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Death In Paradise's Ardal O'Hanlon's 'real reason' for quitting hit detective drama


Death In Paradise actor Ardal O'Hanlon, 58, opened up about his decision to quit the hit BBC detective drama and has revealed what was behind his reason to leave

The TV personality, who shares three children, Emily, Rebecca, and Red, with his wife Melanie, added that it "made sense" to step back due to his family too. Ardal said his time on the show was "really amazing" (Image: BBC)"I think she [Melanie] found it very tough, because we've got three big grown-up kids living in the house and she's got a lot on her plate, so I think she was finding it tougher as the years went on," he said. Ardal was replaced by Ralf Little (Image: BBC)Tim Key, the executive producer, spilled some details on how DI Parker would bring a fresh dynamic to the show, contrasting with his predecessor.

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