Ralf Little is leaving Death in Paradise. It’s official. And just 12 hours after we watched DI Neville Parker sailing off into the sunset on BBC One, the actor was on the line to The Big Issue for an exclusive exit interview. Little found fame as a teenager in The Royle Family and went on to appear in Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps and 24 Hour Party People, as well as co-writing sitcom The Cafe. Death in Paradise was his first leading role in a primetime drama, and we invited him in for a debrief.
THE BIG ISSUE: Thank you for coming to your exit interview. When you took this job, what did you hope to bring to the position of star of Death in Paradise?
When I got the job, my mum famously said: “A lot of people like that show, don’t ruin it!” So that
