Wed 14 Dec 2011 @ 08:11
televisiondeath in paradise
My parents are big fans of crime dramas on television, every evening they seem to be watching another gruesome murder on CSI, Law & Order, Criminal Minds or whatever other show is on. I prefer my murder mystery shows to be a bit more light hearted. For example I am a big fan of shows like Psych and Castle, where the mystery is mixed in with a bit of humour, and the focus is on the interesting detective characters. One show that my parents recommended to me which fits in with my tastes is Death in Paradise, the first series of which has just been broadcast on the BBC. The show stars Ben Miller (more widely known as a comedian and part of the double-act Armstrong & Miller) as an uptight London detective who is sent to investigate the murder of a police officer on the fictional Caribbean island of St Marie. After solving the murder he is made the new local detective, working with the local police force. The island is supposed to be a former-French, currently-British territory, and the cast is a mixture of British and French. I really enjoyed watching the show. The mysteries are good, but not too gruesome; the characters and the setting are interesting (Miller in particular is great); and it is a show with a sense of humour, there is a good balance between the comedic bits and the crime bits. Overall, I liked it a lot.

My parents are big fans of crime dramas on television, every evening they seem to be watching another gruesome murder on CSI, Law & Order, Criminal Minds or whatever other show is on. I prefer my murder mystery shows to be a bit more light hearted. For example I am a big fan of shows like Psych and Castle, where the mystery is mixed in with a bit of humour, and the focus is on the interesting detective characters. One show that my parents recommended to me which fits in with my tastes is Death in Paradise, the first series of which has just been broadcast on the BBC.

The show stars Ben Miller (more widely known as a comedian and part of the double-act Armstrong & Miller) as an uptight London detective who is sent to investigate the murder of a police officer on the fictional Caribbean island of St Marie. After solving the murder he is made the new local detective, working with the local police force. The island is supposed to be a former-French, currently-British territory, and the cast is a mixture of British and French.

I really enjoyed watching the show. The mysteries are good, but not too gruesome; the characters and the setting are interesting (Miller in particular is great); and it is a show with a sense of humour, there is a good balance between the comedic bits and the crime bits. Overall, I liked it a lot.