Death in Paradise returns for its fourth series later this week on BBC One, to help bring us all some much-needed sunshine in gloomy January.
Kris Marshall succeeded in taking over Ben Miller in the show's leading role last year, with the third series climbing to even bigger ratings than ever before.
Digital Spy sat down with the former My Family actor about the show's continued success and what to look forward to in series four.
You must be pleased that Death in Paradise continues to be really popular?
"Yeah, more so even. I was absolutely humbled by how brilliantly it went. I couldn't have wished for it to go better. The last thing I wanted to do was take an 8 million viewer show and turn it into a 4m viewer show. That wouldn't have looked particularly good on my CV. I was really happy.
Was it quite daunting kind...
Kris Marshall succeeded in taking over Ben Miller in the show's leading role last year, with the third series climbing to even bigger ratings than ever before.
Digital Spy sat down with the former My Family actor about the show's continued success and what to look forward to in series four.
You must be pleased that Death in Paradise continues to be really popular?
"Yeah, more so even. I was absolutely humbled by how brilliantly it went. I couldn't have wished for it to go better. The last thing I wanted to do was take an 8 million viewer show and turn it into a 4m viewer show. That wouldn't have looked particularly good on my CV. I was really happy.
Was it quite daunting kind...
- 1/5/2015
- Digital Spy
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