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Death in Paradise (2011)

Crime · Drama · Mystery

A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie.

IMDb rating
7.8 (33,835 votes)
Episode average
7.5 -0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons
15
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 15 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2011)

7.71 avg 8 episodes 7.9 → 7.8 59 min avg

Ep 1: 7.9 · 1,350 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 1,029 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 1,002 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 929 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 946 votesEp 6: 7.4 · 913 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 860 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 833 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode 17.91,350
2Episode 27.71,029
3Episode 37.91,002
4Episode 47.6929
5Episode 57.9946
6Episode 67.4913
7Episode 77.5860
8Episode 87.8833

Season 2 (2013)

7.84 avg 8 episodes 7.9 → 8.1 60 min avg

Ep 1: 7.9 · 881 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 817 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 800 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 807 votesEp 5: 7.6 · 777 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 842 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 799 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 803 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode 17.9881
2Episode 27.7817
3Episode 37.8800
4Episode 47.6807
5Episode 57.6777
6Episode 68.1842
7Episode 77.9799
8Episode 88.1803

Season 3 (2014)

7.69 avg 8 episodes 8.2 → 7.9 60 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 1,074 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 808 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 762 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 761 votesEp 5: 7.6 · 723 votesEp 6: 7.4 · 751 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 713 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 739 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Death of a Detective8.21,074
2Episode 27.5808
3Episode 37.6762
4Episode 47.7761
5Episode 57.6723
6Episode 67.4751
7Episode 77.6713
8Episode 87.9739

Season 4 (2015)

7.61 avg 8 episodes 7.7 → 8.0 59 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 796 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 732 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 707 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 726 votesEp 5: 7.3 · 698 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 682 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 681 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 703 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode 17.7796
2Episode 27.6732
3Episode 37.4707
4Episode 47.8726
5Episode 57.3698
6Episode 67.6682
7Episode 77.5681
8Episode 88.0703

Season 5 (2016)

7.63 avg 8 episodes 7.5 → 7.8 59 min avg

Ep 1: 7.5 · 744 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 695 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 672 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 729 votesEp 5: 7.7 · 690 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 676 votesEp 7: 7.4 · 656 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 700 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode 17.5744
2Episode 27.6695
3Episode 37.4672
4Episode 48.0729
5Episode 57.7690
6Episode 67.6676
7Episode 77.4656
8Episode 87.8700

Season 6 (2017)

7.73 avg 8 episodes 7.5 → 7.7 58 min avg

Ep 1: 7.5 · 700 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 660 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 685 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 629 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 696 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 720 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 662 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 625 votes
Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode 17.5700
2Episode 27.5660
3Episode 37.6685
4Episode 47.5629
5Episode 58.0696
6Episode 68.2720
7Episode 77.8662
8Episode 87.7625

Season 7 (2018)

7.49 avg 8 episodes 7.6 → 7.5 58 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 751 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 668 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 645 votesEp 4: 7.3 · 622 votesEp 5: 7.6 · 624 votesEp 6: 7.4 · 597 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 600 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 590 votes
Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode 17.6751
2Episode 27.5668
3Episode 37.5645
4Episode 47.3622
5Episode 57.6624
6Episode 67.4597
7Episode 77.5600
8Episode 87.5590

Season 8 (2019)

7.66 avg 8 episodes 7.7 → 7.8 58 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 692 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 672 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 630 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 639 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 690 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 693 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 628 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 619 votes
Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode 17.7692
2Episode 27.3672
3Episode 37.3630
4Episode 47.6639
5Episode 58.0690
6Episode 68.0693
7Episode 77.6628
8Episode 87.8619

Season 9 (2020)

7.36 avg 8 episodes 7.4 → 7.3 58 min avg

Ep 1: 7.4 · 671 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 590 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 570 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 612 votesEp 5: 7.5 · 622 votesEp 6: 7.4 · 578 votesEp 7: 7.1 · 568 votesEp 8: 7.3 · 549 votes
Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode 17.4671
2Episode 27.3590
3Episode 37.2570
4Episode 47.7612
5Episode 57.5622
6Episode 67.4578
7Episode 77.1568
8Episode 87.3549

Season 10 (2021)

7.68 avg 8 episodes 7.4 → 7.7 58 min avg

Ep 1: 7.4 · 662 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 567 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 575 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 568 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 607 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 684 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 532 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 523 votes
Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode 17.4662
2Episode 27.2567
3Episode 37.6575
4Episode 47.8568
5Episode 57.9607
6Episode 68.2684
7Episode 77.6532
8Episode 87.7523

Season 11 (2021)

7.36 avg 9 episodes 7.9 → 7.5 64 min avg

Ep 0: 7.9 · 748 votesEp 1: 7.4 · 591 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 527 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 545 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 533 votesEp 5: 7.3 · 523 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 523 votesEp 7: 6.9 · 514 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 511 votes
Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
0Christmas Special7.9748
1Episode 17.4591
2Episode 27.2527
3Episode 37.5545
4Episode 47.4533
5Episode 57.3523
6Episode 67.1523
7Episode 76.9514
8Episode 87.5511

Season 12 (2022)

7.49 avg 9 episodes 7.6 → 7.6 63 min avg

Ep 0: 7.6 · 547 votesEp 1: 7.4 · 548 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 513 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 494 votesEp 4: 7.3 · 484 votesEp 5: 7.2 · 486 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 548 votesEp 7: 8.1 · 593 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 511 votes
Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
0Christmas Special 20227.6547
1Episode 17.4548
2Episode 27.3513
3Episode 37.3494
4Episode 47.3484
5Episode 57.2486
6Episode 67.6548
7Episode 78.1593
8Episode 87.6511

Season 13 (2023)

7.47 avg 9 episodes 7.7 → 7.7 61 min avg

Ep 0: 7.7 · 561 votesEp 1: 7.3 · 558 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 509 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 478 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 447 votesEp 5: 7.5 · 461 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 466 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 448 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 529 votes
Season 13 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
0Christmas Special7.7561
1Episode 17.3558
2Episode 27.5509
3Episode 37.2478
4Episode 47.2447
5Episode 57.5461
6Episode 67.5466
7Episode 77.6448
8Episode 87.7529

Season 14 (2024)

7.29 avg 9 episodes 7.3 → 7.5 61 min avg

Ep 0: 7.3 · 562 votesEp 1: 7.3 · 500 votesEp 2: 7.1 · 463 votesEp 3: 7.0 · 430 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 419 votesEp 5: 6.9 · 415 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 405 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 451 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 402 votes
Season 14 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
0Christmas Special7.3562
1Especial de Navidad (Parte 1)7.3500
2Episode 27.1463
3Episode 37.0430
4Episode 47.2419
5Episode 56.9415
6Episode 67.3405
7Episode 78.0451
8Episode 87.5402

Season 15 (2025)

7.19 avg 9 episodes 7.3 → 7.2 58 min avg

Ep 0: 7.3 · 413 votesEp 1: 7.1 · 360 votesEp 2: 6.9 · 318 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 292 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 280 votesEp 5: 7.2 · 276 votesEp 6: 7.2 · 288 votesEp 7: 7.1 · 249 votesEp 8: 7.2 · 285 votes
Season 15 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
0Christmas Special 20257.3413
1Episode 17.1360
2Episode #15.26.9318
3Episode #15.37.3292
4Episode #15.47.4280
5Episode #15.57.2276
6Episode #15.67.2288
7Episode #15.77.1249
8Episode #15.87.2285

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