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.
StatusReturning Series
TypeScripted
Original LanguageEnglish
Network
Specials of Shetland premiered on September 18, 2024
Series 1 of Shetland premiered on March 10, 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 of Shetland premiered on March 11, 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 of Shetland premiered on January 15, 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 of Shetland premiered on February 13, 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 of Shetland premiered on February 12, 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 of Shetland premiered on October 20, 2021
Perez and his team investigate the doorstep murder of a leading figure on Shetland.
Series 7 of Shetland premiered on August 10, 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 of Shetland premiered on November 1, 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.
Series 9 of Shetland premiered on November 6, 2024
When a woman goes missing with her nine-year-old son, Calder and Tosh set out on a case that blurs the line between the personal and professional.
Series 10 of Shetland premiered on January 1, 1970
Ashley Jensen
DI Ruth Calder
Alison O'Donnell
DS Alison 'Tosh' McIntosh
Steven Robertson
DC Sandy Wilson
Lewis Howden
Sgt Billy McCabe
Stuart Campbell
Malcolm Kidd
Robert Jack
Ian Bett
Vincent Regan
John Harris
Ian Hart
Euan Rossi
Sarah MacGillivray
Annie Bett
Leeroy Boone
Anton Bergen
Tara Lee
Lisa Friel
Jimmy Yuill
Angus Wallace
Andrew John Tait
Michael Stack
Macleod Stephen
Fergus Harris
Ross Anderson
Patrick Harris
Conor McCarry
PC Alex Grant
Tibu Fortes
Harry Lamont
Davie Gardner
Radio Announcer
Gemma McElhinney
Joni Connal
Nalini Chetty
Tara Kirk
Angus Miller
Donnie Russell
Jacob Ferguson
Noah Bett
Steven Miller
Rev Alan Calder