Shetland 2013

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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    Specials

    2024

    1 episodes

    Specials of Shetland premiered on September 18, 2024.

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    Series 1

    2013

    2 episodes

    Season 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.

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    Series 2

    2014

    6 episodes

    Season 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.

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    Series 3

    2016

    6 episodes

    Season 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.

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    Series 4

    2018

    6 episodes

    Season 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.

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    Series 5

    2019

    6 episodes

    Season 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.

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    Series 6

    2021

    6 episodes

    Season 6 of Shetland premiered on October 20, 2021.

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

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    Series 7

    2022

    6 episodes

    Season 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.

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    Series 8

    2023

    6 episodes

    Season 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.

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    Series 9

    2024

    6 episodes

    Season 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.

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    Series 10

    1970

    0 episodes

    Season 10 of Shetland premiered on -.