Cast your mind back to january and you ll recall the start of death in paradise series three where rather than trying to solve saint marie s latest murder di richard poole ben miller. The comedic actor left the sunny climes of the caribbean and his role as di poole in 2014 when poole was killed off during the first episode of the third. Watch now death in paradise seasons 1 8.
There s no specific word on why the producers killed poole off as opposed to writing him out some other way but given that miller had quit between seasons they had to write him. Ben miller who played richard poole chose to leave the show after series 2 ended as he felt that the constant filming in guadaloupe was putting too much of a strain on his family who couldn t be there with him. A british police inspector assigned to saint marie to investigate the previous inspector s murder poole was instructed to remain on the island as the new detective inspector.
Detective inspector richard poole is a character in the crime drama television series death in paradise portrayed by ben miller poole also appears in novels based on the tv series written by robert thorogood. In true death in paradise style the new detective arrived midway through a season two and this is when di poole disappeared. Bbc one viewers saw richard and his team crack cases for 17 episodes until di humphrey goodman kris marshall took over.
Death in paradise kicked off with di richard poole played by ben miller at the helm solving the murder mysteries on the island of saint marie. So will death in paradise die alongside di richard poole. He should have just scarpered back to drizzly ol england shouldn t he.
But killed with an ice pick before the opening credits. This was heightened after his character was killed off in a. When ben miller decided to leave the role of the original detective di richard poole many fans were devastated.
He was a british police officer assigned to the caribbean island of saint marie to investigate the murder of the previous inspector charlie hulme after solving the case he was permanently assigned to saint marie. Detective inspector richard poole appears in 17 episodes of death in paradise 1 1 arriving in paradise until 3 1 death of a detective he is played by ben miller. Fans will remember that richard poole played by ben miller was the original detective inspector on bbc s hit show death in paradise starring in three seasons of the show poole was the first.
