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Return to Paradise: Series 1

6 episodes Premiered Sep 8, 2024 Updated Oct 3, 2026

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S1·E1 Mytharc

R.I.P. Tide

Sep 8, 2024 · 52 min

When Dolphin Cove local royalty, Stuart Granger, washes ashore with a knife in his back in the middle of a surf carnival, recently returned ex-pat DI Mackenzie Clarke is thrust ont

S1·E2 Core

Dead Last

Sep 15, 2024 · 52 min

A famous wellness influencer drops dead in the middle of a packed fun run, so DI Mackenzie Clarke finds herself delving into the world of wellness to solve the murder.

S1·E3 Core

Curl Up and Dye

Sep 22, 2024 · 52 min

Three hairdressers return from lunch to find their boss, Bianca Bailey, has been killed. The method is strangulation, but the murder weapon remains a mystery that Mackenzie is dete

S1·E4 Mytharc

Killer Climate

Sep 29, 2024 · 52 min

When a radical eco-activist is murdered, Mackenzie and her team must figure out how the victim was killed when the suspects were chained together, unable to reach the victim.

S1·E5 Mytharc

Dead Bowl

Oct 6, 2024 · 52 min

A tense game of lawn bowls turns to chaos when a player is killed on the green in broad daylight by an antique ornamental bushranger's gun. Is the ghost of Bushranger Bill haunting

S1·E6 Mytharc

Oh Mine Papa

Oct 13, 2024 · 52 min

When crabby Vince Ogden is found dead in his locked bedsit, it's up to Mackenzie to shine a light on the truth of his murder.