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| Starring | Douglas Henshall Alison O'Donnell Steven Robertson Mark Bonnar Julie Graham |
| Country of origin | Scotland |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 1 hour |
| Production company | ITV Studios for BBC Scotland |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 10 March 2013 – present |
Shetland is a BBC Scotland crime drama television series starring Douglas Henshall as Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez. The story takes place on the Scottish archipelago of Shetland, though much of the filming was done on the Scottish mainland,[1] with some on location in Shetland.[2]
The first, pilot, series consists of two episodes; a single two-part story based on the novel Red Bones by Ann Cleeves.[3][4] It broadcast in 2013. Following the broadcast, a full second series was commissioned by the BBC.
Series two was six episodes, filmed in 2013 and screened in 2014. It comprised three two-part stories based on Ann Cleeves' novels Raven Black, Dead Water and Blue Lightning.[5]
Filming began in April 2015 for a third series.[6]
Cast and characters
- Douglas Henshall as Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez
- Alison O'Donnell as Detective Constable/Detective Sergeant Alison 'Tosh' MacIntosh
- Steven Robertson as Police Constable/Detective Constable Sandy Wilson
- Erin Armstrong as Cassie Perez
- Stewart Porter as Sgt Billy McBride
- Mark Bonnar as Duncan Hunter
- Alexander Morton as Joseph Wilson
- Kari Corbett as Evie Watt
- Anne Kidd as Cora McLean
- Julie Graham as Rhona Kelly
- Brian Cox as Magnus Bain
- Alex Norton as Cameron Watt
- Nina Sosanya as Willow Reeves
Episodes
Series 1 (2013)
The first series was produced by Sue de Beauvoir.
| Overall No. |
Series No. |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (million)[7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Red Bones - Part 1" | Peter Hoar | David Kane | 10 March 2013 | 7.97 |
| 2 | 2 | "Red Bones - Part 2" | Peter Hoar | David Kane | 11 March 2013 | 5.68 |
Series 2 (2014)
The second series was produced by Peter Gallagher.
| Overall No. |
Series No. |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (million)[7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | "Raven Black - Part One" | John McKay | Gaby Chiappe | 11 March 2014 | 6.37 |
| 4 | 2 | "Raven Black - Part Two" | John McKay | Gaby Chiappe | 18 March 2014 | 6.16 |
| 5 | 3 | "Dead Water - Part One" | David Moore | David Kane | 25 March 2014 | 5.56 |
| 6 | 4 | "Dead Water - Part Two" | David Moore | David Kane | 1 April 2014 | 5.53 |
| 7 | 5 | "Blue Lightning - Part One" | Stewart Svaasand | Richard Davidson | 8 April 2014 | 5.29 |
| 8 | 6 | "Blue Lightning - Part Two" | Stewart Svaasand | Richard Davidson | 15 April 2014 | 5.33 |
Series 3
A third series began filming in 2015,[6] with Douglas Henshall returning as Jimmy Perez, joined by Game Of Thrones star Ciaran Hinds, Anna Chancellor and Julie Graham.[8] The series will consist of six episodes, telling a single story.[9]
References
- ^ English, Paul (2 March 2013). "Scottish actor Douglas Henshall on the perks of filming new BBC crime drama Shetland.. in & around Glasgow". Daily Record. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ "There's been a murrrder: Shetland returns to BBC One", Sarah Clark, Visit Scotland, 6 March 2014.
- ^ Griffiths, Rosalind (22 November 2012). "Cleeves' new BBC drama gets premiere screening at Mareel". The Shetland Times. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ Midgley, Neil (11 March 2013). "Shetland, BBC One, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ Jeffery, Morgan (3 April 2013). "'Shetland' gets full six-part series on BBC One". Digital Spy. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ^ a b "Street closed for television crime series filming". The Shetland Times. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Weekly Viewing Summary (see relevant week)". BARB. Cite error: The named reference "ratings" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "Game Of Thrones star to join new series of Shetland". The Scotsman. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ "Shetland Stories". Ann Cleeves (www.anncleeves.com). Retrieved 1 July 2014.
External links
- Shetland at BBC Online
- Shetland at IMDb
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