Shetland
A detective series set on the Shetland Islands, where the harsh climate and a tight-knit community shape every murder investigation and force the police to adapt their methods.
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About the series
Murder is only a ferry ride away.
What it’s about
DI Jimmy Perez returns to his native Shetland after years away. He leads a police team investigating crimes in a place where everyone knows everyone, and the rugged, isolated landscape complicates every case.
What hooks you
The series draws on the novels of award-winning crime writer Ann Cleeves. Douglas Henshall won a BAFTA in 2016 for his portrayal of DI Jimmy Perez. The show received the BAFTA Scotland award for best drama series in 2016 and was nominated the previous year. Steven Robertson, who plays DC Sandy Wilson, is a Shetland native and enjoyed speaking the local dialect during filming.
Who it’s for
It is worth a look for anyone who enjoys slow-burning police procedurals set in remote communities, where the landscape is as much a character as the people, and where secrets simmer beneath a quiet surface.
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 2013
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Age rating
- 12+
- MPAA
- TV-PG
- Status
- Streaming
- World premiere
- Mar 10, 2013
Ratings
MOVIE․ONE · 722 votesCreative team
All 14-
01
Alison O'Donnell
DS Alison "Tosh" McIntosh / DI Alison "Tosh" McIntosh / DC Alison "Tosh" MacIntosh · DI Alison 'Tosh' McIntosh
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02
Steven Robertson
DC Sandy Wilson / PC Sandy Wilson · DC Sandy Wilson
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03
Ashley Jensen
DI Ruth Calder
- 04 Lewis Howden Sgt Billy McCabe
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05
Douglas Henshall
DI Jimmy Perez
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06
Mark Bonnar
Duncan Hunter
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07
Julia Brown
Molly Kilmuir
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08
Anne Kidd
Cora McLean
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09
Erin Armstrong
Cassie Perez
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10
Julie Graham
Rhona Kelly
Trivia
All facts 8
- The Shetland Islands are an archipelago in the northeast of Scotland, which occupies the northern part of Great Britain; the weather there is bad almost all year round, but in some scenes of the series it is shown to be raining. Sprinkler systems were used during filming.
- Actor Steven Robertson (he played a patrol constable, later a detective constable) said that while filming in his native Shetland archipelago he very much enjoyed the opportunity to speak in the local dialect. But when the actor spoke that dialect and used words common in local usage in the southern parts of the country, no one understood him.
- In 2016, the series was awarded the BAFTA Scotland award of the Scottish branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in the category "Best Drama Series."
- The first seasons of the series are based on the works of Ann Cleeves, the author of detective novels.
- In 2015, "Shetland" was nominated for a BAFTA Scotland award (the Scottish branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts) in the category «Best Drama Series».
- None of the episodes of season 3 is an adaptation of the works of the British writer Ann Cleeves.
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