DEATH IN PARADISE: FIRST LOOK AND GUEST CAST ANNOUNCED FOR UPCOMING CHRISTMAS SPECIAL ON BBC ONE

First look images and the guest cast have been announced for this year's Death In Paradise Christmas special.

Josie Lawrence (Outside Edge), Kate Ashfield (Shaun of the Dead), Pearl Mackie (Doctor Who), James Baxter (Waterloo Road), Billy Harris (Ted Lasso), Oriana Charles and Alix Serman will be joining Don Gilet (DI Mervin Wilson), Shantol Jackson (DS Naomi Thomas), Ginny Holder (Officer Darlene Curtis), Shaquille Ali-Yebuah (Officer Sebastian Rose) and Élizabeth Bourgine (Catherine Bordey) for Christmas in the Caribbean as they head to Saint Marie and Swindon…

The office Christmas party of a lifetime takes a dark turn when four co-workers wake up to find a stranger dead in the pool of their Caribbean villa. DI Mervin Wilson and the team identify the murder weapon, but they’re left baffled when they find that it was locked in a drawer when the murder took place... thousands of miles away from the crime scene, in Swindon!

Stuck in Saint Marie, the team calls on the help of a familiar face to crack the case. Meanwhile, Mervin’s anxiously waiting to hear back from his newly discovered brother, which prevents him from embracing Saint Marie's Christmas celebrations. Can Mervin resolve his family situation and get into the festive spirit – for the sake of his team and the island?

Death In Paradise Christmas Special airs this December on BBC One.