{"id":638374,"date":"2026-06-14T14:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T14:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/638374\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T14:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T14:42:09","slug":"alison-tosh-odonnell-to-leave-shetland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/638374\/","title":{"rendered":"Alison \u2018Tosh\u2019 O\u2019Donnell to leave Shetland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"672\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/59def90acdea1e9b964c2c169d8f1b3d.webp\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"   data-attachment-id=\"43540\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thekillingtimestv.wordpress.com\/2026\/06\/14\/alison-tosh-odonnell-to-leave-shetland\/59def90acdea1e9b964c2c169d8f1b3d\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/thekillingtimestv.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/59def90acdea1e9b964c2c169d8f1b3d.webp\" data-orig-size=\"960,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"59def90acdea1e9b964c2c169d8f1b3d\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/thekillingtimestv.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/59def90acdea1e9b964c2c169d8f1b3d.webp?w=474\"\/>\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most popular and long-running crime dramas on the box, Shetland, is to lose its most popular character.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Actress Alison O\u2019Donnell has announced that she is to leave the show after 13 years, and her final storyline will play out in series 11, which, the BBC says, will air later this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O\u2019Donnell told the BBC: \u201cI grew up in this job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt has shaped me as an actor and as a collaborator. It\u2019s in my bones and in my heart. As are the isles themselves, which have become like a second home to me and to my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s not going to be easy to leave it all behind, but I am excited for the future, for new adventures, and to take everything I have learned and loved in Shetland forward with me, to whatever may come next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s see what they have planned for Tosh as an exit\u2026 and whether the series will carry on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the most popular and long-running crime dramas on the box, Shetland, is to lose its most&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-638374","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\/638374","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=638374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}