Rising star Shantol Jackson (Yardie, Sprinter) joins the solid of hit BBC One drama, Loss of life in Paradise as cameras begin rolling on the French Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe
Shantol will play formidable younger sergeant, Naomi Thomas, a gifted officer who has arrived from a neighbouring island to affix the Saint Marie Police. However having come from a smaller police pressure, will her lack of expertise get the higher of her?
Taking up the function, Shantol says: “I am so grateful for this wonderful alternative to affix the solid of this fun-filled, entertaining sequence. I used to observe Loss of life in Paradise with my dad in Jamaica years in the past when it simply began and to now be within the present, figuring out that he’ll be watching me, it is actually a surreal second. Wanting ahead to including to the magic!”
Shantol Jackson will play formidable younger sergeant, Naomi Thomas
Reprising their roles are sequence regulars Ralf Little as D.I. Neville Parker, Josephine Jobert as D.S Florence Cassell, Don Warrington as Commissioner Selwyn Patterson, Tahj Miles as Officer Marlon Pryce and Elizabeth Bourgine as Mayor Catherine Bordey. On the finish of the tenth anniversary sequence, which averaged practically 9 million viewers, followers noticed JP depart Saint Marie, trainee officer Marlon Pryce develop into a everlasting member of the crew, and Neville on the cusp of showing his true emotions for Florence, leaving audiences on the sting of their seats.
Collection eleven will see much more mysterious murders, visitor stars galore, large surprises and loads of twists. How will Marlon cope with out JP? Will Neville disclose how he actually feels about Florence and the way will she reply to this bombshell? If that’s not sufficient, might the return of acquainted faces to the island trigger bother in paradise?
Government producer, Tim Key says: “We’re so excited to be again in Guadeloupe and calling motion on our eleventh sequence – and likewise to welcome Shantol to the solid. She’s a tremendous addition to the crew and we will’t look forward to the viewers to fulfill Naomi. We can also’t wait to share some large surprises we’ve received in retailer – after the success of our tenth anniversary we’ve set the bar fairly excessive, so we’re pulling out all of the stops to make this our greatest sequence but.”
Loss of life in Paradise is commissioned for BBC One by Charlotte Moore, BBC Chief Content material Officer, and Piers Wenger, Director of BBC Drama. Tim Key will government produce for Pink Planet Photos and Tommy Bulfin for the BBC. Loss of life in Paradise is a Pink Planet Photos manufacturing and produced with the help of the area of Guadeloupe. BBC Studios will distribute the sequence internationally, and have to this point introduced the massively profitable earlier ten sequence to audiences throughout the globe.
All sequence of Loss of life in Paradise can be found to stream now on BBC iPlayer