Death in Paradise star shares major career update and credits James Martin

One of Death in Paradise's most memorable detectives opened up about a career first on James Martin's Saturday Morning.

Speaking on the ITV show today, Ben Miller discussed his latest project away from acting with TV chef James Martin.

Miller is best known for appearing as the first ever detective in BBC's Death in Paradise, DI Richard Poole, between 2011 and 2014.

The actor, who rose to fame as part of the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller, has also appeared in popular shows like Primeval, Bridgerton and Professor T.

However, today he appeared on Martin's cooking show to discuss an exciting new career venture in the literary world.

Miller has already written plenty of children's books, including The Night I Met Father Christmas, How I Became a Dog called Midnight and Diary of a Big Bad Wolf, but now he is finally set to release his first adult novel.

"I'm working on a story for grown ups," he revealed to Martin, who informed Miller that he had become the show's 'most regular guest' as of today.

"After writing for children for a long time, I thought I'd try my hand at a story for grown ups and I'm kind of getting there."

Miller then went on to reveal Martin had contributed to his success, saying: "Actually, I owe you some thanks because when I was here last year, you showed me a motorbike from the early 20th century.

"It blew my mind, because it was halfway between a bicycle and what we would call a motorbike."

Speaking about the 1904 Barry motorcycle, he said: "It literally looks like you took a bike and stuck an engine on it."

As Martin remarked on the "surreal" appearance of the bike, Miller explained: "That sort of got me interested in that period and I started reading more about early plane flight.

"And then I thought wouldn't it be great to set a thriller - like a spy thriller at a time when all the very first bits of technology were being invented... the very first motorbike, the very first plane and then all the sort of chases you could then do.

"My story is called A Very Dangerous Pursuit and it will be out next year, but basically that motorbike was a really big moment in the forming of [the story]."

A Very Dangerous Pursuit will be available to purchase on May 21, 2026.

James Martin's Saturday Morning returns next Saturday at 9.30am on ITV1 and ITVX.