When does the new season of Shetland start? Everything we know about series 11 so far - including release date
Here’s everything we know about the new series of Shetland so far - including its release date.
There’s not long to go until BBC crime drama Shetland returns to our TV screens for series 11.
Ashley Jensen is reprising her role as DI Ruth Calder alongside Alison O’Donnell, who will suit up as DI Alison ‘Tosh’ McIntosh for one last time. Part of the original cast, O’Donnell will say farewell to Shetland at the end of the new series.
However, before she departs the show, a grim discovery is made and a historic murder must be solved.
Here’s everything we know about Shetland series 11 - including its release date.
Shetland series 11 release date
Excited fans don’t have long to wait, as the new series of Shetland will premiere on BBC One at 9pm on Thursday, November 12.
The first episode of the show will also be available to livestream on BBC iPlayer.
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What is the new series of Shetland about?
At the heart of Shetland series 11 is a historic murder, which is set to impact those connected to the case in the present day. While the show was originally based on Ann Cleeves’ book series, the new season isn’t based on any in particular.
The team are called into investigate when a car, hiding the skeletal remains of an unknown man in the boot, is dredged from the water.
Belonging to Dr Raymond Linden, a respected local GP who fled the isles nine years earlier, the investigation turns to tracking the man down and finding out who the victim is.
While doing so, Tosh and Calder meet the doctor’s mother, Martha, and his brother, Eric. Linden’s mother is convinced something terrible has happened to her son, while his brother is less so.
The investigators also encounter Linden’s ex-wife Emily, who paints a very different picture of her missing husband. Emily shares that he was a troubled man who made her life - and that of their son, Jude - miserable. Elsewhere, Sandy meets Donald Pierce, played by Gregor Fisher, an isolated and overzealous old man who becomes embroiled in the investigation.
As Calder and Tosh work to identify the victim, diving into Linden’s state of mind and the lives of those he left behind, they find themselves in far darker and more dangerous places than they expected.
Who is in Shetland series 11?
As well as returning cast members such as Lewis Howden, there are several additions for the new season of Shetland. This includes Still Game’s Boaby the Barman, Gavin Mitchell, with Gregor Fisher and Stella Gonet also taking on roles for series 11.
As mentioned, this will also mark Shetland stalwart Alison O’Donnell’s last outing as Tosh.
- Ashley Jensen as DI Ruth Calder
- Alison O'Donnell as DI ‘Tosh’ McIntosh
- Steven Robertson as DC Sandy Wilson
- Lewis Howden as PC Billy McCabe
- Samuel Anderson as Matt Blake
- Anne Kidd as Cora McLean
- Angus Miller as Donnie Russell
- Steven Miller as Rev. Alan Calder
- Christine Bottomley as Emily Linden
- Kevin Harvey as Graeme Gould
- John Wark as Eric Linden
- Stella Gonet as Martha Linden
- Gregor Fisher as Donald Pierce
- Janina Elkin as Olena Henyka
- Alan Convy as Cameron Ford
- Eubha Akilade as PC Lorna Burns
- Jude Bain as Jonah Linden
- Beth Marshall as Nora Shand
- Gavin Mitchell as Murray Ross
- Robin Weaver as Sandra Ross
- Conor McCarry as PC Alex Grant
- Ewan Miller as Raymond Linden
The first episode of Shetland series 11 will be on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 9pm on Thursday, November 12.
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