2023 Christmas Special
A run of strange festive burglaries tests the Shipton Abbott team while pressures around the police station and the community give the case a bittersweet edge.
Open special details →Seasonal case files
Beyond Paradise Christmas specials
The festive episodes have their own spoiler-safe archive, separate from the numbered regular series.
2024 Christmas Special
A widower reports a ghostly visitor with a stark message. Humphrey embraces his first haunting while Esther looks for the rational chain behind it.
Open special details →2025 Christmas Special
An elderly man with dementia arrives carrying a photograph of Humphrey and asking for help to find his sister, while several smaller festive incidents compete for the team's attention.
Open special details →No ending spoilers: these guides do not identify the killer or reveal the final deduction.
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