DEATH IN PARADISE
A frail holidaymaker is murdered in a hotel lift in seemingly impossible circumstances... The candidates turn tour operators in Budapest...
Cora Blyth, who’s terminally ill, visits Saint Marie this week for a muchneeded vacation with her beloved family – but it turns into the holiday from hell when Cora, played by Corrie’s Gabrielle Glaister, is stabbed to death in a lift!
Suspects include her husband,
Joe (Gregory’s Girl star John Gordon Sinclair), and their daughter, Holly (Poldark star Ellise Chappell), but the case leaves DI Neville Parker (Ralf Little) baffled. The Blyths were staying on the first floor of the hotel, and it only takes 15 seconds for the lift to travel to the ground floor. Cora was alone in the lift,
There have been some hilarious tasks, boardroom showdowns and a firing twist already in the current series of The Apprentice.
But things really heat up this week when the candidates travel to Budapest for their latest challenge.
Lord Alan Sugar is hoping they can capitalise on the city’s booming tourism industry so how could anyone possibly have got in and killed her without being spotted?
‘It’s always amazing to read the scripts – how they come up with them is beyond me!’ says Ralf. ‘Maybe actors that are cleverer than me read them and say, “Oh, I know how this plays out” – but I get to the end and go, “I never saw that coming!”’
Love dilemma
It’s not just the case weighing on Neville’s mind either. After the shock arrival of his ex-girlfriend
Zoe Ainsworth by selling and running their own boat and vineyard tours. It sounds simple, except one team ends up prioritising fun over facts, while a lastminute change of plan puts a spanner in the works for the other team! Back in the boardroom, who will get the boot? (Taj Atwal), the unlucky-in-love detective is deciding if he’s ready to give their relationship another go…
‘Neville’s arc in the show has always been to be bold enough to push himself out of his comfort zone,’ explains Ralf. ‘Emotionally, he has to go, “I shouldn’t have to hide away – I have to face everything that’s out there even if it’s painful.” So it’s a massive journey for him, and a really satisfying one.’
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