TV series
Murder is only a ferry ride away.
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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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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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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Episode 1
Old wounds are painfully reopened for the shocked residents of Ravenswick, as Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez and his team look to a past crime to solve the present day murder of a young teenage girl.
Directed by John McKayWritten by Gaby ChiappeGuest stars Mark Bonnar, Julie Graham, Brian Cox, Finn den Hertog, Rebecca Benson, Anne Kidd, Sophia Carr-Gomm, Chris Reilly
Episode 2
Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez believes he and his team are finally closing in on the killer as they discover what 17-year-old Catherine Ross was hiding from everyone in the hours before her death.
Directed by John McKayWritten by Gaby ChiappeGuest stars Mark Bonnar, Julie Graham, Brian Cox, Finn den Hertog, Rebecca Benson, Anne Kidd, Sophia Carr-Gomm, Chris Reilly
Episode 3
When an old acquaintance of Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez dies in a suspicious car accident on the island, he wonders whether his journalist friend had uncovered a story that cost him his life.
Directed by David MooreWritten by David KaneGuest stars Mark Bonnar, Julie Graham, Finn den Hertog, Anne Kidd, Stewart Porter, David Hayman, Nina Sosanya, Alex Norton
Episode 4
After a second body is found brutally murdered on Shetland, Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez wonders if the two killings are connected to corporate greed and corruption on the island or to just one woman - Evie Watt.
Directed by David MooreWritten by David KaneGuest stars Mark Bonnar, Julie Graham, Anne Kidd, Stewart Porter, David Hayman, Nina Sosanya, Alex Norton, Kari Corbett
Episode 5
Perez returns to his childhood home after the murder of a scientist on the beautiful island of Fair Isle. Tensions run high as a storm on the mainland forces Perez to work in isolation - and compels all of the suspects to remain together under one roof.
Directed by Stewart SvaasandWritten by Richard DavidsonGuest stars Stewart Porter, John Lynch, Leigh Biagi, Anthony Howell, David Ireland, Keith Ramsay, Annie Louise Ross, Susan Vidler
Episode 6
Time is running out for Detective Inspector Perez as prime suspect Peter Latimer lies critically ill in hospital. Was the fire a drunken accident, or was Peter Latimer the second victim of a murderer still free on Fair Isle?
Directed by Stewart SvaasandWritten by Richard DavidsonGuest stars Anne Kidd, Stewart Porter, John Lynch, Leigh Biagi, Anthony Howell, David Ireland, Keith Ramsay, Annie Louise Ross
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Douglas HenshallDI Jimmy Perez
Ashley JensenDI Ruth Calder
Alison O'DonnellDI Alison 'Tosh' McIntosh
Steven RobertsonDC Sandy Wilson
Julia BrownMolly Kilmuir
Mark BonnarDuncan Hunter
Erin ArmstrongCassie Perez
Julie GrahamRhona Kelly
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