Shetland
2013 to present Crime, Drama, Mystery 11 seasons
TMDB rating 7.5/10 Returning Nov 12, 2026
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.
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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.
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TMDB rating 7.8/10
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.
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TMDB rating 7.9/10
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.
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TMDB rating 8.0/10
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.
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TMDB rating 7.1/10
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.
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TMDB rating 6.4/10
Perez and his team investigate the doorstep murder of a leading figure on Shetland.
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TMDB rating 7.0/10
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.
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TMDB rating 4.4/10
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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TMDB rating 5.1/10
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.
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TMDB rating 5.7/10
Calder and Tosh investigate the brutal killing of an elderly woman.
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TMDB rating 5.5/10
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Premieres Nov 12, 2026. Episode 1 arrives Nov 12, 9:00 PM
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Cast and details
Alison O'DonnellDI Alison 'Tosh' McIntosh
Steven RobertsonDC Sandy Wilson
Lewis HowdenSgt Billy McCabe
Douglas HenshallDI Jimmy Perez
Anne KiddCora McLean
Erin ArmstrongCassie Perez
Mark BonnarDuncan Hunter
Conor McCarryPC Alex Grant
Julie GrahamRhona Kelly
Angus MillerDonnie Russell
Ashley JensenDI Ruth Calder
Steven MillerReverend Alan Calder
- Created by
- Ann Cleaves
- Network
- BBC One, BBC Four
- First aired
- Mar 10, 2013
- Latest episode
- Dec 10, 2025
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