{"id":575940,"date":"2026-05-10T06:03:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T06:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/575940\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T06:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T06:03:18","slug":"beyond-paradise-icon-has-already-moved-on-with-star-confirming-spy-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/575940\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Paradise icon has already moved on with star confirming spy thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beyond Paradise fans said an emotional goodbye to the fourth season last week.<\/p>\n

Hayley Anderson Screen Time TV Reporter<\/p>\n

12:04, 09 May 2026<\/p>\n

Morning Live: Kris Marshall teases series four of Beyond Paradise<\/p>\n

Beyond Paradise may be on a break, but its cast are far from idle in the meantime.<\/p>\n

Following a series packed with longing glances and unspoken feelings, Archie Hughes (Jamie Bamber<\/a>) was finally reunited with Esther Williams (Zahra Ahmadi<\/a>), who dropped her defences in the closing episode of Beyond Paradise<\/a> series four.<\/p>\n

While BBC<\/a> viewers eagerly anticipate how their blossoming romance unfolds in series five, Jamie Bamber has wasted no time throwing himself into a brand new venture.<\/p>\n

Currently in post-production, the 53-year-old is set to appear in the forthcoming espionage thriller The Hive, which was first announced last year.<\/p>\n

In the film, “The Hive” is a high-tech counter-terrorism unit tasked with neutralising threats who face their biggest mission yet when a political summit is about to be held in Tenerife.<\/p>\n

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Beyond Paradise’s Archie Hughes is played by actor Jamie Bamber.(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

The synopsis continues: “Commander Kate McKenzie (played by Franka Potente), known for her ruthless, no-nonsense methods, needs an insider with knowledge of a dangerous terrorist group posing a constant risk.<\/p>\n

“Undercover agent Mar\u00eda G\u00f3mez (Sophie Cookson) arrives at the Hive on the eve of the summit, just as a bomb explodes in the city centre, accompanied by a warning: a senior UN executive will be killed in 90 minutes.<\/p>\n

“McKenzie then mobilises her elite team: the hunt has begun, and Mar\u00eda may prove pivotal.”<\/p>\n

Bamber’s role in The Hive remains undisclosed, though the Beyond Paradise and Law and Order: UK star will be appearing alongside The Bourne Identity’s Franka Potente and Kingsman actress Sophie Cookson.<\/p>\n

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The Hive will also star Kingsman actress Sophie Cookson.(Image: GETTY)<\/p>\n

Rounding out the cast are Young Wallander’s Adam Palsson and The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’s Gonzola Bouza.<\/p>\n

Production got underway during the summer of 2025 in Tenerife, before the crew relocated to Cologne, Germany, to complete filming.<\/p>\n

No official release date for The Hive has been confirmed as yet, though it is anticipated to land on screens later this year.<\/p>\n

Separately, production on Beyond Paradise is due to kick off in July 2026 in Devon, with the popular BBC drama set to make its return in early 2027.<\/p>\n

Beyond Paradise is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beyond Paradise fans said an emotional goodbye to the fourth season last week. Hayley Anderson Screen Time TV…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575941,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[243,127149,96,127154,127155,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-575940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-bbc","tag-beyond-paradise","tag-entertainment","tag-esther-williams","tag-jamie-bamber","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}