Where is Death in Paradise filmed? The Caribbean island behind the BBC show
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Here are the real-life settings behind ‘Saint Marie’ island. With perpetual sunshine, golden swathes and free-flowing bottles of “Etensel” beer, Death in Paradise injects a virtual dose of vitamin D into gloomy UK winters – and it’s bound to inspire your wanderlust.
![[EastEnders star Don Gilet is taking on the role of detective inspector on Saint Marie]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/23/12/15/497459.jpeg)
Thankfully, the balmy backdrop of Saint Marie island, though fictional in name, is a real-life slice of the Caribbean open for holidaymakers to top up their tans, don some flippers and kick back with a cocktail on a serious winter sun getaway. For 2025, Ralf Little has passed the detective inspector baton to EastEnders star Don Gilet, who will make his debut in the role alongside returning regulars Don Warrington and Shantol Jackson on 31 January.
![[Basse-Terre and Terre-de-Haut set the scene for Death in Paradise]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/02/13/09/iStock-1407096912.jpg)
As series 14 of the crime comedy waves goodbye to DI Neville Parker and says hello to DI Mervin Wilson, here are the filming locations behind over 100 episodes of the deadly British-French series. Since it first aired in 2011, the six islands of Guadeloupe – a French archipelago in the Lesser Antilles – have been the stage for the paradise filming destination of the hit BBC show.
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Situated between Dominica and Antigua in the eastern Caribbean Sea, the dreamy scenery – terracotta roofs, traditional churches and a blanket of wafting palms you see on screen – are primarily filmed on butterfly-shaped Guadeloupe’s Basse-Terre island, specifically on its north west coast.
![[Deshaies doubles as the show’s fictional seaside setting of St Honoré]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/02/13/09/iStock-846258798.jpg)
Deshaies, a vibrant fishing village on Basse-Terre island, doubles as the show’s fictional seaside setting of St Honoré, with Death in Paradise location tours running in peak season for super fans looking to find more than just sun on Guadeloupe.
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