Happy families!

There's a family reunion in store for Death in Paradise's DI Neville Parker (Ralf Little) this Christmas when his mum, Melanie (Two Doors Down's Doon Mackichan), comes to stay! 'Neville was allergic to everything as a kid so he was a little bit coddled,' says Ralf.

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'But the character who arrives in the show is the opposite of what you'd expect. Melanie's really fun-loving!' With Neville still down in the dumps after his romance with girlfriend Sophie (Chelsea Edge) turned out to be a sham that she'd orchestrated in order to frame him for murder, Melanie's determined to put a smile back on her son's face - and quickly befriends local mayor and bar owner Catherine (El