History Series / DeathInParadise

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Angela Young keeps calling Fidel "Freddie" in episode six.

''Death in Paradise'' is a crime drama premiering in 2011, a joint Anglo-French production between TheBBC and France Télévisions. Created by Robert Thorogood, it stars Ben Miller of ''ArmstrongAndMiller'' as Richard Poole, a straitlaced London Met policeman who is assigned to a case on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie (played by French overseas département Guadaloupe). StatusQuoIsGod kicks in and Poole ends up sticking around for further cases and struggling to adapt to the different climate and working methods as a FishOutOfWater. His partner and rival is Camille Bordey, a detective sergeant on loan from the Guadaloupe police played by French actress Sara Martins.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Guadaloupe for Saint Marie. Saint Marie is said to have formerly been French before being traded to Britain, explaining the mixed population (and actors).

* DefectiveDetective: Thankfully, and unusally for BBC, averted; Poole is mildly uptight compared to the locals but otherwise is a reasonably nice, well balanced individual.

* Foreshadowing: in the first episode, the female cop's cell phone has "I Shot the Sheriff" as a ringtone. Turns out later that [[spoiler: she murdered the police officer whose death started the whole series and caused Poole to be sent to Saint-Marie.]]
* HiddenInPlainSight a murder needed to hide a body so what did he do? [[spoiler: He dissolved most of the organs in lime but was left with a skeleton. Oh and he happened to be a teacher and that the anatomical skeleton in his classroom looks ''very'' real...]]

* RomanticFalseLead: The [[spoiler:murderess police officer]] in the first episode plays the same midly flirtatious role that Camille takes on in episode two onwards.

* SceneryPorn: Honore Island

* ThanatosGambit: [[spoiler: A lady fortells her own death in front of Dwayne and posions herself in the classroom of the man she believes killed her daughter to frame him. Ironically she killed herself [[HiddenInPlainSight in plain view at the evidence]] that could bring him to justice.]]

* HiddenInPlainSight a murder needed to hide a body so what did he do? [[spoiler: He dissolved most of the organs in lime but was left with a skeleton. Oh and he happened to be a teacher and that the anatomical skeleton in his classroom looks very real...]]

* ActorAllusion: Possibly Danny John-Jules as Dwayne Myers, given that the Cat on ''Series/RedDwarf'''s alter ego was Dwayne Dibley, though this may be a coincidence as it's a common Caribbean name.

* ActorAllusion: Possibly Danny John-Jules as Dwayne Myers, given that the Cat on 'Series/'RedDwarf'''s alter ego was Dwayne Dibley, though this may be a coincidence as it's a common Caribbean name.

* ActorAllusion: Possibly Danny John-Jules as Dwayne Myers, given that the Cat on ''RedDwarf''`s alter ego was Dwayne Dibley, though this may be a coincidence as it's a common Caribbean name.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Poole is adamant about rationalism in the third episode (which involves a voodoo curse) but relies heavily on gut feelings, especially in the fourth episode.

* SharpDressedMan: Played with; Poole is almost always seen wearing an impeccable black suit... which, in the tropical climate of the Caribbean, tends to make him look rather hot and sweaty.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: BBC detective series where a British character actor plays an honest police officer flirting with a pretty colleague with a Romance-language accent in a country with gorgeous scenery for the Saturday teatime slot? No, it's not {{Zen}} (the show cancelled for being yet another series about a while male dectective!).

* ThoseTwoGuys: Fidel and Selwyn.

* DiscreetDiningDisposal: Poole pours the chicken soup into a plant pot in episode five.

* {{Fanservice}}: Poole swaps buttoned-up shirt and tie for prim striped pyjamas in episode five - open all the way.

* ItTastesLikeFeet: Poole's fever-induced description of Camille's mother's chicken soup in episode five is colourful, if less than flattering.

* DonutMessWithACop: DiscussedTrope between [[ThoseTwoGuys Fidel and Selwyn]] while on a stakeout in episode four.

''Death in Paradise'' is a crime drama premiering in 2011, a joint Anglo-French production between TheBBC and France Télévisions. Created by Robert Thorogood, it stars Ben Miller of ''ArmstrongAndMiller'' as Richard Poole, a straitlaced London Met policeman who is assigned to a case on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie (played by French overseas département Guadaloupe). StatusQuoIsGod kicks in and Poole ends up sticking around for further cases and struggling to adapt to the different climate and working methods as a FishOutOfWater. His partner and rival is Camille Bordey, a detective sergeant on lone from the Guadaloupe police played by French actress Sara Martins.

* PlayingAgainstType: Ben Miller is known for comedy, but here plays a dramatic role (though not without some humour).

* DefectiveDectective: Thankfully, and unusally for BBC, averted; Poole is mildly uptight compared to the locals but otherwise is a reasonably nice, well balanced individual.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: BBC detective series where a British character actor plays an honest police officer flirting with a pretty colleague with a Romance-language accent in a country with gorgeous scenery for the Saturday teatime slot? No, it's not [[Zen]] (the show cancelled for being yet another series about a while male dectective!).

* AgentScully: Poole in the second episode about the voodoo curse.

* SpotOfTea: Poole delivers a CharacterFilibuster on its importance in the fourth episode as a means to stall some suspects while Camille searches their house.