Beyond Paradise first look pictures and guest stars revealed including Susan George, Phil Daniels, Colin McFarlane, Michael Cochrane, Melanie Walters and Vincent Franklin

The BBC has unveiled first-look pictures and guest cast ahead of the highly anticipated fourth series of Beyond Paradise. The new series, coming later this month to BBC iPlayer and BBC One, will feature guest stars including Susan George, Phil Daniels, Colin McFarlane, Michael Cochrane, Melanie Walters and Vincent Franklin.

• Watch Beyond Paradise on BBC iPlayer

Made for the BBC by Red Planet Pictures in a co-commission with BritBox International, new mysteries and puzzling cases await DI Humphrey Goodman and the team in Shipton Abbott. Fact and folklore blur as they investigate the death of a novelist who predicted their demise, a magical night of Dark Morris that soon turns sour, a stolen treasure map that suddenly reappears, and the alleged sighting of a vengeful mermaid lurking out at sea. DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) and Martha (Sally Bretton) launch into married life as they search for a new home, whilst Humphrey wrestles with an impossible decision that may change the lives of everyone at the station forever.

Returning to the idyllic coastal town alongside Kris Marshall and Sally Bretton are Zahra Ahmadi (DS Esther Williams), Dylan Llewellyn (PC Kelby Hartford), Barbara Flynn (Anne Lloyd) and Felicity Montagu (Margo Martins), Jamie Bamber (Archie Hughes), Melina Sinadinou (Zoe Williams), Eva Feiler (Lucy Thompson) and Phil Daniels (Marvelous Harris).

This brand-new series sees a boatload of guest stars visiting the seaside town including Susan George (Straw Dogs), Colin McFarlane (The War Between the Land and the Sea), Michael Cochrane (The Archers), Melanie Walters (Gavin & Stacey), Vincent Franklin (The War Between the Land and the Sea), Alex Macqueen (The Inbetweeners), Tristan Sturrock (Poldark), Andrea Lowe (Sherwood), Rachel Cassidy (Downton Abbey), Emily Stott (Foundation), Rina Mahoney (Happy Valley), Susan Penhaligon (A Fine Romance), James Clay (MobLand), Kenneth Collard (Cuckoo), Narinda Samra (Ackley Bridge) and more.

The Paradise franchise has become a global success with the fifteenth series of Death in Paradise currently airing on BBC iPlayer and BBC One, as well as Aussie-set spin-off Return to Paradise which recently concluded its second successful series on BBC iPlayer and BBC One.

The latest series of Beyond Paradise is a co-commission between the BBC and BritBox and is produced by Red Planet Pictures. Danielle Scott-Haughton was the executive producer for the BBC. Tim Key and Tony Jordan are executive producers for Red Planet Pictures, with Robert Schildhouse and Stephen Nye for BritBox, and Lindsay Hughes serving as producer. BBC Studios is handling global sales. All series of Beyond Paradise are available to watch on BBC iPlayer in the UK, and on BritBox in North America and Nordic markets.

• Watch Beyond Paradise on BBC iPlayer

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