Murder on a steam railway
A rehearsal for a murder-mystery event on a steam train becomes a real investigation. The team must work out which parts of the performance matter.
9 guest credits · writer and director recorded
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Beyond Paradise Series 2 (Season 2): episodes and cast
Every Series 2 episode in broadcast order, followed by a spoiler-controlled story overview, production-area index and coverage summary.
6episode guides
52guest credits
6linked production areas
Credits checkedwriter and director named for all six records
The clairvoyant’s predictions
A clairvoyant’s unsettling predictions appear to anticipate real events. Humphrey looks for the observable chain behind the apparently supernatural pattern.
7 guest credits · writer and director recorded
Open Episode 2 details →A disappearance at sea
A woman is reported missing from a fishing trawler, forcing the team to examine a confined workplace and a difficult timeline at sea.
10 guest credits · writer and director recorded
Open Episode 3 details →The priest and the Devil on the Rocks
The disappearance of a priest draws the team into a local story with a forbidding name and several competing interpretations.
9 guest credits · writer and director recorded
Open Episode 4 details →An arrow on Abbott Moor
A woman is shot with an arrow on the moor, and the open landscape creates a problem of sightlines, distance and opportunity.
5 guest credits · writer and director recorded
Open Episode 5 details →A museum-piece theft
The theft of a valuable museum object overlaps with a cybercrime investigation and the pressures surrounding a wedding.
12 guest credits · writer and director recorded
Open Episode 6 details →Who’s in it
Beyond Paradise Series 2 cast
The regular cast — Kris Marshall (DI Humphrey Goodman), Sally Bretton (Martha Lloyd), Zahra Ahmadi (DS Esther Williams), Dylan Llewellyn (PC Kelby Hartford), Felicity Montagu (Margo Martins), Barbara Flynn (Anne Lloyd) — appears throughout. These are the guest stars, episode by episode.
| Episode | Guest cast |
|---|---|
| Episode 1 22 March 2024 | Abi Clarke (Kate Potts), Adam Fogerty (Paul Yellen), Anna Crilly (Vivienne Bishfield), Dane Williams (Kieran Fish), Flip Webster (Polly Deakins), Jade Harrison (Chief Superintendent Charlie Woods), Paul Bradley (Noah Culpepper), Peter Landi (George Harris), Richard Glover (Harry Bishfield) |
| Episode 2 29 March 2024 | Amalia Vitale (Hannah Owen), Cariad Lloyd (Claire Moss), Charlie Baker (Quinn), Emily Lloyd-Saini (Belle), Kevin Bishop (Mike Moss), Melina Sinadinou (Zoe Williams), Peter Davison (Richard Baxter) |
| Episode 3 5 April 2024 | Amalia Vitale (Hannah Owen), Dan Skinner (Adam Morgan), Danny Webb (Jaime Martins), Gem Carmella (Sandra Morgan), Harry Long (Billy Morgan), Jasmine Hyde (Jenny), Jenny Coverack (Maisie Morgan), Louis Martin (Sam Morgan), Melina Sinadinou (Zoe Williams), Peter Davison (Richard Baxter) |
| Episode 4 12 April 2024 | David Olaniregun (Roddy), Emma Fielding (Marion Goddard), Joe Barnes (Father Michael), Kat Dulfer (Marie), Liz Crowther (Penny), Malcolm Storry (Old Harry), Melina Sinadinou (Zoe Williams), Nicholas Woodeson (Father Brian), Peter Davison (Richard Baxter) |
| Episode 5 19 April 2024 | Carolyn Pickles (Rebecca Thompson), Eva Feiler (Nurse Lucy Thompson), Mark Frost (Patrick Kirby), Melina Sinadinou (Zoe Williams), Seeta Indrani (Niamh Kirby) |
| Episode 6 26 April 2024 | Amalia Vitale (Hannah Owen), Dewi Wykes (Mark Wisdom), Georgia Mann (Paris Connor), Hassan Maarfi (James Blackwell (Paramedic)), Isaac Vincent-Norgate (Ryan), Jade Harrison (Chief Superintendent Charlie Woods), Jayde Adams (Sandy Reynolds), Jeff Rawle (Douglas Bevan), Leila Hoffman (Maud Bernberg), Melina Sinadinou (Zoe Williams), Souad Faress (Ella Woods), Sunil Patel (PC Billy Blake) |
Series 2 continuity
The ensemble is settled, but Humphrey and Martha’s fostering journey and approaching wedding give the series a stronger continuing personal thread. Esther, Kelby, Margo and Anne receive stories beyond the weekly investigation.
Production character
Cases expand from the harbour into rail, moorland, school and maritime settings across South East Cornwall.
Recurring themes
- Family and commitment
- Performance and deception
- Legends attached to real places
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