Royalty, Bardot … White Lotus? HBO hit books in to €21,000-a-night chateau for series four

Mike White’s show will begin production in April at a five-star Saint-Tropez resort known for its old-world opulence

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ill it be a fatal attack with a pétanque boule under the parasol palms? Some skulduggery in the swimming pool of a €21,000-a-night private villa? Perhaps a poisoned cocktail on the terrace overlooking the luxury yachts in the Mediterranean?

Bienvenue to season four of The White Lotus on the Côte d’Azur; judging by past series, someone is not making it out of the French Riviera alive.

Saint-Tropez is preparing to roll out the red carpet for perhaps the most dysfunctional group of wealthy visitors it has ever seen. After Hawaii, Sicily and Thailand, a new all-star cast including Helena Bonham Carter, Steve Coogan and Marissa Long will be heading to the south of France in April to shoot the next instalment of the hugely successful HBO series.