Return to Paradise
M2024•57m•6.8/10
CrimeMysteryDrama
Ratings
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6.8/10(23)
DI Mackenzie Clarke is forced to leave London under a cloud of suspicion and return to the last place she ever wanted to be, her hometown of Dolphin Cove, Australia where her tenacity and work ethic helps her solve murder mysteries.
Production
BBC Studios ANZ, Red Planet Pictures
Language
EN
Status
Returning Series
First Aired
September 8, 2024
Last Aired
December 12, 2025
Networks
ABC TV
Created By
Peter Mattessi, Robert Thorogood, James Hall, Fredsters
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
R.I.P. Tide
Air date: 2024-09-08
When Dolphin Cove local royalty, Stuart Granger, washes ashore with a knife in his back in the middle of a surf carnival, recently returned ex-pat DI Mackenzie Clarke is thrust onto the case.
E2
Dead Last
Air date: 2024-09-15
A famous wellness influencer drops dead in the middle of a packed fun run, so DI Mackenzie Clarke finds herself delving into the world of wellness to solve the murder.
E3
Curl Up and Dye
Air date: 2024-09-22
Three hairdressers return from lunch to find their boss, Bianca Bailey, has been killed. The method is strangulation, but the murder weapon remains a mystery that Mackenzie is determined to untangle.
E4
Killer Climate
Air date: 2024-09-29
When a radical eco-activist is murdered, Mackenzie and her team must figure out how the victim was killed when the suspects were chained together, unable to reach the victim.
E5
Dead Bowl
Air date: 2024-10-06
A tense game of lawn bowls turns to chaos when a player is killed on the green in broad daylight by an antique ornamental bushranger's gun. Is the ghost of Bushranger Bill haunting Dolphin Cove?
E6
Oh Mine Papa
Air date: 2024-10-13
When crabby Vince Ogden is found dead in his locked bedsit, it's up to Mackenzie to shine a light on the truth of his murder.
Cast
Anna Samson
DI Mackenzie Clarke
Lloyd Griffith
DSC Colin Cartwright
Tai Hara
Glenn Strong
Catherine McClements
Senior Sergeant Philomena Strong
Celia Ireland
Reggie Rocco
Aaron L. McGrath
Constable Felix Wilkinson
