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Shetland

Created by Ann Cleaves

2013–present

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.

First aired
10 Mar 2013
Episode length
58 min
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Writers
Ann Cleeves, David Kane, Denise Paul and 6 others
Cinematography
Cinders Forshaw, Gavin Struthers, Jean-Philippe Gossart
Music
John Lunn
Editors
Ben Lester, Colin Monie, Elen Pierce Lewis, Tim Porter
Executive producers
Christopher Aird, Denise Paul, Elaine Collins and 3 others
Producers
Louise V. Say, Peter Gallagher, Sue de Beauvoir
Elsewhere
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  • Mystery

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Seasons · 62 episodes

  • Series 1

    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.

  • Series 2

    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.

  • Series 3

    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.

  • Series 4

    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.

  • Series 5

    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.

  • Series 6

    Season 6 · 2021

    Perez and his team investigate the doorstep murder of a leading figure on Shetland.

  • Series 7

    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.

  • Series 8

    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.

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