Death in Paradise's Ralf Little opens up on 'obstacles' as he shares career update

Death in Paradise star Ralf Little has opened up on "obstacles" he's faced as he shared a career update.

The 45-year-old actor notably played Detective Inspector Neville Parker on the BBC show, which centres around crime on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie.

After five years, Ralf left fans devastated when he announced his departure from the show last year, with EastEnders star Don Gilet soon revealed as his replacement.

During an appearance on Saturday Kitchen this weekend (August 16), Ralf spoke to host Matt Tebbutt about an exciting project.

Ralf and Will Mellor, who previously starred in the hit BBC sitcom Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, are set to hit the road again and embark on a nationwide tour.

Over 12 gigs, they will go round the UK as part of their November Nonsense: Two Pints Podcast set of shows, which begin on November 1 in Birmingham.

Speaking about the challenges he's faced in creating a podcast, Ralf said: "The podcast space, as they say, is incredible. There's loads and loads of podcasts.

"It's like a professional wrestling area, everyone's fighting for space, trying to elbow each other out of the way. So, there's a lot of obstacles to do in it."

He added: "We just went, 'Well, let's just try and see what happens and don't have too much expectation.' And then we were, sort of, incredibly surprised when it turned out that people seemed to be interested in what we had to say."

Elsewhere in the interview, Ralf broke his silence on departing Death in Paradise as the show's "longest-serving detective".

"I'd done five years and that made me the longest-serving detective on the show," he explained.

"It felt like my character Neville's story had been told. Me and the producers sat down, and we, kind of, all agreed.

"Maybe we could have done another season, even maybe a couple, but you don't want to keep doing something when it feels like it's come to its natural conclusion."

Ralf added: "We felt like his story had finished in a quite rounded, quite beautiful and poignant way, so it felt like the right time to leave."

Death in Paradise is available to stream on BBC iPlayer