Overview
- The BBC confirmed the renewal Thursday, extending the show through series 17 with Christmas specials slated for 2026 and 2027.
- Filming is underway this week in Guadeloupe, with Don Gilet back as DI Mervin Wilson alongside Don Warrington, Shantol Jackson, Shaquille Ali-Yebuah, Catherine Garton and Élizabeth Bourgine.
- Executive producer Tim Key said a big surprise in the Christmas special will set up something "very special" to launch season 16.
- The franchise’s spin-offs stay active, with Beyond Paradise’s final episode due this week and Return to Paradise renewed for a third season.
- Created in 2011 by Robert Thorogood and produced by Red Planet Pictures for BBC One and iPlayer, the series now reaches viewers in roughly 230 territories.