Ralf Little said returning to the UK was 'horrible' after spending almost two years out of the country.
The actor, who returned to screens on Friday night in Death in Paradise, spent much of the time filming in the Caribbean and spending time in Florida, the home of his American fiancee.
And upon his return, Ralf, who was born in Bury, wasn't too impressed.
The 41-year-old, who plays DI Neville Parker in the BBC series, returned home from Guadeloupe and the USA to see his family for Christmas and confessed: "It's horrible."
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He added to the Mirror : "I hate to say this, but I’m over it. I’m from Manchester so grew up in the cold, wet and drizzle. I was back two days and was like, ‘this sucks’.
"I‘ve been away for 18 months and not been cold.
"As I was flying in to Heathrow I looked out the window and as far as I could see, stretching out across the horizon, was thick cloud."
He also spoke to the publications about his siblings who work in the NHS.
Ralf, who also narrates Our Yorkshire Farm, attended Bolton School and had two older sisters Rowena and Ceridwen.
He was 10 when his happy family was torn apart at the death of 14-year-old Ceridwen, who fell 150ft from cliffs at Porthcothan Bay, near Padstow in Cornwall.
His parents Eileen and Michael, both accountants, had another son called Ross and later divorced.
Ralf says Rowena, a nurse and Ross, a doctor, found working through the pandemic "really tough".
"They have this attitude, like a lot of people in the NHS, of going: ‘We believe in the NHS and this is what we signed up for’.
“But I wish we could pay them properly because claps aren’t going to put food on the table.
“And can you imagine what it’s like for people in the NHS having to read anti-mask and anti-vax nonsense?
"I don’t particularly enjoy getting a needle jabbed in my arm. And I certainly don’t enjoy having to wear a mask wherever I go. But the world’s top scientists say we should probably do that so I’m going to do that. I don’t think I know more than them because I read a blog."
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