According to a synopsis from major media, the episode promises plenty of intrigue as a cast member is poisoned after drinking from a bottle of red wine containing a lethal quantity of cyanide. The team is left confused as to how two other actors drank from the same bottle and emerged unscathed. The episode also includes a subplot where Mervin is informed that his half-brother Solomon is set to inherit everything from their deceased mother and he won't answer any calls.
Among the new faces appearing in episode five is actor Tim McMullan, who is 63 years old and perhaps best recognised for his role as Atticus Pünd in the BBC mystery series Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders. In Death in Paradise's series 15 episode five, Tim McMullan takes on the role of adventurous theatre director Richard Dempster. Tim McMullan's character Richard portrays Prospero in The Tempest, and Tim McMullan performed the role of Prospero at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in 2016.
My character is an adventurous theatre director. An old fashioned 'actor/manager', very old school, and who has always wanted to stage Shakespeare's The Tempest on a tropical Island... and his wish has finally come true.
Tim McMullan said, "My character is an adventurous theatre director. An old fashioned 'actor/manager', very old school, and who has always wanted to stage Shakespeare's The Tempest on a tropical Island... " He added, "It was wonderful revisiting a role that I played at The Globe in London, but I didn't get to say many of Prospero's lines this time.
" and noted, "Always been a big fan of Death in Paradise! " The identity of the poisoned cast member has not been revealed, and the motive behind the poisoning remains unclear. Death in Paradise series 15 kicked off earlier this year and airs on Fridays at 9pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
It was wonderful revisiting a role that I played at The Globe in London, but I didn't get to say many of Prospero's lines this time. I was too busy being questioned by the police!
Always been a big fan of Death in Paradise! And very excited to be in it.