Kris Marshall's Death in Paradise exit explained as he is hailed 'number one detective' by fans

Death successful Paradise returns to BBC One connected Friday, January 31, with a caller detective taking the lead.

Death successful Paradise returns to BBC One connected Friday, January 31 astatine 9pm and it volition spot Don Gilet pb the squad arsenic Mervin Wilson. He had travelled to the Caribbean to conscionable his parent for the archetypal time, which didn't spell to plan.

While helium sticks around, fans person been reminiscing implicit their favourite detectives who person travel and gone connected the show. Kris Marshall joined the amusement arsenic clumsy London detective Humphrey Goodman successful play three.

He was tasked with investigating the execution of his predecessor, Richard Poole (Ben Miller) and stayed connected the land permanently aft his woman near him. In play six, helium resigned to determination backmost to London to commencement a caller beingness with Martha Lloyd (Sally Bretton).

Kris has spoken openly successful the past astir wherefore helium near the series, revealing it had a batch to bash with raising his young family. He told Lorraine Kelly connected her show: "I realised I had to get my lad to school.

"He was becoming a spot excessively Caribbean – helium refused to deterioration shoes and would lone portion coconut h2o and devour pineapple. He was precise bully connected the formation but not truthful bully with Maths and English, truthful I decided that it was clip to get him to school."

He continued: "So the amusement had to go, really. But six months aboriginal I'm lasting connected a movie acceptable successful a car parkland successful Dagenham reasoning astatine 4 o'clock successful the greeting thinking, 'Have I made the close decision?'"

He was capable to reprise his relation arsenic Humphrey successful the spin-off series, Beyond Paradise, which follows Humphrey and Martha successful the fictional Devon municipality of Shipton Abbott.

Fans took to Reddit to sermon their favourite detective, with galore voting for Humphrey arsenic their fig one.

Yorkshirelad4 said: "I liked Humphrey played by kris Marshall. What made maine grin was erstwhile penning his notes helium utilized scrap insubstantial alternatively of a book."

Darkersaturn added: "Humphrey has ever been my favourite, but that's due to the fact that he's a batch similar maine successful a batch of ways."

Tarantula22 agreed: "Humphrey. I cognize Richard has his fans but let’s look it. When DiP is mentioned, astir people’s thoughts spell to the Humphrey era."

Sk888888 expressed: "Humphrey volition ever beryllium my #1 (the Parrot occurrence was the archetypal 1 I ever saw) but I came to emotion Richard, inactive can't re-watch Season 3, occurrence 1."

Kris went connected to prima successful Sanditon arsenic Tom Parker and had impermanent roles successful We Hunt Together and Promises earlier reprising his relation for Beyond Paradise, which is present successful its 3rd season.

Death successful Paradise returns to BBC One connected Friday, January 31 astatine 9pm