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Country of origin
  
No. of series
  
3

Network
  
Composer
  
7.7/10
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Genre
  
Mystery

Original language(s)
  
English, Scots

First episode date
  
10 March 2013

Number of series
  
3

Language
  
English

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Based on
  
Characters created by Ann Cleeves

Starring
  
Douglas HenshallAlison O'DonnellSteven RobertsonMark BonnarJulie Graham

Similar
  
Vera, Taggart, The Inspector Lynley M, Midsomer Murders, Death in Paradise

Shetland is a BBC Scotland crime drama television series starring Douglas Henshall as Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez. The story takes place largely on the Scottish archipelago of Shetland, though much of the filming is done on the Scottish mainland, with some on location in Shetland. It is largely based on the novels by Ann Cleeves. Three series have aired and a fourth series has also started filming. Star Douglas Henshall won the 2016 Bafta award for best television actor and the show (made by ITV for BBC One) received the award for best TV drama.

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Production history

The first series consists of two episodes as a pilot – a single two-part story based on the novel Red Bones by Ann Cleeves. It was broadcast on 10 and 11 March 2013. Subsequently, a full second series was commissioned by the BBC. Series two contains six episodes, filmed in 2013 and screened in 2014. It features three two-part stories based on Ann Cleeves' novels Raven Black, Dead Water, and Blue Lightning. Filming began in April 2015 for a third series which began screening on 15 January 2016. A fourth series was announced by the BBC in July 2016. The upcoming series will once again contain six parts and is scheduled to begin filming in early 2017.

During filming of the various series, the cast and crew usually worked on mainland Scotland, including Glasgow but also in areas with landscape or buildings reminiscent of those on the Shetland Islands such as Kilbarchan (Renfrewshire), Barrhead where Henshall was born and grew up, in Ayr and in Irvine, North Ayrshire. Filming locations on or near Shetland have included Lerwick, the main port of the Shetland Islands and on the NorthLink ferry approaching Lerwick.

Main cast

  • Douglas Henshall as Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez (Series 1– )
  • Alison O'Donnell as Detective Constable/Detective Sergeant Alison 'Tosh' MacIntosh (Series 1– )
  • Steven Robertson as Police Constable/Detective Constable Sandy Wilson (Series 1– )
  • Stewart Porter/Lewis Howden as Sgt Billy McBride (Porter: Series 1–2, Howden: Series 3– )
  • Erin Armstrong as Cassie Perez (Series 1– )
  • Mark Bonnar as Duncan Hunter (Series 1– )
  • Anne Kidd as Cora McLean, forensic pathologist (Series 2– )
  • Julie Graham as Rhona Kelly, Procurator Fiscal (Series 2– )
  • Series 1

  • Sandra Voe as Mima Wilson
  • Claire Rafferty as Anna Haldane
  • Jim Sturgeon as Ronald Haldane
  • Gemma Chan as Hattie James
  • Lindy Whiteford as Jackie Haldane
  • James Greene as Andrew Haldane
  • Martin Wenner as Professor Paul Berglund
  • Alexander Morton as Joseph Wilson
  • Series 2

  • Kari Corbett as Evie Watt
  • Brian Cox as Magnus Bain
  • Alex Norton as Cameron Watt
  • Nina Sosanya as Willow Reeves
  • Sophia Carr-Gomm as Catherine Ross
  • Marnie Baxter as Jenny Belshaw
  • Iain Robertson as Jerry Markham
  • John Lynch as Frank Blake
  • Bill Paterson as James Perez
  • Leigh Biagi as Anna Blake
  • Anthony Howell as Peter Latimer
  • David Ireland as Finlay Caulfield
  • Julie Hale as Tessa Warren
  • Keith Ramsey as Joe Blake
  • Series 3

  • Ciarán Hinds as Michael Maguire
  • Saskia Reeves as Freya Galdie
  • Sara Vickers as Leanne Randall
  • Andrew Rothney as Robbie Morton
  • Archie Panjabi as Asha Israni
  • Anna Chancellor as Phyllis Brennan
  • James Cosmo as Arthur MacCall
  • Jamie Michie as Lowrie
  • Jack Greenlees as Craig Cooper
  • Kate Donnelly as Grace
  • Mark Cox as Tommy Monro
  • Struan Rodger as Alec
  • Ace Bhatti as Calvin Sarwar
  • Series 1 (2013)

    The first series was produced by Sue de Beauvoir.

    Series 2 (2014)

    The second series was produced by Peter Gallagher.

    Series 3 (2016)

    A third series began filming in 2015, with Douglas Henshall returning as Jimmy Perez, joined by Game of Thrones star Ciarán Hinds, Anna Chancellor and Julie Graham. The series consists of six episodes, telling a single full-length story. The third series does not adapt any of Cleeves' existing books.

    International broadcasts

  • Australia: The programme airs on BBC First in Australia.[1]
  • Belgium: The programme began airing on Flemish public broadcaster VRT's main channel, één, in October 2015.[2]
  • Sweden: Swedish public broadcaster SVT started airing the 3rd series in January 2016 on their primary network SVT1.[3]
  • Denmark: Danish network DR 1 began showing Shetland in October 2015.[4]
  • Germany: The series began airing on Das Erste at the end of March 2016.[5]
  • Finland: Viewers in Finland were able to start watching the show from August 2015 on public broadcaster YLE's main TV1 channel, where the show was titled "Shetlandsaarten murhat".[6]
  • Netherlands: Shetland is aired as part of the "Detectives" series from KRO on the Dutch public broadcasting service NPO.[7]
  • New Zealand: The programme began airing in New Zealand on Vibe in January 2016.[8]
  • Norway: Shetland is aired on public broadcaster NRK.[9]
  • Portugal: The programme began airing in Portugal on Fox Crime in August 2016.[10]
  • Slovenia: The programme began airing in Slovenia on public broadcaster RTVSLO in July 2015.[11]
  • United States: The series is broadcast on many stations of the Public Broadcasting System.[12]
  • Canada: The series is broadcast on British Columbia's Knowledge Network.[13] The series became available on Netflix in 2016.
  • References

    Shetland (TV series) Wikipedia