After filming for the third season of Beyond Paradise as DI Humphrey Goodman, Kris Marshall was keen to return to home life in Bath, with his wife and their two children.
Clocking in nearly a decade playing the charming lawman, first on Death in Paradise and now its spin-off Beyond Paradise on BBC One, the 51 year old actor confesses that while the character has shot him to fame, the lengthy filming spells do take their toll. "I'm in the studio nearly every day," Kris admits, divulging how he looks forward to decompressing post-filming: "As much as I love it, it's joyous to finish after five months." Bath, where he can relish in the quotidian delights of family life, awaits his return.There, Kris finds joy in the rituals of parenthood: "I like to go back home and put the bins out.
Be a dad again, put my kids on the bus and pick them up from school." His wife Hannah Dodkin, alongside their children Thomas and Elsie, eagerly awaits his return after his time away.The private pair, who ignited a romance back in 2010 and got hitched soon after, keep their family dynamics close to the chest.
However, in a candid chat with Lorraine Kelly in 2020, Kris let slip that his son propelled him to relinquish his leading gig on Death In Paradise.
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