Return to Paradise

Name: Return to Paradise
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Drama
Released: 2024-09-08
Cast: Anna Samson, Lloyd Griffith

RETURNING2 Seasons12 Episodes★ 6.7

Return to Paradise is a crime and mystery series on ABC TV that premiered in 2024, with 2 seasons and 12 episodes to date. The next episode, Season 3 Episode 1, airs on Nov 6, 2026.

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NetworkABC TV

First AiredSep 8, 2024

Last AiredDec 12, 2025

GenreCrime, Mystery, Drama

Runtime57 min

Created ByPeter Mattessi, Robert Thorogood, James Hall, Fredsters

LanguageEnglish

CountryAustralia

ProductionBBC Studios ANZ, Red Planet Pictures

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Overview from TMDB

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.

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S3 E1Episode 1Nov 6, 20263d

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Cast

Anna Samson

DI Mackenzie Clarke

Lloyd Griffith

DSC Colin Cartwright

Seasons & Episodes3 seasons · 18 episodes

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DI Mackenzie Clarke was meant to be back in the UK, living the life she's always wanted. Instead, she's still in Dolphin Cove. Lucky for Mack, her compulsion to solve impossible cases serves as a great distraction.

E1Apex Predator

Oct 31, 202557m★ 6.0

A scientist working at a shark research lab is found dead on a runaway boat. Mack suspects the death is a meticulously planned murder.

E2Killer Set

Nov 7, 202557m★ 6.0

A rock star is murdered in a locked theatre, forcing Mack to uncover the truth hidden in the band’s decades-old history.

E3Death Trip

Nov 21, 202556m★ 5.8

A CEO is poisoned during a spiritual ceremony at a corporate retreat, but the killer’s method defies explanation.

E4Checking Out

Nov 28, 202556m★ 6.0

When Colin’s friends visit from England, one of them wakes up to find a stranger’s corpse in his locked motel room, with no sign of how the killer got out.

E5Chapter One: Murder

Dec 5, 202555m★ 4.6

A crime writer is found stabbed to death in his villa after announcing his controversial comeback book at a literary festival, but all of the suspects were on stage at the time of the murder.

E6Til Death Do Us Part

Dec 12, 202557m★ 5.8

Mack interrupts Glenn and Daisy's wedding when an uninvited guest collapses, poisoned by a seemingly random wedding program. But by halting the wedding, has she finally pushed Glenn too far?

About Return to Paradise

Return to Paradise is a crime, mystery, drama series on ABC TV. The show first aired on Sep 8, 2024 and currently has 2 seasons and 12 episodes. Return to Paradise is currently airing; the next episode airs on Nov 6, 2026. It has a rating of 6.7/10 based on 29 votes. The cast includes Anna Samson, Lloyd Griffith. Created by Peter Mattessi and Robert Thorogood and James Hall and Fredsters.