Why is Death in Paradise one of the most watched shows on television?
When a series such as becomes a phenomenon, no one knows quite how to react. The – currently midway through its 13th series on One – has none of the hallmarks of what we think of as a contemporary TV crime drama. This is no or . There is no jaded detective haunted by his past. No fraught political intrigue. No mazy, serialised story. What we do have is one jolly copper solving a different whimsical crime each week. And yet was the, and the second-most-watched fiction series behind .
