get to conscionable Ardal due to the fact that helium changeable his worldly successful London and my worldly successful Australia. I privation to conscionable each of [the Death successful Paradise cast]. I deliberation it is thing astir playing the pb detective successful a Paradise show, truthful I privation to speech to them; I would emotion to conscionable them all."

The 3rd episode's teaser, present streaming connected BBC iPlayer, states: "Three hairdressers instrumentality from luncheon to find their boss, Bianca Bailey, has been killed.

"The method is strangulation, but the execution limb remains a mystery, 1 that Mackenzie is determined to untangle.

It besides teases a pivotal determination for Mackenzie: "The different reply that eludes her is whether to instrumentality Philomena up connected her connection of a imperishable position. Is it clip for Mackenzie to instrumentality location for good?"

Return to Paradise is disposable to ticker connected BBC iPlayer.