It was broadcast on BBC One beginning on 13 February 2018. Stephen Walters and Neve McIntosh were among the new cast members announced for the series. Again, this series is a single story played out across six episodes and written exclusively for television. A fourth series was announced by the BBC in July 2016. Ciarán Hinds and Anna Chancellor were among the new cast members for this series. This was the first series not to adapt any of Cleeves' novels. This series saw a change in format with all six episodes covering a single story, written exclusively for television. įilming began in April 2015 for a third series, which began screening in January 2016. This series was produced by Peter Gallagher. This series features three two-part stories based on Cleeves' novels Raven Black, Dead Water, and Blue Lightning. These were filmed in 2013 and screened in 2014. Series two was extended to contain six episodes. Subsequently, a second series was commissioned by the BBC. This series was broadcast across two nights on 10 and 11 March 2013 and was produced by Sue de Beauvoir. The first series consists of two episodes, a single two-part story based on the novel Red Bones by Ann Cleeves. On 20 July 2022, it was announced that Shetland would return in 2023 for an eighth series, however without Henshall. Series 6 broadcast began on 20 October 2021 and series 7 on 10 August 2022.

Production had to be postponed due to COVID-19. On 2 December 2019, BBC One announced that two further series were intended for 20 with Henshall and O’Donnell returning in their roles. Interiors may be filmed in either Shetland or in west central Scotland.

Most, but not all, exterior location filming takes place in Shetland in 2021, filming of series 6 and 7 took place in Shetland in two segments, each of about six weeks’ duration. The stories take place largely on the eponymous archipelago, although some of the filming takes place on the Scottish mainland. From Series 8 (2023), Ashley Jensen stars as DI Ruth Calder, replacing Henshall. Henshall won the 2016 BAFTA Scotland award for best actor and the series received the award for Best TV Drama. Lewis Howden, Erin Armstrong, Julie Graham and Anne Kidd are also principal members of the cast. Also starring are Alison O'Donnell as DS Alison 'Tosh' McIntosh, Steven Robertson as DC Sandy Wilson and Mark Bonnar as Duncan Hunter. Based upon the novels of Ann Cleeves and adapted for television by David Kane, who has remained a principal writer throughout, it stars Douglas Henshall as DI Jimmy Pérez. Shetland is a Scottish crime drama series made by ITV Studios for BBC Scotland and first broadcast on BBC One on 10 March 2013.

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