Death in Paradise teases "spooky" storyline for Commissioner Selwyn in Christmas special

The hauntings of Christmas.

By Shivani Dubey

27 Oct 2022

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Death in Paradise has teased a "spooky" storyline for Commissioner Selwyn in the upcoming Christmas special of the show.

For the 12th season of the show, we will see Saint Marie's crime solving team investigating "even more baffling and brainteasing cases".

At the end of the last season, Commissioner Selwyn was hit with a bombshell revelation that he now has a daughter, so we're expecting ghosts of Christmas past to come haunting.

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The synopsis reads: "Christmas in Saint Marie takes a spooky turn this year when an old case of Selwyn's comes back to haunt him following the murder of a true crime podcaster on the hunt for a missing child.

"Marlon is forced to spend the night in a haunted house and Darlene takes a hard look at her life choices. And after a chance encounter in an airport car park, could love finally be in the air for Neville Parker?"

The new series will kick off with a mysterious death of a celebrity astronomer, meanwhile Darlene will go through a job change.

The synopsis continues with more details about what we can expect during the festive season: "We also meet a bunch of Preppers digging in for the apocalypse on a Saint Marie hillside, when the end comes dramatically early for one of them.

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"An impossible killing on a boat takes the team to a beautiful beach under threat, and an apparently straightforward domestic murder twists into what could be Neville's greatest ever challenge."

Joining the cast of this show for the new series are a host of stars, which includes Les Dennis (Coronation Street) and Siobhan McSweeney (Derry Girls), who will join series regulars Ralf Little, Don Warrington, Élizabeth Bourgine, Tahj Miles, Shantol Jackson and Ginny Holder.

The show will also feature guest stars Chelsea Edge (I Hate Suzie), Robert Webb (Peep Show), Hakeem Kae-Kazim (Black Sails), Jo Martin (Doctor Who), Christopher Villiers (Top Secret!), Kevin Eldon (Sanditon), Amit Shah (Happy Valley), Jo Hartley (After Life), Barney Walsh (The Larkins), John Michie (Coronation Street), Fiona Button (The Split), Okorie Chukwu (Kate & Koji), Gamba Cole (The Outlaws) and Cara Theobald (Downton Abbey).