😱 Shock Revelation: Sally Bretton Breaks Silence on Beyond Paradise Departure – “I Didn’t Want to Go!”

Dᴇᴀᴛʜ in Paradise star Sally Bretton wasn’t thrilled about leaving the BBC series behind for its spin-off Beyond Paradise. The actress – who shot to fame alongside Lee Mack in sitcom Not Going Out before landing her drama role – had to wrap up filming in the Caribbean to ship down to the fictional town of Shipton Abbott in Devon – filmed in real-life Cornwall.

She admitted on This Morning that she had an “amazing time” overseas, telling the ITV hosts: “I was only out there for four or five weeks. I didn’t get any of the hurricanes, I got it at just the perfect time. I had an amazing time.”

She added to iN10: “It’s a fantastic job. Kris has been doing it for years and he was out there for much longer than I was, but it’s sheer heaven. It’s gorgeous, the most wonderful place. I had enough downtime to hire a car and have a good look round the island.”

Speaking about the success of the BBC show, she said: “It’s just the perfect tonic. The storyline carries you through, it’s not stressful or anxious and there’s a nice bit of humour. It looks beautiful and it feels good for you. That’s certainly the way I feel when I watch it.”

It comes as Ralf Little explained his decision to bow out of the BBC show after five series as Detective Inspector Neville Parker. The star confessed while he wanted to do “20 more years” on the programme, the final series was “always going to be his last”.

He told BBC Breakfast: “I spoke to the BBC and Red Planet, the production company, and we all agreed. If it was just a heart decision I would have wanted to do it for 20 more years. But just for the show and for my character Neville it just sort of felt like his story was finished and his journey deserved to be completed. He deserved a happy ending and it just felt right.”