How BBC’s ‘Death in Paradise’ Became One of The First U.K. Dramas to Restart Cameras
Tim Dams In a sign that international TV drama is slowly starting to return to production, cameras have started rolling this week on BBC drama “Death in Paradise” on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe.The Red Planet Pictures produced detective drama, which is shooting its 10th anniversary series, is one of the first British single camera dramas to start filming since lockdown in March.Variety spoke via Zoom with Red Planet joint managing director Alex Jones and “Death In Paradise” executive producer Tim Key earlier this week, just as some of the key cast and crew were flying in to Guadeloupe for the shoot.Speaking from a beach-front hotel that is one of the bases for production, Jones and Key outlined the COVID-19 safety measures