“The Secret Behind Beyond Paradise’s Charm Is Finally Revealed…” — Esther Williams Star Shares Why Filming Is So Special
BBC crime drama Beyond Paradise has been renewed for a fifth season, with star Zahra Ahmadi opening up about the beauty of filming in South West England.
A fifth series of Beyond Paradise has been confirmed (Image: BBC)
A star of Beyond Paradise has revealed part of the show that proved ‘heaven’ to film.
The BBC crime drama’s fourth series only recently concluded, confirming the poignant exit of much-loved character Zoe Williams. The closing moments witnessed the community assembling in Shipton Abbott to bid her farewell as she embarked on her travels.
Sally Bretton’s character Martha Lloyd gifted Zoe a compass in the emotional sequence, explaining: “My dad gave me that compass when I went travelling so I didn’t get lost,” before continuing: “It is for explorers – and that is what you are now.”
Meanwhile Zoe’s mother, Detective Sergeant Esther Williams, anxiously enquired of her daughter: “You are going to come home, aren’t you?”, to which Zoe tenderly responded: “Always.”
Zahra Ahmadi, who portrays Esther, has subsequently spoken candidly about filming the cherished programme. In an interview with the BBC, she confessed it was “just heaven” to shoot the fourth series against the stunning scenery of South West England, insisting it was “difficult to put into words just how beautiful it is.”
Viewers were left in tears over the emotional ending of Series 4 (Image: BBC / Red Planet Pictures / Joss Barratt)
Shooting locations encompassed Looe, Launceston, Saltash and Tavistock. Looe specifically serves as the fictional Devon town of Shipton Abbott.
The actress added: “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.
Actress Zahra Ahmadi, right, was full of praise for the show’s filming locations (Image: BBC)
“The sheer number of greens that exist, the flowers are all in bloom, the birds are out – it is just heaven.”
Fortunately for viewers, a fifth series of the BBC drama has been given the green light. Kris Marshall, who plays Detective Humphrey Goodman, disclosed that filming will begin shortly – although it has subsequently transpired he revealed the announcement prematurely.
Speaking during an interview on BBC Sounds earlier this week, Zahra confessed: “I have been given permission to say that we have got a fifth series.
“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.
