{"id":517834,"date":"2026-06-25T14:12:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/517834\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T14:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:12:17","slug":"dept-q-netflix-season-2-adds-cast-starts-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/517834\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Dept. Q&#8217;: Netflix Season 2 Adds Cast &#038; Starts Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/netflix\/\" id=\"auto-tag_netflix\" data-tag=\"netflix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix<\/a>\u2019s hit <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/dept-q\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dept-q\" data-tag=\"dept-q\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dept. Q<\/a> thriller has welcomed new cast and rolled cameras on Season 2. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe series is introducing Aisling Franciosi\u00a0(Speak No Evil, The Nightingale)\u00a0as Kimmie,\u00a0Greg Wise\u00a0(The Crown, The Buccaneers) as Derek Powell,\u00a0Nicholas Rowe\u00a0(Red Eye S2, Spy Among Friends) as Thomas Fulton,\u00a0Tony Curran\u00a0(Outlander: Blood of my blood,\u00a0Mary and George) as Winnie Calderwood,\u00a0Hamish Clark\u00a0(Monarch of the Glen) as Christopher Herron,\u00a0Alex Ferns\u00a0(Waiting for the Out, The Batman) as Phil Allenbeck,\u00a0Ross Anderson\u00a0(Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The Rig) as Ricky Daddario,\u00a0Rebecca Root\u00a0(Heartstopper, The Wheel of Time) as June Lovesay,\u00a0Isla Johnston\u00a0(The Queen\u2019s Gambit, The Carpenter\u2019s Son)\u00a0as Agnes and\u00a0Amy Brenneman\u00a0(The Old Man, Judging Amy)\u00a0as Helen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDept. Q stars <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/matthew-goode\/\" id=\"auto-tag_matthew-goode\" data-tag=\"matthew-goode\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Goode<\/a> as DCI Carl Morck, leading a team of misfits from the basement of an Edinburgh police station, charged with cases previously deemed unsolvable.\u00a0Returning to support him are Alexej Manvelov\u00a0(Jack Ryan, Top Dog) as Akram Salim,\u00a0Leah Byrne\u00a0(But When We Dance) as DC Rose Dickson and\u00a0Jamie Sives\u00a0(Guilt, Chernobyl)\u00a0as DS James Hardy, along with Mark Bonnar\u00a0(Line of Duty, Ludwig) as Stephen Burns,\u00a0Kate Dickie\u00a0(The Witch, Game of Thrones) as Moira Jacobson,\u00a0Aaron McVeigh\u00a0as Jasper and\u00a0Sanjeev Kohli\u00a0(Still Game, River City) as Martin Fleming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tProduced by The Crown maker <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/left-bank\/\" id=\"auto-tag_left-bank\" data-tag=\"left-bank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Left Bank<\/a>, Dept. Q has been one of Netflix\u2019s biggest hits outside the U.S. in recent years. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBased on the Jussi Adler-Olsen novels, Dept. Q comes from writer-director Scott Frank (The Queen\u2019s Gambit, Godless) and is exec produced by Frank, Rob Bullock and Charlotte Moore, the latter\u2019s first big project since joining Left Bank from the BBC. Manda Levin and Jessica Burdett will oversee for Netflix.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBullock said: \u201cThis season, Carl and his band of misfits tackle a terrible crime hidden in the highest echelons of Scottish society.\u00a0It is a story for our times: rich and powerful people who believe they are above the law. \u00a0Carl, of course, knows otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2019s hit Dept. Q thriller has welcomed new cast and rolled cameras on Season 2. 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