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Shetland(2013)

Archived · BBC Scotland

6 eps
S10
DramaCrime
ON AIR: NOV 5Season 10Archived listing

What to Expect

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Shetland trades urban noise for something quieter and more unsettling: crimes investigated on a remote island where everyone knows everyone, and where keeping a secret requires the whole community's cooperation. The procedural moves at a deliberate pace, letting geography and social insularity do the work that car chases and twists do elsewhere.

Jimmy Perez's cases rarely stay professional for long. The small population means victims, suspects, and witnesses are often people he has known for years, and that familiarity complicates every interview and every conclusion. What gets uncovered tends to carry a human cost that outlasts the investigation itself, and the show sits with that weight rather than rushing past it.

Best for

slow-burn mystery, quiet island secrets and Drama

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Drama and Crime

Commitment

Season 10 · 6 episodes

Where

BBC Scotland

Official Premise

DI Jimmy Perez and his team investigate crimes in the Shetland Islands.

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