The latest series will see the detectives dig into the GP’s mind and the lives of the loves ones he left behind, taking them to dark and dangerous places in their quest for the truth.<\/p>\n
The BBC’s commissioning editor Gaynor Holmes said it was brimming with twists and turns, overseen by lead screenwriter Paul Logue.<\/p>\n
“Paul Logue has once again spun a gripping, atmospheric story, with the wild beauty of the Shetland Isles at its heart,” she said <\/p>\n
“Alison and Ashley lead our stellar core cast who are joined by a brilliant line up of guest stars and supported by a crew whose craft and passion shine through in every frame\u2014together showcasing Scotland on screen at its very best.”<\/p>\n
The programme is made Silverprint Picture, with executive producer Kate Bartlett praising the “incredible Scottish talent in all areas of the production”.<\/p>\n
Shetland was in the top five most watched BBC Dramas of 2025 and the top BBC Drama in Scotland.<\/p>\n
Other recent or new dramas from Scotland include Richard Gadd’s Half Man<\/a>, new legal drama Counsels,<\/a> Grams, The Young Team and Mint. <\/p>\n Shetland will be distributed internationally by ITV Studios. All previous series are available to stream on BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest series will see the detectives dig into the GP’s mind and the lives of the loves…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-522908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}