Beyond Paradise episode guide · Season 3, Episode 3

Beyond Paradise Series 3, Episode 3

Coastal Clues case description: Poisoned chocolates

A box of chocolates becomes the focus of a poisoning investigation. The team must establish who the gift was really intended for and how it moved.

  • 11 April 2025
  • Spoiler-safe
Last verified 28 August 2026
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The case in focus

The episode is built as a fair-play television puzzle: an arresting opening problem, conflicting accounts and a chain of physical details that gradually becomes more useful than first impressions.

Episode-specific notes

  • This is regular episode 3 of Series 3.
  • Looe and the featured filming locations are in Cornwall; on screen they represent Shipton Abbott, a fictional town described as being in Devon.

Beyond Paradise Series 3 Episode 3 cast

Who is in Beyond Paradise Series 3, Episode 3 (also listed as Season 3, Episode 3)? The guest cast is below, followed by the regular Shipton Abbott team.

Table 1: information for Series 3, Episode 3
Guest starRole
Abdul SalisDr Lionel Jennings
Alicia CharlesGabriella Dalmori
Bebe SandersLizzie Dyer
Bella Rei Blue StevensonRosie
Brandon FellowsKenny Pluckley
Chizzy AkudoluReverend Kate
Holly AtkinsSherie Howard
Jade HarrisonChief Superintendent Charlie Woods
Lauren VandikeMonica Grey
Matthew GravelleMartin Gaffney
Syreeta KumarDr Hodges
Continuing cast (6)
Guest cast (11)

Filming-location context

These are relevant production-area guides; they do not claim that every scene used each place.

Episode facts, production credits and sources
Table 2: information for Series 3, Episode 3
SeriesSeries 3
Episode3 of 6
First UK broadcast11 April 2025
Runtime58 minutes
WriterAlexandra Carruthers
DirectorBindu De Stoppani
ProducerLindsay Hughes

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