Beyond Paradise’s Kris Marshall could bring back BBC’s ‘most-watched show’ on one condition
Kris Marshall was made famous by one popular BBC show that had over 10 million people per week and propelled him into permanent national fame
Beyond Paradise’s Kris Marshall has said he would be willing to return to a once famous BBC show if it was done right.
The 51-year-old was speaking ahead of the return to screens of his latest drama, Beyond Paradise, which finds his detective character solving mysteries in Devon and Cornwall.
Speaking to Best UK, the actor once believed to be in the running to be Doctor Who, spoke about whether he would appear on a rebooted My Family, once one of the BBC’s most popular shows.
On the matter, Kris said: “My Family was great. If I were to reboot it, it would have to be in a situation where it really worked because Nick Harper was a character of his time.
“I was 27, but I was playing 19, so he was a youthful character. I’m not quite as youthful now, so it would have to be really special. But never say never!”
This isn’t the first time Kris has spoken about the impact of My Family, a show that ended up taking him permanently into the spotlight. He told the Guardian that he became consistently recognised in the street after that show aired.
He said: It became more frequent after My Family – the show had 13 million viewers a week, and I would get recognised daily. Since then, it hasn’t stopped, but I don’t mind – it’s a small price to pay for what is a wonderful job.
“Now I’m a dad I’ve become more risk-averse, compared with the motorbike days. But I still enjoy extreme sports.”
Many of Kris’ former My Family co-stars – Robert Lindsay, Zoe Wanamaker, Daniela Denby-Ashe, Siobhan Hayes, and Gabriel Thomson – continued to act after the show’s conclusion in 2011.
Remaining in the news has been Robert, 75, who played Kris’ onscreen father, who recently returned to his home town in Derbyshire to honour a teach of his he described as “truly extraordinary”.
Robert was in the area to observe an exhibition dedicated to John Lally, one of his teachers at Gladstone Boy’s School.
On John, Robert told the BBC: “I owe everything to him. Thankfully, he believed in me. I’d been told by my careers advisors and maths teachers that I’d never be employable.”
