Beyond Paradise confirms season 3 cast including Outnumbered star – first-look pics revealed
From a body on a border to a chocolate box poisoning, there's plenty in store for the cast of Beyond Paradise, old and new.
The BBC has unveiled the actors who'll be joining the core Beyond Paradise cast for its upcoming third season.
The incoming line-up is packed with familiar faces, including Outnumbered's Hugh Dennis, who'll be playing local councillor Arthur Donelan.
DI Ray's Steve Oram and Changing Ends' Gabby Best will also star as Cornish police officers sure to shake things up for Kris Marshall's DI Humphrey Goodman, whose cases will include discovering a body in a river on the county border, a chocolate box poisoning and a farming feud.
His personal life is also set for a shake-up.
He and Martha (Sally Bretton) will be welcoming a new addition to their family in the shape of foster placement Rosie (Bella Rei Blue Stevenson).
Martha's old flame Archie (Jamie Bamber) will also make a reappearance, throwing a spanner in the works.
There's plenty in store for the rest of the Shipton Abbott gang.
Zahra Ahmadi's DS Esther Williams is set for a twist in her personal life, Martha's mum Anne (Barbara Flynn) will confront painful memories after a health scare and PC Kelby Hartford (Dylan Llewellyn) undergoes a lifestyle transformation.
They are joined by Felicity Montagu as Margo Martins, Jade Harrison as CS Charlie Woods and Melina Sinadinou as Zoe Williams.
Reverend Kate is also back, played by Chizzy Akudolu, alongside Chris Jenks as Josh Woods, Eva Feiler as Nurse Lucy, Amalia Vitale as Hannah, and even Selwyn the Duck.
Kevin McNally (Pirates of the Caribbean) and Caroline Quentin (Men Behaving Badly) feature as farming rivals George Ellis and Lotty Lewes, too.
The cast is rounded out by Angela Curran (Doc Martin), Abra Thompson (Showtrial), Joseph Ollman (Queenie), Alexandra Gilbreath (Not Going Out), Alicia Charles (Pheonix Rise), Matthew Gravelle (Silent Witness), Brandon Fellows (Dead Hot), Abdul Salis (Love Actually), Jason Hughes (Midsummer Murders), Silas Carson (Star Wars), Syreeta Kumar (Fool Me Once), Amy Morgan (Mr Selfridge), Oliver Hembrough (The White Princess), Murray McArthur (Wonka) and Dean Boodaghians-Nolan (House of the Dragon).
Beyond Paradise is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
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