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DEATH IN PARADISE Drama, 8pm

EVEN detectives don’t always escape murder. After two series, actor Ben Miller decided to hang up his sleuthing hat and quit the show.

And so to this series three opener and his character Detective Richard Poole is duly stabbed to death with an ice-pick.

On the upside, we get to meet DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) in his Caribbean copper debut as he arrives to find out who killed Poole.

DYNAMO, MAGICIAN IMPOSSIBLE Dave, 9pm

HE’S the man who has “levitated” from the side of a double-decker bus and converted lottery tickets into banknotes live on TV.

Once you’ve watched Dynamo for a few minutes, it’s impossible to turn over.

The fly-on-the-wall documentary series follows the life of the English magician. He generally stops members of the public and wows them with mind-boggling tricks. This time he’s in Ibiza.

ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES Christmas Gold, 1.40pm

PRAISE the lord and hallelujah, this marks the start of an entire afternoon of Only Fools episodes.

Kicking it off is a Christmas show from 1996, which sees Rodney bottling up his emotions after Cassandra had a miscarriage.

Then Del has to impress the in-laws when Raquel’s estranged parents arrive for a meal.

Enjoy the performance of Buster Merryfield in his last proper appearance as Uncle Albert.

RED BULL SOAPBOX Dave, 6pm

A RACE for the wickedly adventurous. That’s the tagline for this bizarre event that has captured the imaginations of millions. And we’re told “fast is good, but outrageous is better”.

This international event sees amateur drivers race homemade soapbox vehicles, each fuelled by nothing but sheer determination. The episode sees thrills and spills from the Belgian capital of Brussels as the teams use gravity as their only form of propulsion.