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Shetland
2013 - 2024 7.5 (175 votes) 9 Seasons
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Genres
Crime Drama Mystery
Networks
BBC One
BBC Four
Created By
Ann Cleeves

Shetland

Murder is only a ferry ride away.

Overview

Created from the novels by award winning crime writer Ann Cleeves, Shetland follows DI Jimmy Perez and his team as they investigate crime within the close knit island community. In this isolated and sometimes inhospitable environment, the team have to rely on a uniquely resourceful style of policing.

Key Crew

Top Cast

Ashley Jensen
Ashley Jensen

DI Ruth Calder

Alison O'Donnell
Alison O'Donnell

DS Alison 'Tosh' McIntosh

Steven Robertson
Steven Robertson

DC Sandy Wilson

Lewis Howden
Lewis Howden

Sgt Billy McCabe

Stuart Campbell
Stuart Campbell

Malcolm Kidd

Robert Jack
Robert Jack

Ian Bett

Vincent Regan
Vincent Regan

John Harris

Ian Hart
Ian Hart

Euan Rossi

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (2013)

When a young archaeologist discovers a set of human remains, the Shetland community is intrigued to know if it’s an ancient find or a contemporary mystery. And when an elderly woman is shot on her land in a tragic accident, Perez and his team find themselves at the centre of two feuding families whose envy, greed and bitterness has divided the surrounding community.

2 episodes

Season 2 poster
Season 2 (2014)

The team review a past crime to solve a murder, Perez investigates an old friend's death in a car accident and a scientist is killed at the Fair Isle bird observatory.

6 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Raven Black - Part 1
2014-03-11

Old wounds are painfully reopened for the shocked residents of Ravenswick, as Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez and his team look to a past crime to solve the present day murder of a young teenage girl.

Runtime: 59 min
Episode 2: Raven Black - Part 2
2014-03-18

Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez believes he and his team are finally closing in on the killer as they discover what 17-year-old Catherine Ross was hiding from everyone in the hours before her death.

Runtime: 58 min
Episode 3: Dead Water - Part 1
2014-03-25

When an old acquaintance of Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez dies in a suspicious car accident on the island, he wonders whether his journalist friend had uncovered a story that cost him his life.

Runtime: 59 min
Episode 4: Dead Water - Part 2
2014-04-01

After a second body is found brutally murdered on Shetland, Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez wonders if the two killings are connected to corporate greed and corruption on the island or to just one woman - Evie Watt.

Runtime: 59 min
Episode 5: Blue Lightning - Part 1
2014-04-08

Perez returns to his childhood home after the murder of a scientist on the beautiful island of Fair Isle. Tensions run high as a storm on the mainland forces Perez to work in isolation - and compels all of the suspects to remain together under one roof.

Runtime: 56 min
Episode 6: Blue Lightning - Part 2
2014-04-15

Time is running out for Detective Inspector Perez as prime suspect Peter Latimer lies critically ill in hospital. Was the fire a drunken accident, or was Peter Latimer the second victim of a murderer still free on Fair Isle?

Runtime: 57 min
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Season 3 (2016)

When a young man disappears on the Aberdeen to Shetland ferry crossing and a small boy ends up in intensive care, DI Jimmy Perez and his team investigate; becoming convinced the two events are connected.

6 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
2016-01-15

When a young man disappears on the Aberdeen to Shetland ferry crossing and a small boy ends up in intensive care, DI Jimmy Perez and his team investigate, becoming convinced the two events are connected.

Runtime: 58 min
Episode 2: Episode 2
2016-01-22

DI Jimmy Perez is convinced that Michael Maguire is somehow implicated in the death of Robbie Morton. But with the investigation seemingly under threat before it's even started, he faces an uphill battle to uncover the truth behind Maguire's silence.

Runtime: 57 min
Episode 3: Episode 3
2016-02-05

The murder investigation takes Perez and Tosh to Glasgow as they try to uncover the reasons behind Maguire's brutal death and his connection to Robbie Morton. But old ghosts return to haunt Perez as his enemies try to prevent him from getting to the truth.

Runtime: 56 min
Episode 4: Episode 4
2016-02-12

Perez and his team are determined to track down the person who helped Michael Thompson's killer on Shetland. But the closer the team get to the truth in both Shetland and Glasgow, the more dangerous it becomes for all of them.

Runtime: 56 min
Episode 5: Episode 5
2016-02-19

Perez struggles to deal with what has happened to Tosh as he continues to investigate the murders of Robbie Morton and Michael Thompson, but a shocking discovery finally leads him to the identity of who Thompson was going to testify against.

Runtime: 57 min
Episode 6: Episode 6
2016-03-04

As the investigation reaches its final stages, Detective Inspector Perez and his team discover the person responsible for the deaths of Robbie Morton and Michael Thompson is closer to home than any of them thought.

Runtime: 57 min
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Season 4 (2018)

A convicted killer's return to Shetland after 23 years in jail coincides with the murder of a local journalist and Perez and his team must investigate both cases.

6 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
2018-02-13

When Thomas Malone has his murder conviction overturned after 23 years behind bars, DI Perez has to reopen the investigation into the 1994 death of local teenager Lizzie Kilmuir.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: Episode 2
2018-02-20

Perez is on the trail of an attacker, Tosh investigates an oil company in the hunt for Sally's killer, and DNA testing in the Kilmuir case yields a surprising result.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: Episode 3
2018-02-27

Jimmy questions Donna about the shocking DNA results, Alison arrives in Norway in search of Andreas Hagan, and an unexpected twist leads Perez and Tosh into the murky world of the Norwegian far right.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: Episode 4
2018-03-06

Ignoring Secret Service warnings, Perez and Tosh track down Mathias Soderland. Back on Shetland, a beach memorial service is held for Sally McColl.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Episode 5
2018-03-13

Perez must re-assess the investigation in the aftermath of the attack. The MIT arrives on Shetland and sets its sights on Malone. Meanwhile, Tosh begins to have doubts about Lars.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: Episode 6
2018-03-20

Season Finale - Troubled by historical DNA evidence results, Jimmy has to face the fact that Duncan may have been involved in Lizzie Kilmuir's murder, and potentially Sally McColl's as well. A shocked Duncan is brought to the station for questioning, hurt that Perez would even think him capable of murder. However, the detective knows Duncan's lying - perhaps not about the murder, but about something else significant. So when Duncan finally admits he had an affair with Donna, it's not long before a bombshell is dropped.

Runtime: 60 min
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Season 5 (2019)

A human hand washes up on a Shetland beach. A few hours later, more body parts are discovered in a hold-all that has been dumped at sea. The victim is identified as a young Nigerian man, spotted in Lerwick a few days before. In investigating his murder, DI Perez becomes involved in the search for a vulnerable young woman, leading him to uncover a complex network of human trafficking across Scotland’s remote rural communities.

6 episodes

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Season 7 (2022)

The disappearance of a vulnerable young man draws Perez into the secret past of a family new to Shetland and reveals an unimaginable threat to his community.

6 episodes

Season 8 poster
Season 8 (2023)

Series 8 sees Met Police Detective Inspector Ruth Calder return to her native Shetland to retrieve the vulnerable witness to a gangland murder. Tosh must pause her investigation into a string of mysterious animal deaths to help Calder find the witness before it’s too late.

6 episodes

Videos

Shetland Trailer - BBC One

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