The Scottish based drama is a Silverprint Pictures/ ITV Studios production for BBC One…
Reprising their roles as DI Ruth Calder and DI Alison ‘Tosh’ MacIntosh, Ashley Jensen and Alison O’Donnell have begun filming the 10th series of the murder mystery drama. It will film in locations around Scotland and on the Shetland Isles over the coming months with the series debuting on BBC One later this year.
Originally based on award-winning novels by crime writer Ann Cleeves, the new series sees Calder and Tosh travel to the isolated hamlet of Lunniswick to investigate the sinister killing of an elderly woman.
The team discover that the body of the retired social worker has been out in the elements for a number of days. The case will see Tosh and Calder excavate the victim’s life, past and present, as well as the lives of those who knew her. They soon begin to uncover dark secrets and terrible deeds at the heart of this closeknit community.
Gaynor Holmes, Commissioning Editor for the BBC:
“Now in its tenth series, Shetland continues to go from strength to strength and is loved by audiences across the UK and internationally. We’re very excited to see the fantastic creative team at Silverprint and their superbly talented cast and crew heading back into production with a compellingly new, gnarly and emotional murder-mystery.”
Joining the cast of Shetland alongside Jensen and O’Donnell for this new six-part series are Clive Russell, Ellie Haddington, Niall MacGregor, Greg McHugh, Frances Gray, Louise Brealey, Stuart Townsend, Stephen McMillan, Saskia Ashdown, Lila Rose, Joanne Thomson, Gabriel Akuwudike and Leigh Biagi.
Samuel Anderson also joins the cast as the new Procurator Fiscal Matt Blake alongside series regulars Steven Robertson (playing DC Sandy Wilson), Lewis Howden (Sgt Billy McCabe), Anne Kidd (pathologist Cora McLean), Angus Miller (Donnie, Tosh’s partner), Conor McCarry (PC Alex Grant) and Eubha Akilade (PC Lorna Burns).
