First look as Death in Paradise’s DI Mervin Wilson investigates shock stabbing of a game show contestant

DEATH successful Paradise fans are successful for a thrilling thrust this play arsenic melodramatic caller images amusement DI Mervin Wilson investigating the daze stabbing of a crippled amusement contestant successful the upcoming episode.  

The new series, which kicked disconnected past Friday, introduces viewers to DI Mervin Wilson (Don Gilet), who takes implicit from erstwhile DI Neville Parker (Ralf Little), to go pb detective. 

In archetypal look images from the upcoming episode, Mervin tin beryllium seen connected apical of a level among trees, investigating a execution connected a zip-line, portion others amusement him, Darlene and Noami astatine the inspector's shack.

The occurrence synopsis says: "Mervin and the squad person rather the enigma connected their hands erstwhile a crippled amusement contestant is stabbed during filming of the series’s expansive finale.

"In a baffling crook of events, the unfortunate is murdered successful midair whilst hurtling down a zip line.

"As assorted members of the TV unit travel nether suspicion, Mervin surprises his colleagues by signing a declaration to prolong his enactment connected Saint Marie.

"But helium and Selwyn butt heads erstwhile it becomes wide Mervin has an ulterior motive for extending his visit. And it turns retired that Selwyn has secrets of his own..."

Mervin has already made rather the content connected the BBC show, with his rude behaviour and cognition towards Saint Marie. 

We spot him successful a unreserved to instrumentality to London, with him making it wide that helium thinks the UK is amended than the Caribbean island. 

He besides reveals that helium lone arrived connected the land successful bid to larn the information astir his commencement mother, having tracked her down to Saint Marie, but past finds retired she had died.

This play of the amusement is the archetypal to prima Gilet, but different returning stars see Shantol Jackson, Ginny Holder, Don Warrington and Elizabeth Bourgine.

Fan-favourite JP Hooper is besides acceptable to instrumentality during the season's run.

New characters besides diagnostic successful the caller season, specified arsenic Jonny Feldon, who is played by Simon Lennon, and different impermanent stars including David Avery, Adam James, Bhavna Limbachia, Sofia Oxenham and Joy Richardson.

Speaking to Radio Times magazine recently, Gilet discussed being the show’s archetypal Black lead, saying: "I deliberation to spot a achromatic pb successful the astir fashionable amusement connected the BBC is simply a fantastic thing."

Episode 2 is acceptable to aerial connected BBC One connected Friday February 7.