Cameras are officially rolling on a new chapter of one of ABC’s most quietly addictive crime hits, with Return to Paradise heading back into production for season three.
The Logie winning whodunit returns with more murder, more mayhem and plenty more messy personal drama for its central detective, as the series continues to build on its local spin of a global franchise.
From ABC:
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The ABC is thrilled to announce that filming is underway on season three of the Logie award winning series Return to Paradise, Australia’s original spin-off of the global smash-hit murder mystery Death in Paradise.
The compelling and entertaining six-part whodunit series is produced by BBC Studios Australia Productions, in partnership with Red Planet Pictures, a Fremantle company, for the ABC, and in association with the BBC.
DS Mackenzie Clarke (Anna Samson) is back, fresh from having wrecked another of Glenn’s (Tai Hara) weddings and determined never to follow her heart again.
DS Mackenzie Clarke (Anna Samson) in season two of Return to Paradise, as cameras roll on a brand new run of cases and chaos in the upcoming third season (image – ABC)
But ignoring her heart won’t be easy. The arrival of her force-of-nature mother Jillian (Kerry Armstrong) puts Mack’s mettle to the ultimate test and there’s something undeniable about the raffish charm of the new pathologist Leo (Jacob Collins).
And as for Glenn, who has gone away to ‘find himself’, well that’s a whole other puzzle for Mack to try and solve…
And, while Dolphin Cove may still look like paradise, it continues to serve up a steady stream of baffling murder mysteries – from the artist stabbed in full view of the public, to the wildlife worker dead in a locked cassowary cage. Mack will solve it all with her usual brilliance, and the off-beat help of her loyal team.
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Reprising their roles in the award-winning series are Lloyd Griffith as Colin Cartwright, Tai Hara as Glenn Strong, Catherine McClements as Philomena Strong, Celia Ireland as Reggie Rocco and Aaron McGrath as Felix Wilkinson.
Season three also features a stellar line up of guest actors including Mark Lee (A Place to Call Home, La Brea), Tina Bursill (Strife, Doctor, Doctor), Ngali Shaw (Ladies in Black, The Twelve), Anthony Hayes (The Slap, Total Control), Zöe Ventura (Packed to the Rafters, Time Bandits), Zindzi Okenyo (Troppo, Critical Incident) and Matt Day (Rake, The Unusual Suspects).
Production Credit: Commissioned by the ABC in association with the BBC and BBC Studios. Produced by BBC Studios Australia Productions, Red Planet Pictures.
Major production support from Screen NSW’s Made in NSW – TV Drama Fund. Post, digital and visual effects also supported by Screen NSW. Created by James Hall, Peter Mattessi and Robert Thorogood.
Producer: Diane Haddon. Executive Producer: Peter Mattessi. Executive Producers for BBC Studios Productions Australia are Kylie Washington and Sophia Zachariou, for Red Planet Pictures are Belinda Campbell, Tim Key, Alexandra Carruthers and Robert Thorogood, and for ABC are Brett Sleigh and Rachel Okine.
Return to Paradise will air on ABC TV and ABC iview later this year and will be shown on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK. It will be distributed globally by BBC Studios.
Stream Return to Paradise season one and two on ABC iview now.
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