star Barbara Flynn has paid a moving tribute to her co-stars Kris Marshall and Sally Bretton, who she said "lead the show beautifully". In an exclusive interview with Reach PLC, the actress who plays Anne Lloyd also addressed Peter Davison's brief appearance and exit from the series.

Barbara's character, Anne, doesn't seem to have much luck. Not only did she get her heart broken by Peter's character, Richard Baxter, in series two after finding out he was married, but she also suffered a health scare during this series.

"It's a shame Pete wasn't in it for longer," the Anne Lloyd star began before explaining: "I worked with him a long time ago in A Very Peculiar Practice where we had a very different relationship."

When speaking about the cast and crew, Barbara beamed: "The people are delightful." She went on to praise her co-star and on-screen son-in-law, Kris Marshall, "I want more of those lovely scenes that they have together where she just raises her eyebrows and has to leave the room."

The actress continued: "Kris and Sally lead it beautifully. Kris has an extremely attractive personality."

Touching upon the show's success and appeal, Barbara added, "There's no blood, there's a puzzle, and people can be puzzle lovers of any age.

"And so there is this puzzle surrounded by people that we get to know, and I think that it's that combination of the cleverness and of giving people something that has touched their family."

Barbara also discussed her brief appearance and exit from Death in Paradise before she landed the role in Beyond Paradise.

She said, "I was in an episode of Death in Paradise. It was a few years before," before admitting, "I don't watch it, I am not a devotee, but I think it is very nice when I do watch it."

Barbara, who is an ambassador for Pancreatic Cancer UK, also opened up about her husband's heartbreaking death ahead of this weekend's London Marathon.

The charity has installed Shoes of Hope along the River Thames, highlighting the devastating impact of pancreatic cancer ahead of the London Marathon and urging the government to invest in early detection research.

In July 2017, six weeks after he was diagnosed, Jeremy died. Speaking about why she wanted to become involved with Pancreatic Cancer UK, the actress stated: "A lot of people who are involved with pancreatic cancer have had a personal experience with this dreaded disease, and that's how I became involved.

"My husband was diagnosed in 2017 very late, and the symptoms are quite asymptomatic. That's the trouble. He always had bad indigestion, but actually, that was how we discovered where he was, and he was very, very far along with the disease.

"This is the main problem that people do not survive, and the research is limited because of that, and in a way, it is a death sentence."

Barbara continued: "You know, people don't necessarily want to spend their remaining time helping, do you know what I mean? It is a difficult situation.

"He [Jeremy] would have, but he only had six weeks, unfortunately, which was very, very cruel. He didn't know an awful lot about the disease because he was a science writer and had made very, very many horizons and was scientifically pretty adept.

"So he did know, and he was a very generous man and, therefore, would have shared everything."

Beyond Paradise returns on Friday at 8pm on One.