A star of Beyond Paradise let slip the part of the show that was ‘heaven’ to film.
The BBC crime drama’s fourth season only recently came to an end, confirming the sad departure of beloved character Zoe Williams. The final scene saw the community gather in Shipton Abbott to see her off on her travels.
Sally Bretton’s character Martha Lloyd presented Zoe with a compass in the touching scene, telling her: “My dad gave me that compass when I went travelling so I didn’t get lost,” before adding: “It is for explorers – and that is what you are now.”
Meanwhile Zoe’s mother, Detective Sergeant Esther Williams, worriedly asked her daughter: “You are going to come home, aren’t you?”, to which Zoe sweetly replied: “Always.”
View 3 ImagesActress Zahra Ahmadi, right, was full of praise for the show’s filming locations(Image: BBC)
Zahra Ahmadi, who plays Esther, has since opened up about filming the beloved show. In an interview with the BBC, she admitted it was “just heaven” to film the fourth series against the backdrop of South West England, claiming it was “difficult to put into words just how beautiful it is.”
Filming locations included Looe, Launceston, Saltash and Tavistock. Looe in particular doubles up as the fictional Devon town of Shipton Abbott.
The actress continued: “The colour of the water when I was in Cape Cornwall the other day, it’s crystal clear, it’s blue, especially now in spring when everything’s coming alive.
“The sheer number of greens that exist, the flowers are all in bloom, the birds are out – it is just heaven.”
View 3 ImagesA fifth series has been confirmed(Image: BBC)
Thankfully for fans, a fifth season of the BBC drama has been confirmed. Kris Marshall, who portrays Detective Humphrey Goodman, revealed that production will commence imminently – though it has since emerged he let slip the news too early.
During an interview on BBC Sounds earlier this week, Zahra admitted: “I have been given permission to say that we have got a fifth series.
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“And I have been given – in a very Head Girl way, as I’m called on set, a Head Girl – permission to say that.
“It has been said by a certain Kris Marshall but he was not allowed, and he was very undisciplined and blurted it out but you are getting the true exclusive.”
Beyond Paradise Seasons 1 to 4 are available to stream on BBC iPlayer. A release date for Series 5 is yet to be announced.