Death in Paradise Series 3 Trailer - BBC One
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- “Detective Goodman takes over from Richard Poole in less than ideal circumstances.”
- ―BBC
Series 3 of Death in Paradise was commissioned in February 2013 and first aired from 14 January 2014 to 4 March 2014 on BBC One, watched by an average of 8.46 million UK viewers.[1]
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Episodes

UK viewers (million) per episode
# | Title | Director | Writer | Air Date |
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1 | Death of a Detective | Cilla Ware | Robert Thorogood | 14 January 2014 |
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2 | The Wrong Man | Cilla Ware | Daisy Coulam | 21 January 2014 |
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3 | An Artistic Murder | Dusan Lazaveric | Paul Logue | 28 January 2014 |
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4 | Ye of Little Faith | Dusan Lazaveric | Ian Kershaw | 4 February 2014 |
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5 | Political Suicide | Robert Quinn | Robert Thorogood | 11 February 2014 |
![]() With his death coming shortly after news broke of the minister’s disreputable affair with a colleague and a suicide note found at the scene, the case initially appears to be an open and shut suicide. However, after analysing the crime scene, Humphrey becomes convinced that the minister was actually murdered. At the heart of the investigation are Jacob’s betrayed wife, Charlotte, his son, Drew, and mistress, Lena. Could one of them have held a strong enough grudge to kill the political figure? As the case unfolds though, the team become more and more frustrated that the physical evidence suggests suicide rather than murder. Is it possible that Humphrey has got it wrong this time? The case becomes more complicated when an additional suspect appears on the scene – Lena’s Godfather, Marlon, who also turns out to be Camille’s estranged father – and the suicide note is proven to be written by the victim. Will Camille let her blast from the past get in the way of her intuition? And who would murder a man who was already in the process of killing himself? | ||||
6 | The Early Bird | Robert Quinn | JC Wilsher and Simon Winstone | 18 February 2014 |
![]() Visiting the island to catch a glimpse of the famous Saint Marie Green Parrot, the group find fellow ornithologist Marc Talbot stabbed with his own knife. Having been a keen ‘twitcher’ in his youth, Humphrey is fascinated by the case, but equally perplexed when it is revealed that all of the suspects were in sight of each other when the crime occurred. Faced with a puzzling conundrum, the team are left asking how anyone had time to kill Marc in the few minutes between him leaving camp in plain sight of the party and being found murdered at the watch point. Desperate to find answers, Dwayne goes undercover to keep an eye on the key suspects, whilst Fidel finds himself battling through the undergrowth in the jungle to find the one missing piece of evidence. What reason could anyone have to kill a harmless birdwatcher? As the team dig deeper, they discover evidence of long-standing rivalries, secret jealousies and romantic entanglements. Did rival birdwatcher, Alec, execute his revenge after years of teasing and bitter comments? Did Marc’s wife, Gloria, conspire with lover, Matt, to get rid of her husband? Or has tour leader Captain Jack got something to hide? | ||||
7 | The Man With the Golden Gun | Richard Signy | Jack Lothian | 25 February 2014 |
![]() With only one property on the island and access limited to one jetty via boat, the suspects are limited to just five people: Jackson’s three children, housekeeper Rosie and PA Emily, who were all at the house at the time of the murder. However, with only one of Jackson’s sons able to provide an alibi, everyone is in the frame. To make matters more complicated, a hurricane is approaching Saint Marie, meaning that Humphrey and the team are left stranded on Sebastien Island until the storm passes. With phone lines down and no access to computers, the police are forced to rely on old-fashioned investigative techniques to try and work out who the killer is. As the team dig deeper, it’s clear that Jackson was a ruthless and complicated business man who all the suspects had a motive to murder. With candles lit, the team realise they are spending the night trapped in the house with a killer. Will Humphrey be able to solve this puzzling case before the murderer is given the chance to strike again? | ||||
8 | Rue Morgue | Richard Signy | Robert Thorogood | 4 March 2014 |
![]() However, everything is not as it seems as the team soon discover. With all of Emma’s friends dismissing the idea of suicide, her dinner found unfinished and the fact she planned to attend a party later that night, the mounting evidence suggests she may have been poisoned. But who could poison a woman’s food and get out of a door bolted from the inside? The team’s attention turns to Emma’s friends: her romantic interest, Colin Campbell, retired solicitor Judith Musgrove and old friends from home, Jim and Pam Chandler. What reason could any of them have to want Emma dead? Hitting a brick wall, the team starts investigating other avenues, but Humphrey is hit for six when a blast from his past arrives on the island. Will his distraction at this unexpected appearance interfere with him solving the case? And what will the arrival mean for Humphrey’s future on Saint Marie? | ||||
External Links
- Series 3 on bbc.co.uk
- “Death in Paradise Series 3“ BBC Trailer for this series
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