The Mallorca Files: Elen Rhys stars in BBC drama series
Season two of the popular crime romp The Mallorca Files will be hitting screens next month on the BBC. Not only will the new episodes be airing during the day but they will also be available on the BBC iPlayer afterwards on catch up. The Mallorca Files follows a pair of detectives cracking cases in the sun-drenched idyll paradise.
Series one first launched on the BBC back in 2019 and marked a collaboration between Cosmopolitan Pictures, Clerkenwell Films, BritBox US and Canada, ZDFneo and France 2.
The show has been screened internationally and proved popular with audience, leading the BBC to give the series a quick renewal with filming taking place in 2020 before the coronavirus pandemic saw the show cut short.
Much like Death in Paradise, The Mallorca Files sees crimes cracked against a sunny island backdrop with a British detective involved – this time in the form of the strait-laced Miranda Blake (played by Elen Rhys). There’s the added extra of the charming if rule-bending German liaison officer Max Winter (Julian Looman).
Each episode is also a standalone instalment with the case closed before the end credits roll with The Mallorca Files proving to be a gentle watch like Death in Paradise.
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The Mallorca Files has done a superb job of showcasing the Spanish island as a top tourist destination – again like Death in Paradise and Guadeloupe.
However, this is where the parallels between the two shows end with The Mallorca Files’ creator Dan Sefton saying: “I think that with Death in Paradise, part of the attraction is that those episodes have that conundrum-type feel and it’s an impossible crime and the detective works it out.
“I think when we started doing The Mallorca Files we looked at Death in Paradise and thought it was a really great show but we thought we could do different types of crimes.
“We could do robberies – slightly different stories with a bit more action than in Death in Paradise – and we actively embraced that.”
Sefton, who has previously worked on Death in Paradise, explained: “So, there are slightly more action sequences. The crimes aren’t quite as involved or complicated often and we know the relationship and the fun of it is as important as the crime story.
“So it gives us a little bit more freedom and the writing team have always embraced the different stories we can do.
“So we can always do a murder but we can also do a kidnapping or some other horrible crime, there doesn’t have to be a dead body.”
He went on to say there was “a space” for shows both like The Mallorca Files and Death in Paradise, hailing the two for their strong formats.
Sefton, who also created ITV’s Good Karma Hospital, said The Mallorca Files was a pre-watershed family watch and praised joint leads Welsh star Rhys and German actor Looman as “fantastic” for their performances which have been part of the show’s success.
Would Sefton consider shaking up the cast in the future if one of the leads wanted to leave – much like Death in Paradise and it’s revolving door of cast members?
The writer was diplomatic, saying: “I think its impossible to say. Elen and Julian have been fantastic and as long as they want to do it and as long as people want to watch it, great.
“I think shows like that, I think the positive thing is we’re not short of stories. We’ve got a strong writing team and some new recruits as well and we’ve got loads of ideas for episodes and things we can do and locations we can exploit in Mallorca.
“So that for me is the most important thing about longevity in a show is that: does it feel like you can find new stories to tell?
“I think we’re fairly confident about that we could find new and interesting stories to tell for many seasons yet.”
From his words, The Mallorca Files could be on screens for some time to come yet and perhaps become almost as big as Death in Paradise, which has a huge international following and celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.
Season two of The Mallorca Files will see Miranda and Max taking on a whole host of new cases taking them around the island.
Unfortunately, due to the coronavirus pandemic, there are only six episodes in the new series rather than 10.
But should the BBC give season three the green light, Sefton and his team have some stories already in the bag and are ready to go for more.
The Mallorca Files season 2 starts on BBC One from February 1 at 1.45pm and all episodes will be available on BBC iPlayer afterwards
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